[humorix] A Message From The CEO Of The Poster, Inc.

[James Baughn <jbaughn@ldd.net>]

A Message From The CEO Of The Poster, Inc.
By Slashdot user turg

Dear Reader,

You've probably noticed that at the bottom of the Slashdot
home page there is a disclaimer that reads "All trademarks
and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective
owners. Comments are owned by the Poster."

My newly formed company, The Poster, Inc., is pleased to be
recognized as the rightful owner of the comments on
Slashdot. We are preparing a generous offer to allow
Slashdot to continue to publish our property on the World
Wide Web or in book form, for a very small ongoing royalty
fee -- while we explore ways to market our property in
other media.

Furthermore, our subsidiary, the Their Respective Owners
Co., is preparing a contract to license the use of the
trademarks attributed to them in the disclaimer referenced
above.

Some of you may have noticed that the disclaimer on the
comments pages indicates that comments are owned by
"whoever posted them" and you have probably puzzled over
this apparent contradiction between this disclaimer and the
one on the front page. We are aware of the confusion this
has caused, and are taking steps to correct this. We can
assure you that ownership of all the copyrights and
trademarks referred to here has been consolidated under the
ownership of our companies.

I hope this message has been helpful in clearing up the
unanswered questions about the ownership of the
intellectual property which has been compiled to create
Slashdot. Please hesistate to contact us with any
questions.

Sincerely,

W.P. Them
CEO, The Poster, Inc.
            
P.S. We've recently hired Mrs. Edna Graustein, of Kansas
City, Mo., to our newest company division, All Rights
Reserved Corp.  As you probably know, Mrs. Graustein
currently holds all rights to comments posted on
Kuro5hin.org.  This acquisition will establish The Poster,
Inc. as the leading source for innovation in the field of
intellectual property laws.  

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Editor's Note: This was originally posted on Slashdot at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00/04/12/1651237&cid=32
Yes, we see the irony in this.

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