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From: Kerry W. Burgess (official United States federal undercover identity, an identity completely compromised by forces hostile to the United States of America)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Admiral_%28United_States%29
Fleet Admiral (United States)
Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy (FADM), or more commonly referred to as Fleet Admiral, is a five-star flag officer rank and is presently considered the highest possible rank in the United States Navy.
The insignia for Fleet Admiral comprises five stars in a pentagon design with a thick rank stripe, below four smaller stripes, on the service dress blue uniform.
The Fleet Admiral rank is reserved for war-time use only
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Aviator
United States Naval Aviator
A United States Naval Aviator is a pilot in the United States Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard.
Naval Aviators that fly in space are designated Naval Astronauts, and are issued the Naval version of the Astronaut Badge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_admiral
Admiral of the Fleet
An Admiral of the Fleet or Fleet Admiral, is a military naval officer of the highest rank. In the United States, the rank of Fleet Admiral is reserved for war time use, with the last promotions to position coming during World War II. It is usually a rank above Admiral, and is often held by the most senior Admiral of an entire naval service. It is also a generic term for a senior Admiral in command of a large group of ships, comprising a fleet or, in some cases, a group of fleets. If actually a rank (equivalent to an army Field Marshal or General of the Army, which ranks above General), its name varies depending on the country, including Fleet Admiral, Admiral of the Fleet, Admiral of the Navy, and Grand Admiral.
mailto:HQ-OIG-Counsel@mail.nasa.gov?subject=OIG web site
http://oig.nasa.gov/mission.html
NASA Office of Inspector General
NASA OIG Mandate, Mission and Guiding Principles
MANDATE
Public Law 95-452, known as the Inspector General Act of 1978, created independent audit and investigative units, called Offices of Inspector General (OIGs) at 63 Federal agencies.
The mandate of the OIGs, as spelled out in the Act, is to:
conduct and supervise independent and objective audits and investigations relating to agency programs and operations;
promote economy, effectiveness and efficiency within the agency;
prevent and detect crime, fraud, waste and abuse in agency programs and operations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_20
July 20
July 20 is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining until the end of the year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday
Monday
Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday.
http://www.cswap.com/1996/Star_Trek:_First_Contact/cap/en/25fps/a/00_16
Star Trek: First Contact
:16:02
Data, I need to know the exact date.
:16:05
April 4th, 2063.
:16:08
April 4th.
The day before First Contact.
:16:12
The missile complex must be
where Cochrane is building his ship.
:16:17
They came to stop First Contact.
http://www.cswap.com/1996/Star_Trek:_First_Contact/cap/en/25fps/a/00_36
Star Trek: First Contact
:36:56
You won't be able to break
the encryption codes.
:37:00
Nor will you
be able to assimilate me.
:37:03
Brave words.
I've heard them before.
:37:07
From thousands of species
across thousands of worlds.
:37:12
But now they are all Borg.
:37:16
I am unlike any life form
you have encountered before.
:37:23
You are an imperfect being,
created by an imperfect being.
:37:27
Finding your weakness
is only a matter of time.
:37:39
Let me make sure I understand you
correctly, Commander.
:37:43
A group of cybernetic creatures
from the future
:37:49
have travelled back through time
to enslave the human race.
:37:53
And you're here to stop them?
Hot damn! You're heroic.
:38:00
- We're going to prove it to you.
- There she is! Beautiful!
:38:07
- All right, take a look.
- Well, well, well...
:38:12
What have we got here?
I love a good peep show.
:38:27
That's a trick.
How did you do that?
:38:33
- It's your telescope.
- That's our ship. The Enterprise.
:38:45
And Lily is up there?
Can I talk to her?
:38:50
We've lost contact with the ship.
We don't know why yet.
:38:54
- So what is it you want me to do?
- Conduct your flight as planned.
:39:00
Why tomorrow morning?
