[amayausers.com] Re: Copyright ? - Graphics similar to characters
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This message was posted by signman on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA
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It 'used to be' that you could change an element of a design 10 or 20%...but
that was thrown out of court (federal) years ago...now if there is ANY portion
of ANY copyrighted artwork used in ANY new artwork-then it is considered
copyright violation. Even the 'swoosh' under Coca-cola is copyrighted.
Only way around the law is to 'parody' something for artistic use...but again,
you have to be careful how you parody it-using a knock off of Coke design for
example to hide a can of beer is NOT parody...
sounds like your response from that website means they KNEW they were wrong and
pulled the artwork immediately-and 'hope' (mistakenly) that they can change it
30% and get away with it. Nope...won't fly with the legal beagles. It's all
spelled out on a government website with the copyright laws in 'almost' plain
english and doesn't matter what country they originate from...so don't fall for
any excuses. If someone gets sued for using a Mickey Mouse knockoff...guess
what-it comes back to YOU that embroidered or screen printed it! Ignorance is
no excuse to those guys and the courts back them up. Knock-off shirts at
concerts for example-sold by the street vendors-the local cops, upon complaint
by the rock band-can SEIZE the entire contents of that vendor and haul it away!
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