Isaac Mao
Sharism, a new worldPublic Domain bowed to Stickman
Just like zheng said, a “radiculous” judgement on the case Nike v.s. Zhu Zhiqiang.
We never know whether Nike’s agent copied ideas from Zhu’s works. However, we know “Stickman” has existed in public domain for decades and widely used in different artworks and even technical fields(e.g. UML). Zhu did make some changes based on his skillsets. But how can the court judge it’s from the guy’s original creation, just using “stickman” and “line man” to cook a emotional judgement? (“stikcman” in google, “xiaoxiao’s stickman” in Google)
I believe Nike’s lawyers are also not internet savvy that can’t provide enough materials as evidence to show how “stickman” can’t be seperated from public domain. In the single case, they didn’t work hard enough to defense themselves. And, I’m sure they are not law bloggers and never notice the gossips in blogosphere.
It’s a case of misapplying intellectual laws. Another Chinese blogger, Plod(net name), also blogged to say “sigh” to this case.
IM device could work on flight?
There was a popup idea in my brain last week. If the aireplain can provide a small wired gadget that supports IM functions, it could generate more funs on plane especially for those long distance trips. The device can link up with the armrest just as smaller as the headset provided, but with a foldable keyboard for fast typing. Since it’s a long distance trip, it can even show differnt time zones you are crosing to tell your friends where are you(some positioning technolgies could be employed).
The security, the usablity… should be well designed to let peopel really buy in this concept. But it’s fun to think of it. How many can be affordable to passengers? I guess US$10 is ok for me.
Crooked Timber’s blog inaccessible here. But accessible with a proxy server.
Mountain collected the actions and sympathy voices around Chinese blogosphere to S.E.Asia’s disaster. 