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That's cute!... "Acronyms Authority"

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by yowye 1 view

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My point on this...

What is this world comming to?
An Acronyms Authority? For Pete's-Sake, (and I mean that!, Pete... if your really out there?)
I mean, Come on... lets get real! "Acronyms" are/should be, and were meant to be used only within the same body of information... whether it's a book, essay, paper, etc. so that valuable space or irritating repetitiveness dosen't consume the readers mind. Now sure... I used Acronyms in short paragraphs where I didn't need to.... I'm guilty
But this thing about Political correctness on the meaning of Acronyms, or Acronyms being used and copy-righted by businesses, that should be illegal. Political Correctness should only associate with words and Phrases themselves, and Acronyms be used for what they were designed/meant for.

Before... the term "windows" was an open concept name used in the early portion of the computer age, now it's to be the sole property of a dictatorship firm known as Micro Soft?

They weren't even the ones who came up with the windows term?, and just because some bought off judge decides that the name is now property... dosen't make it so.

What next? Some one going to Copyright the name Darleen? How about Buch? Maybe Bill... Now that would be funny!, Right B.G.?

Hey, what if someone copyrighted the term "IT", what then.... everytime we use it, we pay royalty?

When the heck did Language ever become ownership? Ideas... sure, Language..., names..., Acronyms... hello world, get real.

So... What's your Opinion?

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by jaqui

sony registered trademarks for both ps2 and psp.

so a ps2 port is a violation of sony's trademark, never mind that the port existed long before the game.
then, ibm's ps2 series. out for a decade before sony's game.

Jasc's Paint Shop Pro, commonly called psp for last 10 years, is not a trademark violation because of sony's play station portable.
( Jasc recently sold psp to Corel )
so it's now Corel's psp.

by tony hopkinson

AA is the Automobile Asscociation, so the Acronym's Authority will have to break their own rules in order to have an acronym.

by liame

How does going to a meeting about a car aassociation help alcoholics? Surely they shouldnt be driving......

*confused*

by tony hopkinson

AA is for cars, the pub is for alcoholics.
Acronyms have always been context sensitive. Make one a brand and its not an acronym but a name.
Lasts long enough and people forget it was an acronym.

by jck

AA = Alcoholics Anonymous, which I think has been referred to by that for the longest period.

My favorite was: I heard that Vince McMahon dba Titan Sports having to give up "WWF" for the World Wrestling Federation logo in 2002 because of the World Wildlife Federation. A bunch of wrestlers being defeated in court by tree huggers. I love it. (don't get me wrong...I'm into tree huggin women, since I'm big as a tree.)

I agree on the Windows trademark thing. I think "Microsoft Windows" should be trademarkable, but not "Windows" since it is a plural instance of an English language term.

BTW, I knew a guy in my hometown (small city...about 14000 people) who opened a small computer shop and called it "Computers R Us". Within 2 years, corporate lawyers from Toys R Us had sent him paperwork threatening to sue under some ruling about "Looks like, sounds like" or something.

It's amazing how amazingly pious people can be for a buck.

by liame

The automobile association predates alcoholics anonymous by some 30 years.

by tony hopkinson

A local market vendor called Harold, called his permanent stall Harold's. Harrods took him to court of the basis that some of their customers might get confused !!!!
I know the bulk of us are as daft as sh1t but even the stupidest customer couldn't mistake three trestle tables in a northern village for a famous London department store.

by dc_guy

First off, you're talking about abbreviations. An acronym is an abbreviation that can be pronounced like a word. SAAB and COBOL are acronyms, IBM and HTML are abbreviaions. USA is an abbreviation here, but in Hungary where they pronounce it OO-sha it's an acronym.

Second, you're talking about trademarks, not copyrights. Trademarks only apply in situations where competition or confusion are issues. Nobody's going to confuse Alcoholics Anonymous with American Airlines or the two PS2s you mention.

Third, you can get exclusive rights to your name only if you're in the entertainment business, because it is in a sense your brand name. Your momma may have christened you Bruce Springsteen, but if you go into show biz you'll have to use your middle intial and be Bruce L. Springsteen, or maybe just call yourself George Herbert Walker Reagan.

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