Amendment to the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy

Effective Date: November 5, 2008

Beginning November 5, 2008 the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy is being amended as follows:

Section 5 is being revised to include activities with an entry fee and a price, including games of skill and sweepstakes. The new language is as follows:

Prohibited Activities
You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:

"5. involve gambling, gaming and/or any other activity with an entry fee and a prize, including, but not limited to casino games, sports betting, horse or greyhound racing, lottery tickets, other ventures that facilitate gambling, games of skill (whether or not it is legally defined as a lottery) and sweepstakes unless the operator has obtained prior approval from PayPal and the operator and customers are located exclusively in jurisdictions where such activities are permitted by law."

Just a friendly reminder if you are not yet a PayPal Member you better head over here and accept Funds from Blogging Earnings

Last June 5,2008 Anton has filed the cased with his lawyer Atty Rod Vera into the Regional Trial Court with case #08-436 for copyright infringement and damages.

I think this will probably be the first time an EXIF file will be used as Evidence in the Philippines. Now will the Philippine copyright law and protection be tested ? Or there will be a settlement later on.

It is good that somebody is brave enough to face a giant. This will be like David & Goliath Story .

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I remember the days when I use to watch cartoon movies, and one cartoon movies that I remember is the Mighty Mouse, a 2D cartoon series of a superhero that look like a mouse.

The cartoon series was own by CBS, They own the copyright of using Mighty Mouse in the Cartoon Series.

Later on when MAC decided to make a branded mouse they bought the name Mighty Mouse from CBS and use it as their brand name.

But I have read a report that MAC and CBS are being sued for trademark infringement by a competing interface manufacturer. Man and Machine is claiming that they have the full rights to use the name since they have been selling its Mighty Mouse product waterproof and chemical resistant mice under the same name to labs and hospitals Earlier than MAC.

Man and Machines now argues that CBS didn’t have the right to offer Apple the license to the name, as the CBS trademark on the name doesn’t cover goods in that category. Man and Machines argues it holds the trademark for use of the Mighty Mouse name in conjunction with an interface controller. Alongside the legal case it is also challenging the CBS trademark with a filing at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Now whom do you think the real owner ?, So it is really important to have your brand name protected. Hmm.. I am now thinking of having my website name patented under me

Picture & News came via [ 9to5mac ]

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Manila, 12 May 2008 –  Globe, SingTel, Bharti Airtel and Optus today announced that they have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to the Philippines, Singapore, India, and Australia later this year.

More information will be released at a later date.

But isn’t it iPhone is available everywhere in the mall. When I am on vacation I saw lots of iPhone in SM Mall.

Thanks to Migs for the Tip

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The report as follows :

The case stemmed from Microsoft’s allegedly unauthorized and illegal “digital copying” and distribution of a locally developed manual on the use of Microsoft Office.

Originally titled “The SEC Microsoft Office XP Manual,” the 379-page manual was copyrighted in 2005 by SEC director Conrad Mañalac for the exclusive use of teachers and students.

in 2004, Microsoft Philippines reportedly purchased licenses to print 10,000 copies of the SEC manual, now retitled “Innovate: A Mentor’s Guide to ICT Foundation Competencies,” which was used for the company’s “Partners in Learning” program for high school teachers.

In October 2006, Microsoft distributed the manual (in PDF format) through CDs as part of its corporate giveaways during two separate events.

The distribution of PDF format is the basis of the law suit, The lawyer Estelito Mendoza said that this is a case of copyright infringement. It is also regarded as the first legal case of IP violation filed versus Microsoft in the Philippines.

This will be sensational since a giant company like Microsoft under suit by Philippine School. This only shows that in Philippines we give protection to intellectual property. ( Agree or Dis-Agree ? )

Source : Inquirer.net

Update : Yugatech shows Estelito Mendoza’s Interview

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With this law in mind I think most of the blogger will now be very careful on their post.

Hat Tip from Yuga

“InstaCalc is a vision for a fast, simple and powerful calculator”

A sample on how to this is shown below.

Results appear as you type. Edit in real-time.

Easier than Excel

Use readable numbers and equations.

Painless Sharing

Save a link or embed in your webpage. Readers can see your thoughts, update the numbers, and link to the new results. No logins, no hassles.

Explore

Try charts, programming and more.

And here is the sample on embedding this feature on your blog. I have adopted the HTML version although you can also use JAva version.

and Example input might be as follows using Pythagorean Theorem:

Row 1 : X = 5

Row 2 : Y = 10

Row 3 : (x^2+y^2)^(1/2)

It should give you and answer of 11.18033988

You could provide any mathematical equation you like. Even it is 3,4,5 and so on variables. It is cool that is why it caught my attention, As an Engineer this kind of application is very useful.