http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/08/dont-electronic-control-device-me-bro/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:15:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/08/dont-electronic-control-device-me-bro/comment-page-1/#comment-47928 Jamie Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:26:12 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/08/dont-electronic-control-device-me-bro/#comment-47928 The world of corporate law and branding has become so stupid it boggles the mind. Has an attempt to bully someone for technically misusing a brand, or theoretically violating some copyright in such a benign way, EVER gone well? These people need to remember the Streisand Effect. People look a lot more critically at obnoxious cease-and-desist letters than they ever would at the original "misuse". The world of corporate law and branding has become so stupid it boggles the mind. Has an attempt to bully someone for technically misusing a brand, or theoretically violating some copyright in such a benign way, EVER gone well? These people need to remember the Streisand Effect. People look a lot more critically at obnoxious cease-and-desist letters than they ever would at the original "misuse".

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