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- Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:44 pm
- Forum: Music Copyright
- Topic: Album Artwork
- Replies: 22
- Views: 34349
There might be a problem about the DVD as ashtray idea if the rights owner could persuade a court that this was a derogatory treatment of his work. But frankly that would never get to court, because the DVD itself is not the copyright work, merely the medium on which the work (the songs etc) are ca...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:57 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Used Greetings Cards
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23237
The typographical layout protection provided by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act would not apply since the only element from the original card to be re-used (not copied) would be the image (even if that image incorporated some words). Now I think I have an idea of your rationale, and I believe...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:34 pm
- Forum: Music Copyright
- Topic: Album Artwork
- Replies: 22
- Views: 34349
Not for the first time, I find myself disagreeing with Typonaut on this.[/url] If we all had the same answer I doubt there would be a need for many people asking questions. If you are re-using the original article then there is simply no copying involved, therefore the question of copyright infring...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:01 pm
- Forum: Music Copyright
- Topic: Album Artwork
- Replies: 22
- Views: 34349
Own-It has just published a fact sheet on this issue: Re-using design. In particular the section on up-cycling seems most relevant - but I'm not sure it's any more illuminating than the discussion above.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:39 am
- Forum: Music Copyright
- Topic: Album Artwork
- Replies: 22
- Views: 34349
Re: Great advice
I would not be mass commercializing their products but I only want to make a single item and only to customer bespoke requests. I don't think it really matters how many you make, one is enough to invite litigation. The problem with this thread is that we don't really know what you are making, and p...
- Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:27 pm
- Forum: Music Copyright
- Topic: Album Artwork
- Replies: 22
- Views: 34349
Re: Been thinking....
Instead of seeking copyright agreement which could take ages as is proving, what if i bought the original item and then used that item in my product. An example could be that I buy an album and then use it (both sleeve & vinyl) within a product of my own design, let's say a chair. I sandwich th...
- Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:14 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Used Greetings Cards
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23237
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:47 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Used Greetings Cards
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23237
There is an article in the Daily Mail about Damian Hirst threatening to sue a collage artist over several pieces that were displayed and sold . In this piece, the following quote is not true: Cartrain, from Leytonstone in east London, added that there were innumerable examples throughout history of ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:34 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Used Greetings Cards
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23237
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:01 am
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Movies and TV shows - copyrights and unofficial merchandise
- Replies: 66
- Views: 66144
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:47 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Movies and TV shows - copyrights and unofficial merchandise
- Replies: 66
- Views: 66144
Faithful reproduction on a scale model isn't an infringement in itself, but if the main car company market its own scale models under that trademark and the existence of the 3rd party scale model company's products affect the sales of the car company's own scale models, then it's an infringement? N...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:02 am
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Movies and TV shows - copyrights and unofficial merchandise
- Replies: 66
- Views: 66144
I just had my boss on the phone, saying he's been talking to a motorsports photographer / artist who takes photographs of cars and bikes at motorsports events such as Formula 1 Grand Prix races, and then makes paintings out of them which he sells online. This is a trade mark or passing off issue, r...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:36 am
- Forum: Music Copyright
- Topic: Just for fun... songwriting... paternal rights
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8508
You might also want to take a look at Hodgens v Beckingham . I think the key issue I find that separates Hodgens v Beckingham from Hadley v Kemp is that in the latter the judge finds that the other musicians in Spandau Ballet were merely performing as people skilled in the art would be expected to, ...
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:55 pm
- Forum: Copyright Infringement
- Topic: False Copyright Claim
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8143
I think this is the most likely explanation. Or, someone just trying to stir up trouble for you (that's why I posted a link to another discussion thread).AndyJ wrote:I suspect he either doesn't understand copyright law, or is behaving in this way in order to remove competition to his 'news' service.
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:49 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Movies and TV shows - copyrights and unofficial merchandise
- Replies: 66
- Views: 66144
People at work are really starting to hate me. :lol: I need to find an avenue of attack that increases our portfolio instead of reducing it soon or I'll get lynched by our designers. Original ideas, that don't trade on someone else's designs/goodwill? BTW, part of my point about Temple Island Colle...