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Re: urbanTrees Modern Townhouses video and pictures

SarahDavies — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:38:07 -0000

I stand corrected. I've lived in Seattle for twenty years and never heard of Squire Park, but today that ignorance ends. Apologies for any perceived neighborhood snubbing!

Re: Why I Followed You Back On Twitter

SarahDavies — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:14:23 -0000

Excellent point. I always feel awkward when people totally stress out about social networking mores and information overload, because I think it would be rude to just say "you're old and crotchety and you don't understand the concept of thousands of people accomplishing things together."

Re: Trademarks as Symbolic Links

SarahDavies — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:18:10 -0000

That is the way that it should be. It's unfortunate that trademarks often don't tell us which companies are actually profiting from the product. Companies also frequently change the product being bought, or market the same product under separate trademarks. I think the most accurate portrayal of trademarks is really an investment of advertising into a logo and jingle. The positive associations of the audience seem to be more enduring than the production, the owners, or the product itself.

Re: Van Lindberg on “Intellectual Property”

SarahDavies — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:18:19 -0000

The claim that "the intellectual property part of the business is the most valuable aspect of the business" is certainly not true for "most businesses in the United States", but it is strictly true for folks who merely accumulate intellectual property and use it as an investment (eg Yoko Ono, Intellectual Ventures, Ocean Tomo), and those are the most frightening cases to me. If the intellectual property of your business is in fact the most valuable part of your business, then you are in the business of extorting licensing fees from and suing the pants off legitimate producers of culture and innovation.