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If your new design is too similar to an existing logo, especially if your companies do similar things, your logo could be refused by the copyright office, or you could be sued by the original logo holder.
For example, the Apple computer company had an apple as its logo. The Beatles recording company also had an apple as its logo. The two could have been in contention but the companies didn't do the same thing and were on different continents.
That didn't save them from court battles however. The Beatles made it clear that if Apple ever got into the recording industry, their logo would be a problem. When Apple added sound to their operating system (besides that old computer "beep"), they called the new sound "Sosumi"... So Sue Me.
When iTunes was developed, Apple Computers and Apple Records spent a lot of time negotiating what would happen; that's why it took so long for iTunes to be able to offer the Beatles catalog.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt depends on the nature of the business. A publisher might rely on his own rights to make money, a retailer might rely on the scarcity of protected materials, and other businesses might need to license materials from rightsholders.
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∙ 11y agoIt depends on the nature of the business. Some businesses create copyrightable works, some use copyrighted works of others, and some exist specifically to negotiate licenses between the other two.
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∙ 13y agoIf you are using materials, copyright can seem to be very limiting. But if you are creating materials, copyright protection might allow you to make a living from your creativity.
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How does copyright affect animals?
it dose not actully where did you hear that
How does the copyright law affect creating webpages?
You can only use content for which you are the copyright owner, is in the public domain, or you have permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law. But your resulting web page is automatically protected by copyright as soon as you create it.
How does copyright affect children?
There is no minimum age on copyright; works that children create are automatically protected as soon as they are fixed in a tangible medium.
How does copyright affect what you are able to do with graphics?
You may only use images that are your own original work, in the public domain, or for which you have a license from the copyright holder.
How do copyright laws affect a paramedic?
For the most part, the average paramedic is not going to be affected by copyright in his work. A general understanding of copyright is more or less required to be a member of society these days, however.
How does the copyright designs and patents act affect the OCR nationals?
because they want to
How do copyright laws affect the type of decorations you may put on a cake?
Copyright protected or trademark images, such as cartoon characters, require licenses from their owners.
How does the copyright act affect a school?
Much of copyright law consists of exemptions that allow schools certain limited unlicensed uses of protected materials. Beyond that, schools interact with copyright in much the same way any other institution or business would.
What three types of products does copyright laws affect?
In the short term, copyright encourages creators to create, by giving them the opportunity to derive income from their works. In the long term, copyright enriches the public domain, as protection on these works expire.
Do Creative Commons licenses affect exceptions and limitations to copyright such as fair dealing and fair use?
Creative Commons licenses do not affect exceptions and limitations to copyright laws as this was already taken into account when the Creative Commons license was drafter. You can find more information from the Creative Commons section of the Wikipedia website.
How does copyright affect what you can do on your home PC?
How copyright affects your Within ICT copyright attempts to prevent: · Copying software · Copying or downloading music · Copying images or photographs from the web · Copying text from web pages and using it in your work or posting it onto your website and pretending it is your own work. business
What is copyright in fragment?
"Copyright in fragment" is a common misspelling of "copyright infringement," which is the violation of copyright.
