Stephen Downes

Some ridiculous trademark policy rules courtesy of Sun. These rules define how you can use the Sun trademark. Specific sentences are provided. Now I ask: can Sun tell you how we are allowed to refer to its products? More importantly: will lawyers now advise authors to change their copy in order to avoid a costly lawsuit? Because of copyright and trademark legislation - and the mere possibility of lawsuits - we are losing our control of the language, our capacity to speak and even think in a manner that opposes corporate policy. Some say I'm paranoid, but no paranoia of mine ever produced examples like this.