The Armory #2 on VS?? (by WIntermuteai1)
Pilot:
Quote from: sagana on 2005 October 23, 03:29:43
Edit: Yeah, that's not true... you can use "the name of the owner, an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally accepted alternative designation of the owner." Furthermore, "Section 406 (a) begins with a statement that the use of the wrong name in the notice will not affect the validity or ownership of the copyright..." ( I stand corrected)
Andygal:
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Money, obviously. Do you realize how much it adds up when all you people are paying me $29.95/month? Of course, not everyone can be as awesome as me...
1422 members times 29.95 is 42,588.90 per months times 12 is 511,066.80 a year.
That's about right for somebody as awesome as Pescado.
Inge:
If we're talking of "intellectual property" aren't concepts such as "Armory" for old hacks and "long beards" Pescado's trademarks in the first place, WRT sims modding?
Pilot:
A Trade Mark (TM) has to be registered with your countries local registry office. Example, McDonalds has trademarked .
The slogan is theirs and can not legally be used by anyone else to promote their product. Same goes with the "M" arch logo. What I am still not sure about is the use outside of promotion. It is legal to use the logo and arch for satire, and there is nothing against using the logo in a book/movie/TV Show. (there is also the (R) for restricted use. Not sure on the details of this). What cannot be done is the Trade marking or Copyrighting of common things.
The "armory" for instance is a common word in the English language. The U.S. would never let you copyright it, or use it as a trademark.
If you were to say create a restaurant called "The Armory" then you could trademark the logo and copyright the artwork. (this is where I think the (R) comes in.) but you can't sue someone for writing "the armory". Just as you can't sue a rival restaurant with the same name so long as they bear no major similarities.
This is my understanding at least. Hope it's clear.
Sagana:
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Personally, I don't really care what you can or cannot do legally (which btw no matter what anyone says or what references they use, there doesn't ever seem to be unanimous agreement on this) I just think the whole thing is stupid and pointless for what's supposed to be a fun hobby.
Well, I'm not going to argue with you about it as I don't disagree with you. That's why I was apologizing in advance. I just can't stand the dissemination of incorrect information. I'm the same way about... oh say, if someone posts that a user-created clothing mesh made their computer burst into flames. and if I saw unanimous agreement on anything, I believe I'd die of shock ;)
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