Strike

[Ivan the Wonderful]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:59am

Can anyone tell me what happened in a short version. I missed the whole thing. LOL

[Ivan the Wonderful]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:15am

any one?

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:21am

Teddy Roosevelt tried to interfere, but the coal miners stood firm. He later arbitrated, and they went back to work Oct. 23, 1902.
Updated On: 12/19/07 at 11:21 AM

[Ivan the Wonderful]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:30am

LOL never mind I found our what it was about.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:33am

The iron got hot - so they decided to strike.

[nitsua]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 1:38pm

Can I have this person banned for impersonating me?

Either s/he's trying to impersonate me, or my boyfriend... I really can't tell.

And she's using my copyrighted photo without permission. Isn't there a rule against that?!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 1:52pm

"Either s/he's trying to impersonate me,"

The slow leading the slow.

[robbiej]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 1:56pm

And we're supposed to believe nitsua is who they say they are? Really?

And did you really actually send the photo to the Copyright and Trademark Office of the Federal Government of the United States? And if so, can we have the registration number?

[nitsua]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 2:19pm

Don't try to be smart, Robbie, because it makes you look stupid.

Intellectual copyright is automatic. When you write something, as in a short story or screenplay, it's automatically copyrighted, without you having to send anything in. The same goes for photographs.

[robbiej]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 2:34pm

Oh dear. As I've worked in IP legal issues for the last 8 years or so, that's not exactly true. Actually, that's not remotely true.*



*In terms of suit and legal recompense.

Updated On: 12/19/07 at 02:34 PM

[nitsua]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:20pm

Maybe not in legal and suit, but it still stands.

I took the photo. I own it, just as I own everything I write.

(Unless its BWW, or some other message board website.)

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:26pm

please stop being a ****basket.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:39pm

I'm fairly certain you don't have to worry about anyone stealing what you write.

[nitsua]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 3:57pm

My screenplays are pretty good. I probably shouldn't do this, but...

http://www.simplyscripts.com/scripts/SOUVENIR-steel.pdf

[Pippin]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:03pm

wow. that's pretty good. While we're sharing, here's mine. It's simple, but a nice family story.
my screenplay

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:11pm

Whatever happened to your novel, Austin??

[nitsua]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:11pm

I'm flattered that you don't think that's my script, but I assure you, it is.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:12pm

"I probably shouldn't do this, but..."

I think I speak on behalf of a lot of people here.

We don't care.

[nitsua]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:15pm

Diva, why are you being such a bitch? If you don't care, shut the **** up.

Franklin, I'm much better at writing screenplays.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:20pm

I'll need a bit of time to examine that one but breake a leg anyhow.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 6:14pm

"Oh dear. As I've worked in IP legal issues for the last 8 years or so, that's not exactly true. Actually, that's not remotely true.*

*In terms of suit and legal recompense."

You are wrong. Copyright exists at the MOMENT it is in a fixed medium (i.e., no longer just an image in one's mind). It does not have to be registered. All you have to do is look at the copyright office's official website for proof. However, if one is planning on litigation for copyright infringement, then one has to register the copyright. As a matter of law, it is not a mandatory requirement. And point of fact, registration is not de facto proof of copyright ownership.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 6:16pm

That's legally right, yes. It's a matter of the burden of proof eventually.

[nitsua]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 6:30pm

Take my word for it, Franklin. My novels (or chapters, rather) were just scenes, in paragraph form. Just action and dialogue.