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093137/quotes
Memorable quotes for
Hamburger Hill (1987)
Sgt. Frantz: Han is closing in on your position. It's night... Look at me! I'm gonna save your life and your gonna save mine. It's night, it's raining. While your thinking about peace, love and whether or not we should be in Vietnam, Han is going to cut your fucking throat. And your sleeping. You've been humping the boonies for months. It's your turn to sleep, you're allowed to sleep. What do you think Han is going to do? Is he going to wake you up, Alphabet? And smile? And talk about women? Mister Nathanial Victor gets his rocks off watching you die. Some of you think you have problems because you're against the war. You demonstrated in school... you wear peace symbols on your steel, and you have attitudes. I'm orphan, my brother's queer, the city of Chicago got the clap from my sister, Mom drinks, Dad coughs blood, I have ringworm, imersion foot, the incurable crud and the draft ruined my chances of being a brain surgeon. People, you are in Vietnam.
You have no problems. Except me.
[points to Han who is holding an RPG and grinning]
Sgt. Frantz: And him.
[ Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government with all Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis partners contributors staff employees lawyers managers of any capacity as criminal accomplices and that are active unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States that actively make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in the United States and in the Severely Treasonous and Criminally Rebellious State of Washington by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings ]
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2009295529_microsofts_qi_lu_talks_about_bing.html
June 3, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Microsoft's Qi Lu talks about Bing
Posted by Sharon Chan
The keynote began with a television commercial for Microsoft's upgraded search engine, Bing, which the company plans to air tonight.
http://dictionary.law.com/default2.Asp?selected=741&bold
felony murder doctrine
a rule of criminal statutes that any death which occurs during the commission of a felony is first degree murder, and all participants in that felony or attempted felony can be charged with and found guilty of murder. A typical example is a robbery involving more than one criminal, in which one of them shoots, beats to death or runs over a store clerk, killing the clerk. Even if the death were accidental, all of the participants can be found guilty of felony murder, including those who did no harm, had no gun, and/or did not intend to hurt anyone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_Murder_Doctrine
Felony Murder Doctrine
The felony murder rule is a legal doctrine current in some common law countries that broadens the crime of murder in two ways. First, when a victim dies accidentally or without specific intent in the course of an applicable felony, it increases what might have been manslaughter (or even a simple tort) to murder. Second, it makes any participant in such a felony criminally responsible for any deaths that occur during or in furtherance of that felony.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war
Civil war
A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power.
Some civil wars are categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency, whether successful or not, is likely to be classified as a civil war by some historians if, and only if, organized armies fight conventional battles. Other historians state the criterion for a civil war is that there must be prolonged violence between organized factions or defined regions of a country (conventionally fought or not).[citation needed]
The unsuccessful insurgency of the 1860s by southern U.S. states against the federal government backed by Northern states, which also featured organized armies fighting battles, came to be known as the American Civil War. While hostilities were still ongoing, most Confederates preferred to call the conflict the Second American Revolution or something very similar. In the United States, and in American-dominated sources, this war is the default "Civil War," with other civil wars noted or inferred from context.
