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  • OnPoint: Manufacturing Dissent,

    And if you make the wrong call on who to bunk with who and someone is injured, or dies, you can bet the MInister of Corrections won't be putting up her hand to take responsibility.

    I was thinking exactly that. When it happens - and it will happen - it'll unfairly fall on Matthews' head.

    Unbelievable that double-bunking could be proposed so soon after the Liam Ashley tragedy.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Save the King's Arms,

    Ok. Just "a work" then.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Save the King's Arms,

    Second, making a high-quality copy does take labour and skill and thought and care by highly-trained professionals. It really does. I've seen it.

    Agreed. So does, for example, replacing a gearbox, but neither should be considered a "creative work."

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Up Front: Actors Don't Hunt in Packs,

    Always liked that word.

    'cause it reminds you of 'dominatrix,' I'll wager.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Save the King's Arms,

    I should note, this hasn't been properly tested in court, so this was his best practice advice.

    Right, but bear in mind that such best practice advice is there to keep the client, as much as possible, out of legal disputes. This is a different thing from advising whether a client is likely to prevail in such a dispute.

    I suspect that, if it was challenged, a scan of a photo would be found to be a copy. A "copy," I would argue, doesn't have to be physically identical, but merely functionally identical.

    (IANAL)

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Save the King's Arms,

    Trouble getting to the bar is usually because too many people are at the bar.

    Don't know whether you are familiar with the KA but, as mentioned above, this is not the problem. When it's packed you can't move anywhere without great difficulty.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Discussion: Closer to Home?,

    all that hersheys chocolate that is around. yuck!

    I believe they call it "chocolate flavored candy" or "chocolate candy" now, because it's so poor it's not even still chocolate.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Save the King's Arms,

    In much the same way that a photographer holds copyright over a photo taken of Mona Lisa.

    But that would be a creative work. Don't know if just scanning something should really be considered as being in the same category.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Up Front: Actors Don't Hunt in Packs,

    OTOH, my mother has just seen the cover and she's not entirely happy.

    Does she know you at all?

    I also retired from the stage at a young age. By 11, I'd played two of the greatest roles in Western literature - Captain Nemo and Maui - and felt that there was little left to achieve.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Undie Wankers,

    No, Sofie, shouting at you WOULD LOOK RATHER MORE LIKE THIS.

    I once replied to an all-caps email from my sister by, in part, enquiring "Why are you shouting at me?"

    She responded, "THAT'S NOT SHOUTING. THIS IS SHOUTING."

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

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