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WM---Excellent value play below $10
09/02/2008 by Rick @ mystockwinners.com
--First ask youself, do I want to buy a stock when it is oversold? If so, read on...At Friday's closing price of 4.05, Washington Mutual (WM) is attractive as a speculative value play, based on a price to tangible book ratio of .32 and a Price to...
How serious is copyright infringement?
09/01/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
The copyright statutes tell us that a lot of money can be awarded in copyrigt infringement cases, but we rarely see it happen except in big-operation piracy operations that also fall under the criminal codes. Last week, though, ordinary Joe (or...
The immaturity of corporate america
08/24/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Have you ever felt like this?[caption id="attachment_162" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Stay Away!"][/caption]When I was a kid we used to get these little cards sometimes that had a picture on it, but when you tilted it just a little bit,...
YouTube, Copyright, and the DMCA
08/21/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Yesterday saw a possibly dramatic development in the YouTube world. The DMCA (digital millenium copyright act) includes a provision designed to address the concerns of copyrght holders over the computer technology that allows easy and instant...
Jackson Browne and John McCain
08/18/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Sometimes you get a say, and sometimes you don't. Jackson Browne alleges he should have had a say is whether his recording of his song was used in a political commercial for John McCain, and he's filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement. Reuters...
Court Reinforces Control Concept in Copyright
08/15/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
It seems obvious, but it never hurts to have a court say it's true. Money is not the only thing that makes the world go 'round, and free does not mean anything goes.Briefly, an open-source software provider sued a company that used a portion of...
Scanning Photos
08/12/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Photos, of course, are covered by copyright. If you've ever been married, or had professional head shots taken, or you have kids whose after school activity hired a professional photographer to take wonderfully cute pictures of the tykes in their...
Email - what happens when you die?
08/11/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Every original work of authorship that is fixed in a tangible form is protected by copyright. That includes letters and - these days - email. Which means that when you die, those emails may be part of your estate. Hmmm.Is that something you want?...
O-Blige Me, Mary
08/10/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
[caption id="attachment_212" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Broadcast"][/caption]Work-for-hire rules can trip up more than just the authors. The general rule is that copyrightable work created by an employee of a company in the course of...
Magic Copyrights
08/08/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Just thought I would note that copyright registration is not a magic thing. It does two main things for you: 1. protects your interests in the event of an infringement2. makes it slightly easier for people who might want to use your previously...
Motivational Quote of the Day
08/01/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
"Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision."- Ayn Rand (1905 – 1982), novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter...
Presentation and Communication Skills Workshop in Phoenix
07/12/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
Founded by Professional Actors and Fortune 500 Executives, Pinnacle Performance trains globally, using it's time-tested Performance-Based Training Method™ to teach business professionals the essential communication skills needed to succeed at...
How To Save Money On Your Copyright Registrations
07/01/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Today is the first day of the US Copyright Office's new online registration system. I think. As of 8:11am this morning, July 1, there's no "portal" evident on their site, despite an announcement declaring that everyone can use electronic, online...
Bittersweet Quotes of the Day
06/24/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
- "I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."- "Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it."- "My advice: Just keep movin' straight ahead. Every now and then you find...
Songwriters Reality Check
05/20/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
I know that songwriters sometimes get overwhelmed at the thought of trying to get noticed by an adoring public - or even any public at all. Somehow, seeing rows and rows of records in a store and knowing that you were just one of many was less...
Interview with Jay Scherotter of Scottsdale Insurance Company
04/23/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
Jay Scherotter is the Director of Learning Resources and Organizational Effectiveness for the Scottsdale Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. This property/casualty insurer specializes in excess and surplus...
Motivational Quote of the Day
04/17/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
"We cannot be what we want to be by remaining what we are." -- Max DePree, author of Leadership is an Art(painting: Landscape with Merchants by Claude Lorrain)...
Lord of the Rings versus the Evil Empire?
04/15/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
So you sold or licensed the rights to a copyrighted work. Congratulations! Now comes the part that is hard for most creative folks - keeping track of the project and your payments. Whether you handle it yourself, or whether you hire an...
Training Leadership Summit in San Diego
04/09/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
Next month from May 4th to 7th, the Rancho Bernardo Inn in sunny San Diego will play host to Training magazine's 2008 Training Leadership Summit. This event (which builds on the success of last year's inaugural Summit), will provide senior level...
Follow up on the Student Plagiarism case
04/01/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Last year - actually, almost exactly a year ago - I wrote about a lawsuit filed by several students over a school requirement that all papers be submitted to a web-based plagiarism checking site. The gist of the dispute was that submission to the...
Motivational Quote of the Day
03/20/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
"The West has always been the epicenter of possibility. One of the ways we forge against mortality is to head west. It's to do with catching the sun before it slips behind the horizon. We all keep moving toward the sun, wishing to get the last ray...
MGI posied to go back up--MGI, the company was founded in 1926
03/14/2008 by Rick @ mystockwinners.com
Euronet Worldwide Inc. has proposed paying $1.65 billion in stock for MoneyGram International Inc., which has hit hard times because of its investments in real estate loans. Thats $20 a share That was Dec , now they backed off because they could not...
Copyrights in US Government Materials
03/09/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
A blog on the Wired network reports an interesting story about a recruiting video used by the US Air Force. The blog, Threat Level, was sent a copy of the video by the Air Force itself. Threat Level uploaded the video to YouTube in order to share...
Undervalued Stock---MGI (Will double soon)
03/04/2008 by Rick @ mystockwinners.com
Capital Appreciation Value: Value is a measure of a stock's current worth. MGI has a current Value of $7.15 per share. Therefore, it is undervalued compared to its Price of $3.26 per share. Value is computed from forecasted earnings per share,...
Reading to Lead - The Power of Nice
02/28/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
Who says that nice guys (or gals) finish last? Certainly not Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval, co-authors of The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness. In their national bestseller, the two chief executives of the...