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gypsi
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response 300 of 644:
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Jun 16 01:24 UTC 2000 |
Ugh...rephrase it as "this band's short-lived career." so that it fits
Jeopardy format. ;-)
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orinoco
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response 301 of 644:
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Jun 16 03:00 UTC 2000 |
Who are the Sex Pistols?
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cyklone
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response 302 of 644:
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Jun 16 04:08 UTC 2000 |
Who were the Cowsills?
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gypsi
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response 303 of 644:
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Jun 16 04:53 UTC 2000 |
<bows to Dan> You're up. =)
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carla
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response 304 of 644:
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Jun 16 08:13 UTC 2000 |
pinzi iz the smiths
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brighn
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response 305 of 644:
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Jun 17 22:03 UTC 2000 |
what is The Ukrainian's mini EP?
Oh wait, it wasn't carla's turn. ;}
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orinoco
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response 306 of 644:
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Jun 19 18:54 UTC 2000 |
The color most artists aren't allowed to use for their CD packaging. Bonus
points for what the artists who are allowed have in common.
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tpryan
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response 307 of 644:
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Jun 19 21:49 UTC 2000 |
What is Gold? Million selling CDs?
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bruin
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response 308 of 644:
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Jun 19 21:58 UTC 2000 |
What is pink?
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brighn
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response 309 of 644:
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Jun 19 22:34 UTC 2000 |
by "not allowed", do you mean predominant color, or what?
I have a pile of CDs here, and every color imaginable is represented
somewhere. ;}
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mcnally
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response 310 of 644:
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Jun 20 00:35 UTC 2000 |
What is octarine?
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brighn
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response 311 of 644:
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Jun 20 01:28 UTC 2000 |
good question, mcnally, what *IS* octarine? ;}
although that leads me to ask:
what is Mary Kay pink? (getting more specific than bruin ;} )
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mcnally
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response 312 of 644:
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Jun 20 19:18 UTC 2000 |
(it's the fictional eighth color in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books.
only wizards can see it..)
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orinoco
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response 313 of 644:
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Jun 24 03:41 UTC 2000 |
By "not allowed," I mean that there is a specific piece of packaging which
may not be that color, under threat of lawsuit.
I should add that I'm not sure how strictly this color has been defended in
actual practice.
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brighn
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response 314 of 644:
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Jun 24 17:23 UTC 2000 |
Is it a situation such as what Mary Kay cosmetics have with cars -- a
trademarked color that represents a company or group?
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raven
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response 315 of 644:
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Jun 24 18:21 UTC 2000 |
What is Pepesi blue?
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orinoco
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response 316 of 644:
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Jun 26 03:36 UTC 2000 |
I don't know what sort of deal Mary Kay has with cars, but it is a trademarked
color.
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brighn
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response 317 of 644:
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Jun 26 04:16 UTC 2000 |
the deal with Mary Kay and cars is simple (or so I understand): There's a
shade of pink that nobody excep Mary Kay may use for various objects,
including corporate cars.
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mcnally
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response 318 of 644:
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Jun 26 05:54 UTC 2000 |
Because?
(I could be wrong, but I didn't think you could trademark a color.
I really, really doubt that you can patent or copyright one, either.
So what legal mechanism is it that purportedly allows Mary Kay a
monopoly on cars of a certain shade?)
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raven
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response 319 of 644:
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Jun 26 06:15 UTC 2000 |
I think Pepesi trademarked it's shade blue, so it is possible, whether any
trademarked colors have withstood a legal challange is a different question.
Really I think this intellectual property thing is getting out of hand.
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other
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response 320 of 644:
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Jun 26 06:32 UTC 2000 |
perhaps the chemical composition of the pigment used for the particular
color they reserve?
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brighn
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response 321 of 644:
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Jun 26 15:05 UTC 2000 |
In 1995, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a color can be registered
as a trademark provided there's evidence that shows the color has become
associated with a particular product. The U.S. federal trademark registration
statute defines a trademark as "any word, name, symbol, or device, or any
combination thereof used ... to identify and distinguish goods from those
manufactured or sold by others." So, the court asked, "If a shape, a sound,
a fragrance can act as symbols, why, one might ask, can a color not do the
same?"
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/20/pepsi.html
None of this is getting us towards answering the Jeopardy clue, though. =}
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orinoco
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response 322 of 644:
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Jun 26 16:02 UTC 2000 |
Interesting. I suppose this means my clue is more complicated than I thought,
since apparently Pepsi Blue and Mary Kay Pink could be banned from album art.
I'll narrow it down again by saying that this is a color which belongs to a
primarily musical entity.
(Although I'm tempted to let Raven's answer count, even though it's not what
I expected, since it does have a musical context -- I assume he's thinking
of the brouhaha over "Dispepsi." I'll let this sit a few more days first,
though....)
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brighn
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response 323 of 644:
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Jun 26 16:40 UTC 2000 |
Well, gold was mentioned, so I'll throw out?:
What is platinum?
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raven
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response 324 of 644:
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Jun 26 19:39 UTC 2000 |
What is U2 logo color? #322 alludes to U2's lawsuit against Negativland.
Actyualyy the Pepsi blue thing I read about on the web seperate from
Negativland.
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