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		<title>What a Dick Move</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an ENORMOUS fan of Philip K Dick&#8217;s writings (no small thanks to Richard Linklater) and i&#8217;ve always been thankful that his family has been so protective over his legacy. THIS, however&#8230; is troubling to me: http://gothamist.com/2010/01/06/philip_k_dick_daughter_threatens_la.php I mean&#8230; i DO see her point. Even though the word nexus has been used for other [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.seventhswami.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/intellectual_property.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2069" title="intellectual_property" src="http://www.seventhswami.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/intellectual_property.jpg" alt="intellectual_property" width="168" height="168" /></a>I am an ENORMOUS fan of Philip K Dick&#8217;s writings (no small thanks to Richard Linklater) and i&#8217;ve always been thankful that his family has been so protective over his legacy.</p>
<p>THIS, however&#8230; is troubling to me:<br />
<a href="http://gothamist.com/2010/01/06/philip_k_dick_daughter_threatens_la.php">http://gothamist.com/2010/01/06/philip_k_dick_daughter_threatens_la.php</a></p>
<p>I mean&#8230; i DO see her point. Even though the word nexus has been used for other products in the past&#8230; this phone runs on &#8220;android&#8221; and that may indicate some intentional reference to the Nexus 6. But i think we&#8217;re entering dangerous territory here&#8230; How long will it be until every phrase imaginable is copyrighted?</p>
<p>I hate to think that the heir to the estate of my hero is now joining the ranks of AutoZone (who sued Brittney Spears, claiming ownership of the phrase &#8220;<a href="http://blogcritics.org/music/article/britney-sued-in-the-zone/">in the zone</a>&#8220;) &#8230; or AOL/Time/Warner (who can sue you if you don&#8217;t ask their permission before singing &#8220;<a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp">Happy Birthday to You</a>.&#8221;)</p>
<p>I wonder why she&#8217;s never considered suing Cisco over their &#8220;Nexus 7000&#8243; line of switches.  A switch is a decision-making device&#8230; not exactly a true-to-form &#8220;android&#8221; but then again neither is a smart phone. The name is Nexus and it has a number right after it. Same list of offenses.</p>
<p>Come on Isa&#8230; do your homework. You could be suing WAY more people than this. There&#8217;s a &#8220;Valis&#8221; Rock Band&#8230; and a &#8220;Valis III&#8221; video game&#8230; why not THEM? Start googling every meme your father ever put on paper and see what comes up.</p>
<p>Or better yet&#8230; DON&#8217;T contribute to the commoditazation of the english language. That would make me much happier.</p>
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