A resounding "DOI!" came springing out of the Utah legislature late last week as lawmakers acknowledged they should have done a little background work, or at least listened to all the squalling, before they passed the Trademark Protection Act.
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(For the uninitiated, "doi" is a juvenile, circa third grade insult, usually spoken with an lengthy up-twang at the end – doiiiii – replaced in junior high with "doofus," and in high school with "dumb ass." Perhaps unrelated,
Intended to take effect today, the
That realization, courtesy of Rep. David Clark, descended onto to the Utah legislation only after Google, eBay, Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, 1-800-Contacts, and Overstock.com sent their heaviest hitters to give them a talking-to, according to the
Um, doi. Though Utah's lawmakers seem to have a
"It's only now, after the legislation has been passed, that the politicians figured it was worth maybe understanding what their legislation would actually do," writes Mike Masnick, CEO of
But the headline of the week award goes to Kevin Newcomb at
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