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Gale Smith · April 28th, 2004, 08:19 AM

?

Paul Tauger · April 28th, 2004, 09:02 AM

No such thing.

Peter Moore · April 28th, 2004, 09:13 AM

Gale, what is your question precisely?

Rob Lohman · April 28th, 2004, 09:24 AM

I'm assuming you want to know if you can name your movie:
"Star Wars" for example? In this case I'm assuming your answer
is not "complete", Paul?

Paul Tauger · April 28th, 2004, 10:38 AM

I assumed the question was, "Does copyright protect titles?" The answer is no. You _can_ name your movie Starwars without infringing copyright. You will, however, be sued for trademark infringement.

Gale Smith · April 28th, 2004, 03:35 PM

No, actually, after I had posted the thread, I found my answer. I tried to delete the thread and it wouldn't allow me to do that. Thanks for the response though.

Paul Tauger · April 28th, 2004, 04:48 PM

Hey, we're getting good -- we can answer questions before they're even asked ! ;)

Rob Lohman · April 29th, 2004, 03:37 AM

Gale: perhaps you can elaborate a bit on what you wanted to
know exactly and what answer you got? That might help future
people who do a search on this.

Ofcourse normal users cannot delete threads. That's a privilege
forum wranglers have. Good thing too, we want to have most
stuff online so it is searchable for other people!

Gale Smith · April 29th, 2004, 07:56 AM

What I needed to know is where I needed to look for registered trademarks and copyrights. I also needed some info on video release forms. I found my answers on the thread titled "frequently asked questions". Go figure. Patience, sometimes, is not my greatest quality.

April 28th, 2004, 08:19 AM	#1
Gale Smith Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Parkman, WY Posts: 45	title copyright ?

April 28th, 2004, 09:24 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I'm assuming you want to know if you can name your movie: "Star Wars" for example? In this case I'm assuming your answer is not "complete", Paul? __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 29th, 2004, 03:37 AM	#8
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Gale: perhaps you can elaborate a bit on what you wanted to know exactly and what answer you got? That might help future people who do a search on this. Ofcourse normal users cannot delete threads. That's a privilege forum wranglers have. Good thing too, we want to have most stuff online so it is searchable for other people! __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 28th, 2004, 09:02 AM	#2
Paul Tauger Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Los Angeles (recently from San Francisco) Posts: 954	No such thing.

April 28th, 2004, 09:13 AM	#3
Peter Moore Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 1,034	Gale, what is your question precisely?

April 28th, 2004, 10:38 AM	#5
Paul Tauger Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Los Angeles (recently from San Francisco) Posts: 954	I assumed the question was, "Does copyright protect titles?" The answer is no. You _can_ name your movie Starwars without infringing copyright. You will, however, be sued for trademark infringement.

April 28th, 2004, 03:35 PM	#6
Gale Smith Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Parkman, WY Posts: 45	No, actually, after I had posted the thread, I found my answer. I tried to delete the thread and it wouldn't allow me to do that. Thanks for the response though.

April 28th, 2004, 04:48 PM	#7
Paul Tauger Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Los Angeles (recently from San Francisco) Posts: 954	Hey, we're getting good -- we can answer questions before they're even asked ! ;)

April 29th, 2004, 07:56 AM	#9
Gale Smith Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Parkman, WY Posts: 45	What I needed to know is where I needed to look for registered trademarks and copyrights. I also needed some info on video release forms. I found my answers on the thread titled "frequently asked questions". Go figure. Patience, sometimes, is not my greatest quality.