Sun's Dumbass Trademark Policy
Cory Doctorow,
Boing Boing,
Sept 19, 2003
Some ridiculous trademark policy rules courtesy of Sun. These rules define how you can use the Sun trademark. Specific sentences are provided. Now I ask: can Sun tell you how we are allowed to refer to its products? More importantly: will lawyers now advise authors to change their copy in order to avoid a costly lawsuit? Because of copyright and trademark legislation - and the mere possibility of lawsuits - we are losing our control of the language, our capacity to speak and even think in a manner that opposes corporate policy. Some say I'm paranoid, but no paranoia of mine ever produced examples like this.
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