From 3/14/1965 ( date hijacked from me:I am active duty Central Intelligence Agency officer ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 16152 days
16152 = 8076 + 8076
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) To 4/12/1981 ( date hijacked from me:I was the commander aboard the STS-1 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) is 8076 days
From 7/21/1979 ( date hijacked from me:my wife Phoebe and I are married ) To 6/27/1994 ( I am the pilot and the only survivor of a plane crash that experienced many fatalities on that aircraft after the external mounted rocket-launched space satellite exploded under that aircraft ) is 5455 days
From 6/27/1994 ( I am the pilot and the only survivor of a plane crash that experienced many fatalities on that aircraft after the external mounted rocket-launched space satellite exploded under that aircraft ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 5455 days
From 3/5/1970 ( premiere US film "Airport" ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 14335 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) To 6/1/1998 ( premiere US film "The Truman Show" ) is 14335 days
From 2/26/1984 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV movie "Lace" starring my wife as "Lili" ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 9229 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) To 6/8/1984 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Gremlins" starring my wife as "Kate Beringer" ) is 9229 days
From 2/26/1984 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV movie "Lace" starring my wife as "Lili" ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 9229 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 10/21/1988 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Bat*21" ) is 9229 days
From 1/14/1981 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Scanners" ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 10367 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) To 7/21/1987 ( date hijacked from me:formal wedding ceremony for my wife Phoebe and me ) is 10367 days
From 10/20/1989 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Fat Man and Little Boy" ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 7166 days
7166 = 3583 + 3583
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 12/24/1968 ( date hijacked from me:I was Apollo 8 astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) is 3583 days
From 2/9/1996 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Broken Arrow" ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 159 months, 3 weeks, 4 days
'1-59-34' ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK )
From 12/7/1960 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Village of the Damned" ) To 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 17710 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 8/29/2007 ( U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons incident ) is 17710 days
From 6/3/2009 ( all Microsoft employees and business associates of any capacity have decided to actively support violent insurrection against the U.S. federal government & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) To 4/5/2063 ( date hijacked from me:fictional date setting 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" and a pivotal date in the hsitory of the fictional universe of the "Star Trek" franchise ) is 19664 days
19664 = 9832 + 9832
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 6/16/1990 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV episode "Star Trek: The Next Generation"::"The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1" ) is 9832 days
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/may09/05-28NewSearchPR.mspx
News Press Release
Microsoft’s New Search at Bing.com Helps People Make Better Decisions
REDMOND, Wash. — May 28, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Bing, a new Decision Engine and consumer brand, providing customers with a first step in moving beyond search to help make faster, more informed decisions.
The new service, located at [ TERRORIST ASSET ], will begin to roll out over the coming days and will be fully deployed worldwide on Wednesday, June 3.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/premeditation
premeditation
the act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially an intentional crime
From 2/26/1993 ( the first World Trade Center bombing by Microsoft-Corbis ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 5962 days
5962 = 2981 + 2981
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) To 5/1/1967 ( date hijacked from me:my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is 2981 days
From 12/10/1974 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "The Towering Inferno" ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 12615 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 9/16/1993 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV series "Frasier" features central figure "Dr. Frasier Crane" ) is 12615 days
From 11/28/1976 ( date hijacked from me:I launched from the Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 11896 days
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 2/9/1996 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Broken Arrow" ) is 11896 days
From 8/19/1942 ( date hijacked from me:actor Fred Dalton Thompson ) To 1/21/1976 ( date hijacked from me:my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) is 12208 days
From 1/21/1976 ( date hijacked from me:my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 12208 days
From 11/8/1970 ( date hijacked from me:my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) To 3/2/1990 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "The Hunt for Red October" ) is 7054 days
From 3/2/1990 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "The Hunt for Red October" ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 7054 days
From 10/20/1967 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV episode "Star Trek"::"The Doomsday Machine" ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 15223 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 11/6/2000 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Red Planet" ) is 15223 days
From 2/12/1973 ( date hijacked from me:Operation Homecoming begins and I was the lead C-141A pilot transporting home the American POWs ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 13281 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 7/14/1995 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory" ) is 13281 days
From 9/15/1975 ( date hijacked from me:Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" including "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have A Cigar" ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 12336 days
12336 = 6168 + 6168
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) To 1/21/1976 ( date hijacked from me:my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) is 6168 days
From 10/3/1976 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV series "Quincy M.E." ) To 2/12/1993 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Groundhog Day" ) is 5976 days
From 2/12/1993 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Groundhog Day" ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 5976 days
From 11/6/1994 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US TV series "Earth 2" ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 5344 days
5344 = 2672 + 2672
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 11/8/1970 ( date hijacked from me:my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) is 2672 days
From 10/11/1968 ( date hijacked from me:I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of planet Earth ) To 6/24/2009 ( 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals & Racketeering Mob Organization and Terrorist Organization Seattle Center & Racketeering Mob Organization and International Terrorist Organization Microsoft-Corbis actively instigate insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 14866 days
14866 = 7433 + 7433
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 11/21/1983 ( date hijacked from me:Duran Duran "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" including "New Moon On Monday" ) is 7433 days
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407549_center24.html
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Last updated 4:48 p.m. PT
Seattle Center limits on street performers ruled unconstitutional
Read the court's ruling (PDF)
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2009/06/24/05-35752.pdf
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted
September 23, 2008—San Francisco, California
Filed June 24, 2009
Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Harry Pregerson, Stephen Reinhardt, Michael Daly Hawkins, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, Milan D. Smith, Jr. and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407549_center24.html
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Last updated 4:48 p.m. PT
Seattle Center limits on street performers ruled unconstitutional
By CHRIS GRYGIEL
SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Seattle Center rules aimed at addressing complaints about street performers making too much noise, blocking access or aggressively seeking donations are unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The 8-3 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the same court.
