Copyrights are valid for 50 years plus the life of the owner. Copyrights
protect the artist's "expression" of something and not the object itself. I
would suggest that the logo be unique and not raise any potential legal
problems. You maybe right that no one will seek an infringement action
against you or the club but is it really worth it? Besides I think we want
something unique like our club, cars, and ourselves.
Dayton J. Carpenter, Esq.
International Consul
Foundsoft Science & Technology Group
12 F Office Plaza World Trade Centre Zhejiang
15 Shuguang Road
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310007
China
>From: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>
>Reply-To: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>
>To: "'Tburke4@aol.com'" <Tburke4@aol.com>
>CC: "'spitfires@autox.team.net'" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: Copyrights
>Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:08:12 -0500
>
>I am not now nor have I ever been an attorney, but..........the designs
>discussed thus far are not a problem. The photo of the Camospit is a part
>of an ad that is ...how old? I'm thinking the entire add was never
>copyrighted (much less the Camospit exclusivley) and if it was, there is
>probably a statute of limitations. Besides who would bring suit and to
>what
>purpose? I think we are on pretty safe ground here.
>
>
>From my jail cell....(just kidding)
>Terry Banbury
>Mk III
>
> > ----------
> > From: Tburke4@aol.com[SMTP:Tburke4@aol.com]
> > Reply To: Tburke4@aol.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 3:30 PM
> > To: reid.w.simmons@intel.com; HD50EL@aol.com;
>spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Soon to be North American Spitfire Squadron Homepage
> >
> >
> > That's a good question. I don't know much about copyrights. My
>Commercial
> > art
> > teacher always encouraged stealing good ideas wherever you could find
> > them. I
> > see entire ads posted elsewhere and I suppose that, if the artwork is
> > re-rendered as an emblem with lettering, etc., that it would be OK. TRF
> > seems
> > to have latched onto the concept for their "Pizza Delivery" Spitfire.
> >
> > Tom Burke
> > 80 Spit (which, come to think of it, needs a paint job...hmmm)
> >
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