tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post1698861821498893437..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Wednesday wround-upVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-5735957155626313892009-10-29T09:54:19.791+00:002009-10-29T09:54:19.791+00:00Regarding the UK IPO press release, I note that ch...Regarding the UK IPO press release, I note that children were encouraged (at the Wallace & Gromit Present A World of Cracking Ideas exhibition at The Science Museum) to come up with ideas and tell them to the IPO as part of a competition.<br />Hopefully someone explained to these "budding inventors" that any future ideas should be kept to themseleves and they should look into protecting them, as they shouldn't just give away their intellectual property... Or is the IPO soon going to announce a "National Suggestions Box" initiative?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-42563984387557703182009-10-28T22:27:27.161+00:002009-10-28T22:27:27.161+00:00If you take the BIS announcement at face value, th...If you take the BIS announcement at face value, things aren't too bad. It says:<br /><br />"Highlighting the scale of the problem, Lord Mandelson referred to the music industry’s assessment that said only one in every 20 tracks downloaded in the UK is downloaded lawfully. <br /><br />Lord Mandelson said: <br /><br />“Only persistent rule breakers would be affected”"<br /><br />So if you do get accused, all you have to do is show that more than 5% of your downloads are in fact legal. This shows you are actually above average, and hence clearly not one of the "bad guys", and the prosecutors will move on elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com