The original lawsuit was brought by Michael Berger - known as Magic Mike - a magician who performed at the downtown center. He sued the city and Seattle Center in 2003.
Berger objected to regulations issued in 2002 that required street performers to obtain a permit, to wear a badge displaying the permit, to not aggressively seek donations, to limit performances to 16 designated locations and to not engage in "speech activities" within 30 feet of most visitors to Seattle Center.
"In other words, while some -- among them, the dissenters in this case -- might prefer a 'Truman Show' version of pristine placidity in our public parks, our First Amendment jurisprudence rests on a very different vision."
Judge Alex Kozinski, in the dissent, strongly disagreed with the majority. He said the rules adopted by Seattle Center were carefully considered to address territorial disputes between street performers and citizen complaints.
"The majority here manages to strike down almost all of these rules without bothering to give Seattle an opportunity to present evidence justifying them, " Kozinski wrote. "Instead of settling for effective regulations, the majority demands perfection. But perfection is hard to find in rules written and applied by mortals."
A spokeswoman for Seattle Center, Deborah Daoust, said the center hadn't determined its next step.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407549_center24.html
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Last updated 4:48 p.m. PT
Seattle Center limits on street performers ruled unconstitutional
"In other words, while some -- among them, the dissenters in this case -- might prefer a 'Truman Show' version of pristine placidity in our public parks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement
Copyright infringement
'Copyright infringement' (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.
Second element: establishing actual copying
A court will infer copying by a showing of a "striking similarity" between the copyrighted work and the alleged copy, along with a showing of both access and use of that access.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement
Copyright infringement
'Copyright infringement' (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.
First element: establishing ownership of a valid copyright
A plaintiff establishes ownership by authorship (by the plaintiff itself or by one who assigned rights to the plaintiff) of (1) an original work of authorship that is (2) fixed in a tangible medium (e.g. a book or musical recording). Registration is not required for copyright itself, but in most cases is a jurisdictional requirement to bring the suit. Registration is also useful because it gives rise to the presumption of a valid copyright, and eliminates the innocent infringement defense, and (if timely made) it allows the plaintiff to elect statutory damages, and be eligible for a possible award of attorney fees.
Works that are not sufficiently original, or which constitute facts, a method or process cannot enjoy copy protection.. U.S. Courts do not recognize the "sweat of the brow" doctrine, which originally allowed protection for those who labored to collect and organize facts. To combat this, business which assemble databases of information have relied on contract law where copyright law offers no protection. For a work to be original, it must possess a "modicum of creativity", which is a "low threshold" although some creativity must exist.
Copyright protects the fixed expression of ideas, but not the ideas themselves. (Ideas are protected by patents). Nevertheless, an expression must exist in a fixed tangible medium. A movie script writer who discusses a plot idea which has not yet been written would not be protected if another heard his idea and wrote a screenplay himself. Whether RAM constitutes a "fixed medium" is a contentious issue in copyright litigation because of the transitory nature of RAM.
