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An Amaz-ing Resume

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Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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post #48

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> but I don't think it's going to be a success apart from creating a lot of social noise at the beginning. Isn't the biggest problem with resumes getting them noticed and making them stand out? If so, he's probably going to get way more eyeballs on this than your standard cv.

This idea has limits. Dumping glitter on your resume printed on pink paper and doing it in Comic Sans makes it stand out, but it is also obnoxious and gets in the way.

I think the site is a little more creative than glitter, pink paper & comic sans.

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

#62
post #48

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This idea has limits. Dumping glitter on your resume printed on pink paper and doing it in Comic Sans makes it stand out, but it is also obnoxious and gets in the way.

I think the site is a little more creative than glitter, pink paper & comic sans.

Did I say otherwise? I am rather addressing your claim that the game is to stand out.

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

#67

One concern is this, in the footer: > This website was made in Jan 2013 by Philippe Dubost for the sole purpose of a playful and creative job search. No copyright infrigement intended. "No copyright infringement intended" is not a thing. Also, right below that it then says: > © 2013, Philippe Dubost Seems a bit strange to me.

1. At least in the U.S., this is clearly fair use [1] [EDIT: for purposes of copyright law], first because the use is "transformative," and second because it will have zero impact on the market for authorized copies (or displays or performances) of (i) the original copyrighted work, namely the Amazon Web site; or (ii) licensed derivatives of the Amazon Web site. See the Supreme Court's decision in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, the "Oh Pretty Woman" parody case in which rappers 2 Live Crew prevailed [2].

2. If Amazon were to sue Philippe Dubost in the U.S. for infringement, the judge likely would toss out the case under the Supreme Court's Twombly/Iqbal doctrine [3], assuming Dubost filed a motion to dismiss --- I can't imagine how Amazon could plead a plausible case that the infringement had affected its market, as would be required by Twombly/Iqbal.

3. In the unlikely event that Amazon did sue Philippe Dubost in the U.S. for infringement, if Dubost won, he might very well be able to recover reasonable attorneys' fees from Amazon [4].

4. The resume suggests that Philippe Dubost is in Paris, so Amazon could sue in France for infringement of the French copyright; I don't know what the outcome would be in that case.

5. If someone at Amazon did want to file suit for infringement, the marketing people should throw their bodies in front of the train, because Amazon would be widely mocked. If anything, the resume's mimicry of the Amazon style provides (incremental) validation of Amazon's status as a First World icon.

5A. [EDIT:] On the trademark side, Amazon might have a plausible case against Dubost for "dilution" of a famous trademark, namely the totality of the Amazon Web site's look and feel. [5]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_I....

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._Iqbal#Rule_8_pleadi...

[4] http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#505

[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_dilution

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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What is painful Amazon checkout process? Did you mean painless one-click buy that makes me spend more money on Kindle books than I would want to?

You mean the process where I'm logged in, add some items to my cart and when I click checkout get asked to login again, get to the 3rd screen and I'm told they don't ship to my country? Yeah, painless.

You're not logged in, initially - merely recognised. You wouldn't be too pleased if anyone could just walk up and buy stuff for themselves based on a cookie, would you?

The shipping thing is poor though.

Re: An Amaz-ing Resume

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post #62

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I think the site is a little more creative than glitter, pink paper & comic sans.

Did I say otherwise? I am rather addressing your claim that the game is to stand out.

I think he meant that the game is to stand out in a way that doesn't immediately get your CV placed in the shredder...
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