Comments on: Copyright Infringement Like Nothing Else!

Copyright Infringement Like Nothing Else!

brownpau — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:00:10 -0800

The Future of Copyright? Spoof GUI alerts from new media artist Perry Hoberman. Wry, yet creatively chilling satire . Also be sure out the rest of the "ACCEPT" exhibit, especially the OK/Cancel dialog boxes and My Life in Spam. Hey, has anyone here seen this exhibit in person?

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:06:23 -0800

Hilarious stuff. Could be a vision of the future.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:08:36 -0800

[this is good] hopefully not [this is prophetic]

By: Armitage Shanks

Armitage Shanks — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:12:14 -0800

[geek] Fair Use Defense radio buttons should be checkboxes. [/geek]

By: skallas

skallas — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:29:02 -0800

Scary, because its true.

By: birdherder

birdherder — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:29:09 -0800

Some the spoof dialogs are similar to real life error messages Thank you Microsoft for the detailed error message.

By: Zonker

Zonker — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:39:16 -0800

Pity that the exhibition's already closed; I'd certainly want to go see it. And yes, I think the "infringement series" is only a slight exaggeration of the future that our coporate overlords want to impose on us.

By: machaus

machaus — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:54:13 -0800

Thank you Microsoft for the detailed error message. Nothing begets head explosion quite like: "An error occurred because an error occurred."

By: crasspastor

crasspastor — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:19:50 -0800

Awesomely osss! Moms everywhere will love this.

By: condour75

condour75 — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:44:36 -0800

It raises the question, where would you like to go today? I just hope we learn to think different before this becomes the choice of a new generation. So please, reach out and touch someone.

By: qbert72

qbert72 — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:54:46 -0800

Armitage: Fair Use Defense radio buttons should be checkboxes. You beat me to it. Rigor, please! Still, very good link, thanks.

By: furiousthought

furiousthought — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:10:40 -0800

These are very funny, though they remind me a bit of my all-time favorite Penny Arcade strip.

By: qbert72

qbert72 — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:32:10 -0800

Let me pick one more nit, if you will. On Windows, the Default button of a dialog box is the leftmost button, whereas on the Mac it's the rightmost. (Yes, this is very stupid.) Sometimes, the default button is rightly placed on both platforms, but the labels don't follow, therefore changing the default option, and the piece's meaning at the same time. At other times, the default button is placed at right in Windows, in an ill attempt to keep the default option the same. The artist should have moved the default label from right (Mac) to left (Windows), and kept the proper default button placement for each platform. Still, these are very funny. I like the wallpaper variety, it's a nice touch. None of these comes close to jodi's amazing computing experiences, as far as I'm concerned. WARNING: preceding link contains extreme popups!

By: wobh

wobh — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 22:40:18 -0800

My favorite.

By: shepd

shepd — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 23:44:57 -0800

For more hilarity, try here. Those are real, too.

By: signal

signal — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:32:46 -0800

[this is scary]

By: mary8nne

mary8nne — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 19:15:00 -0800

This is lame.