Second element: establishing actual copying
A plaintiff establishes actual copying with direct or indirect evidence. Direct evidence is satisfied either by a defendant's admission to copying or the testimony of witnesses who observed the defendant in the act. More commonly, a plaintiff relies on circumstantial or indirect evidence. A court will infer copying by a showing of a "striking similarity" between the copyrighted work and the alleged copy, along with a showing of both access and use of that access. A plaintiff may establish access by proof of distribution over a large geographical area, or by eyewitness testimony that the defendant owned a copy of the protected work. Access alone is not sufficient to establish infringement. The plaintiff must show a similarity between the two works, and the degree of similarity will affect the probability that illicit copying in fact occurred in the court's eyes. Even then, the plaintiff must show that the copying amounted to improper appropriation.
Indeed, the US Supreme Court has held that not all copying constitutes infringement and a showing of misappropriation is necessary.
Third element: establishing misappropriation
A copyrighted work may contain elements which are not copyrightable, such as facts, ideas, themes, or content in the public domain. A plaintiff alleging misappropriation must first demonstrate that what the defendant appropriated from the copyrighted work was protectible. Second, a plaintiff must show that the intended audience will recognize substantial similarities between the two works. The intended audience may be the general public, or a specialized field. The degree of similarity necessary for a court to find misappropriation is not easily defined. Indeed, "the test for infringement of a copyright is of necessity vague." Two methods are used to determine if unlawful appropriation has occurred: the subtractive method and the totality method.
The subtractive method, also known as the "abstraction/subtraction approach" seeks to analyze what parts of a copyrighted work are protectible and which are not. The unprotected elements are subtracted and the fact finder then determines whether substantial similarities exist in the protectible expression which remains. For instance, if the copyright holder for West Side Story alleged infringement, the elements of that musical borrowed from Romeo and Juliet would be subtracted before comparing it to the allegedly infringing work because Romeo and Juliet exists in the public domain.
The totality method, also known as the "total concept and feel" approach takes the work as a whole with all elements included when determining if a substantial similarity exists. The individual elements of the alleged infringing work may by themselves be substantially different from their corresponding part in the copyrighted work, but nevertheless taken together be a clear misappropriation of copyrightable material.
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 4/10/2007 ( Racketeering Mob Organizations Microsoft & Corbis & all Microsoft partners & USA Domestic Terrorist Steve Davis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 15974 days
15974 = 7987 + 7987
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 1/14/1981 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Scanners" ) is 7987 days
From 10/11/1968 ( date hijacked from me:I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of planet Earth ) To 4/10/2007 ( Racketeering Mob Organizations Microsoft & Corbis & all Microsoft partners & USA Domestic Terrorist Steve Davis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 14060 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date UK ) To 6/2/1978 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Capricorn One" ) is 7030 days
From 7/23/1973 ( date hijacked from me:I passed the Multistate Bar Examination ) To 6/1/1990 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Total Recall" ) is 6157 days
From 6/1/1990 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Total Recall" ) To 4/10/2007 ( Racketeering Mob Organizations Microsoft & Corbis & all Microsoft partners & USA Domestic Terrorist Steve Davis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 6157 days
From 7/20/1969 ( date hijacked from me:I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) To 4/10/2007 ( Racketeering Mob Organizations Microsoft & Corbis & all Microsoft partners & USA Domestic Terrorist Steve Davis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 13778 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) To 11/22/1996 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is 13778 days
From 12/11/1972 ( date hijacked from me:I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) To 4/10/2007 ( Racketeering Mob Organizations Microsoft & Corbis & all Microsoft partners & USA Domestic Terrorist Steve Davis actively instigates insurrection and subversive activity against the U.S. federal government ) is 12538 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date US ) To 6/30/1993 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "The Firm" ) is 12538 days
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003661517_corbis11.html
Originally published April 11, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified April 11, 2007 at 11:54 AM
Corbis Chief Executive Steve Davis announced Tuesday he would be stepping down to dedicate more time to [ CIVIL WAR AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM AGAINST THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ], following in the footsteps of his boss, Bill Gates.
Davis, 49, has helped run Gates' privately held image company for 14 years, the past decade as CEO. Corbis President Gary Shenk, a Hollywood media veteran who has been with the company since 2003, will take the helm on July 1.
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