You cannot copyright the Hoon Hoax idea. Ideas are not copyrighted, only the particular expression of them. The words you put down on paper or electronic form to express the concept of the Moon Hoax are yours to protect, but the idea is free for others to take.

In any case, Phil would likely face legal issues to using any form of protection for Moon Hoax arguments, because Kaysing, Rene, Sibrel, et al have already beat him to them.

> Pity, the concept of a faked moon landing is an idea and can’t be copyrighted.

Well, that’s the way it’s supposed to be, AFAIK. But, in these days when you can get a patent on “one-click shopping” (read “using cookies to remember you”) and using a “sliding window” to allow 2-digit years to mean something other than 1900-1999, one has to wonder. I understand that patents have been granted on plants that have been discovered in nature. (As opposed to grown in a lab via cross-breeding.)

Perhaps he should trademark specific phrases, like “how come we don’t see any stars”, and “you’d never survive a trip through the Van Allen belt”?

On St Valentine’s Day 2003, a Friday, I was whacked by a dead branch falling off a huge gum tree in our neighbour’s back yard. It hit me on the forehead & nose (much to the amusement of a long time friend who always said I had a big schnozzle!), also hit my right upper arm ripping the sleeve off my shirt and leaving a large bruise.

The following day was the Avalon International Air Show for which we’d had tickets for several months. With nose covered in flesh coloured plaster I was there, revelling in the roar of the jets & the smell of aviation fuel, loving every minute of it & feeling great. Woke up Sunday morning, felt like I’d been hit by the proverbial truck. I had concussion & felt lousy for a week.

My theory (in the sense that fundies say “evolution’s only a theory”!) is that the excitement of going to the air show kept the concussion at bay for 24 hours. So, is there any info on what condition Mr Kitna is in now? I’m quite happy to have my “theory” blasted out of the water

Phil, I see nothing wrong with you trying to copyright the Moon Hoax idea. It would be wonderful to see Moon Hoax believers paying for their stupidity.

Cheers

Folcrom.

Oh, those pesky morals!

It’s the skeptic mantra: “If I only didn’t have a conscience…”

Also, please refrain from using colorful words on the blog, please. Thanks.

The followup strip from today exapnds on the running joke of making fun of Stef the marketing douchebag for believing the moon hoax [word deleted by The Bad Astronomer].

http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/07sep/xuf010718.gif

So anyway, I am a Detroit Lions fan and in the game on Sunday our quarterback, Jon Kitna, was knocked out of the game with a concussion in the 1st quarter. In the 4th quarter the medical staff gave him an OK to go back in the game, which he did and led the Lions to a victory. Here’s where it gets interesting (for non-Lions fans), after the game Kitna attributed his returning to the game as a Miracle and that god had healed him. Now, I love the guy, he is a great QB, but it drives me nuts when atheletes bring religion into the game. In a Lions blog that I read a reporter wrote a story with a minor comment stating that he didn’t think it was a miracle, just that Kitna is a tough player. This little article has caused one of the religion good vs. religion bad comment wars that I am sure you are familiar with. I joined in a little, but it was funny how the sames things that were said about one of your creationists posts were showing up on a football site. Here is the link if you are interested…

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2007/09/kitna_proves_toughness_on_off.html

Love the site, by the way…