Ownership

Reevaluating Ownership

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Literature, Perfectly Smooth, Legal Rights, Music, Accessible, Conversational Language, Government, Freedom of Speech, Sean Combs, Creative License, Illegal Downloading, Technology, Mac Computers, Cosmetic Surgery, Language Rights, Brands, Creativity, Ipods, Washington DC, Free, Trademark Law, Creative Freedom, Facebook, Downloading, Ownership, Iphones, Service Mark, Ipads, Art, Original, Language, Inspiration, Napster, Margarita, Freedom of Expression, Branding, Copyright Law, Legal System, Imaginative, Inspire, Small Business News
Jennifer Hamady

Trademarks are becoming as common as commas, yet with a far greater impact than overused punctuation. While the legal lockdown of conversational language is progressing, the copyright law and rights are being thoroughly challenged.

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Young People Are Losing Interest in Cars, But That Doesn't Mean the End of the Road for Automakers

Matthew DeBord | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Automakers, Demotorizing, Chevy Volt, Car Sharing, Asia, China, Cars 2, Lightning McQueen, Transportation, Ownership, Business News
Matthew DeBord

Lightning McQueen may as well take his place next to Thomas the Tank Engine: The reign of the car as the central fetish of American life is drawing to a close.

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Bankers Win: No Capitol Hill Action on Mortgage Foreclosure Protection for Two Years

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: OurBroker.Com, Loan, Tea Party, Congress, Ownership, Mortgage, Lenders, Note, Produce the Note Act, Foreclosure, Subprime, Home Ownership Equity Protection Act, Title, Kaptur, Hoepa, Marcy, Peter G. Miller, Business News
Peter G. Miller

Stashed away in a draw somewhere on Capitol Hill is a simple piece of legislation that would have done much to stop the mortgage mess, robo-signing, unfair foreclosures, and the growing claims against lenders.

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Tim Berners-Lee Warns Against Facebook Threat: Social Network Fragments Web

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Open Internet, Tim Berners Lee, Google, Internet, Linked In, Itunes, Verizon, Social Networking, Web, Open Web, Sir Tim Berners Lee, Facebook, Net Neutrality, Privacy, Ownership, Technology News

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, warned that social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Friendster constitute one of "severa...

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The Link Between Ownership and Creativity

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Squatting, Psychological Science, Moral Psychology, Heuristics, Private Property, Cognitive Psychology, Patricia Kanngiesser, Ownership, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

New research suggests that our moral judgments about property ownership may be an intuitive process--one more fundamental than society's laws and regulations.

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Steinbrenner: By George, He Was a Pain!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Yankees, Yankees and World Series, Steinbrenner, Hideki Irabu, Lou Piniella, Bully, Yankees and American League, Yankee Stadium, Yogi Berra, Yankee Owner, Jesse Jackson, Joe Torre, Bluster, Steinbrenner Obituary, Ownership, Dave Winfield, Yankees, George Steinbrenner, Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, Management, Joe Girardi, Billy Martin, Sports News
Rick Horowitz

I'm a born-and-bred New Yorker. A Yankee fan by nature and by nurture -- "Cut me and I bleed pinstripes" and all that. So you'll understand what it...

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Big Media and the FCC Roadshow: Controlling the Message Online and Off

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television, Prometheus, FCC. Media, Information, Cross-Ownership, Radio, Broadcast, Alliance, Justice, News, Telecom, Ownership, Media News
Tracy Rosenberg

The FCC is coming to Silicon Valley, asking if "legacy media" (radio, television, and newspapers) even matter in the Internet age.

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More On The Bridges From Love To Fear

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Srini Pillay, Oxytocin, Fear, Inspiration, Trust, Brain, Srinivasan Pillay, Bridge, Loss, Flow, Sadness, Love, Spirituality, Amygdala, Ownership, Relationships, Healthy Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

hese are just some of the many reasons that love can turn to fear, but if we look at these more deeply, how can we think about them? And what can we do about them?

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Turning Down $250 Million Is Not a Smart Move for ION or Minority TV Audiences

Deborah Douglas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Ion Media Networks, Michael Copps, Fcc, Bankruptcy, Cyrus Capital Partners, Jobs, Jonathan Jackson, Minority, Depression, Ownership, Chicago News
Deborah Douglas

Can you image what TV might look like if it looked like the people who watch it, often in higher proportions than the people being targeted by an overwhelming white, male corps of writers?

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Bullies Delight in Town Hall and Center

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Nazi Germany, Conscience, Bullying, US-vs-Them, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Bullies, God, Capitalism, Jewish, Protesters, Ten Commandments, Ownership, Health Care Reform Protests, Town Hall, Nazis, Property Rights, Protests, Health Care Reform, Nazi, Town Hall Meetings, Christian, Naziism, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

We have witnessed a spate of violent bullying and psychological assault, moods of hostility and derision which have stooped to levels that defy any clear intention to act for the greater good.

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