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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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If the lines between right and wrong were clear then human history would be...
Pamela Koslyn
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If you register a domain name without the intent to use it yourself but with...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Yes, you can use and write about publicly available knowledge about this sport,...
Dana Howard Shultz
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I would add the following to the first answer: Your copyright will exist in...
Pamela Koslyn
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To the extent obituaries are mini-biographies and not simply news and factual...
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Pamela Koslyn
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From a quick search on the copyright database, it seems the flag is from 1911,...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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It's unlawful in California to offer business services by using an insignia,...
Pamela Koslyn
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As long as you use them so you can comment on them and critique them, then that...
Pamela Koslyn
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Do you mean they trademarked the name? You probably can't be sure that they're...
Steven L. O'Donnell
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As Ms Koslyn noted, they might oppose your registration, but if they're not...
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Thomas M Dunlap
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It certainly is possible to create such a game, however you always run the risk...
Pamela Koslyn
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This idea is probably a non-starter. It involves the copyrights, trademarks,...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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The rule is easy to articulate: Short phrases, such as quotes, are not...
Pamela Koslyn
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As Attorney Ballard's answer eloquently explains, the rule that "short phrases"...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

Yes. In the situation you describe it's irrelevant that you do not intend...
Ronald David Coleman
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What you are describing is, in fact, a copyright infringement.
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Your question reveals a fundamental misunderstanding that many, many people (...
Pamela Koslyn
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If my colleague's examples have not enlightened you to the point where you...
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David Hamlin Madden
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There are no copyright problems with what you propose for many long-dead...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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All paintings (and all books, photographs, sculptures, musical compositions,...
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Pamela Koslyn
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I'm assuming that this team has a trademark for various classes of goods,...
Laura Mcfarland-Taylor
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As Ms Koslyn points out - it's not okay.
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Pamela Koslyn
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If you're only using "thumbnail" size images, you may fit into the fair use...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Your copying and storage of the photographs, and your publication of them via...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Sounds like no one's consulted a music lawyer about any music business affairs....
Kaiser Wahab
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Contributor Level 6

There are many variables to that question, which has no "benchmark" answers...
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Ronald David Coleman
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Contributor Level 4

Ultimately they do have to prove that the DVD's were counterfeit, yes. There...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

The problem here is you want to use the most recognizable parts of these...
Ronald K. Phillips
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Yes, probably. You would be creating a "derivative work" from the copyrighted...
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Kaiser Wahab
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Contributor Level 6

That could be a problem for two reasons: copyright and trademark law. The...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Not legally. Your custom made jewlery is infringing on Apple's rights, and...
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Pamela Koslyn
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If you and your factual situation was in the news, those news/history facts are...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Just copying and putting the photo in your short film, assuming this photo is...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Your question really is: "Will I commit copyright infringement by publicly...
Brian Mitchell Rowland
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First, I don't believe you can copyright protect the name. Trademark should be...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

Mr. Rowland is quite correct -- copyright is not the body of law that may...

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