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I have started a debate with my friend over wether or not you can put a "C" with a circle in front of something and say it is copyrighted. I Have researched this and to get something trademarked or copyrighted you must pay hundreds of pounds and it has to be truly original (No pictures of products already designed etc). My friend however believed you can copyright something under a certain act without paying money. I went to the website describing this act and these are what it covers -
Descriptions of work and related provisions.
3. Literary, dramatic and musical works.
3A. Databases
4. Artistic works.
5. Sound recordings and films.
5A. Sound recordings
5B. Films
6. Broadcasts.
6A. Safeguards in relation to certain satellite broadcasts
7. Cable programmes.
8. Published editions.
No my friend is trying to say that his banners for the competition qualify as "Artistic works"... I seriously doubt this, for something to be an artistic work it has to be entirely your own work however his banners are nothing more than the SR trademark with pictures of mobile phones on a coloured background. All these images etc are owned by other companys and to claim it as your own artistic work is impossible. However our fight can not be ressolved by us as we are both being b1tchy. If anyone can shed any light on who is right in this situation please reply to this post.
Descriptions of work and related provisions.
3. Literary, dramatic and musical works.
3A. Databases
4. Artistic works.
5. Sound recordings and films.
5A. Sound recordings
5B. Films
6. Broadcasts.
6A. Safeguards in relation to certain satellite broadcasts
7. Cable programmes.
8. Published editions.
No my friend is trying to say that his banners for the competition qualify as "Artistic works"... I seriously doubt this, for something to be an artistic work it has to be entirely your own work however his banners are nothing more than the SR trademark with pictures of mobile phones on a coloured background. All these images etc are owned by other companys and to claim it as your own artistic work is impossible. However our fight can not be ressolved by us as we are both being b1tchy. If anyone can shed any light on who is right in this situation please reply to this post.
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Emm that's possibly true with books I don't know but my friend has made banners for this special reserve competition and put the copyright C at the bottom of his designs and he has is saying that under this act I've told you about it is an "Artistic Work" so it is patented. I pointed out to him that although you are allowed to use pictures of mobile phones on adverts etc if you patent them as one of your creative works when clearly they were designed by some guys working for Nokia it doesn't work. Even using the SR trademark is ok if he just pastes it on but if he says it's part of one of his artistic works it's not covered by that.
I know that, if you are writing a book (as I am) if you put your name then "Copyright (or / and the symbol) 2003" then it's copyrighted.
Easy as pie.
Anyone made a pie? Is it easy?
There's the pastry, and the filling, then cooking it, sounds quite hard.
Easy as pie.
Anyone made a pie? Is it easy?
There's the pastry, and the filling, then cooking it, sounds quite hard.
I have started a debate with my friend over wether or not you can put a "C" with a circle in front of something and say it is copyrighted. I Have researched this and to get something trademarked or copyrighted you must pay hundreds of pounds and it has to be truly original (No pictures of products already designed etc). My friend however believed you can copyright something under a certain act without paying money. I went to the website describing this act and these are what it covers -
Descriptions of work and related provisions.
3. Literary, dramatic and musical works.
3A. Databases
4. Artistic works.
5. Sound recordings and films.
5A. Sound recordings
5B. Films
6. Broadcasts.
6A. Safeguards in relation to certain satellite broadcasts
7. Cable programmes.
8. Published editions.
No my friend is trying to say that his banners for the competition qualify as "Artistic works"... I seriously doubt this, for something to be an artistic work it has to be entirely your own work however his banners are nothing more than the SR trademark with pictures of mobile phones on a coloured background. All these images etc are owned by other companys and to claim it as your own artistic work is impossible. However our fight can not be ressolved by us as we are both being b1tchy. If anyone can shed any light on who is right in this situation please reply to this post.
Descriptions of work and related provisions.
3. Literary, dramatic and musical works.
3A. Databases
4. Artistic works.
5. Sound recordings and films.
5A. Sound recordings
5B. Films
6. Broadcasts.
6A. Safeguards in relation to certain satellite broadcasts
7. Cable programmes.
8. Published editions.
No my friend is trying to say that his banners for the competition qualify as "Artistic works"... I seriously doubt this, for something to be an artistic work it has to be entirely your own work however his banners are nothing more than the SR trademark with pictures of mobile phones on a coloured background. All these images etc are owned by other companys and to claim it as your own artistic work is impossible. However our fight can not be ressolved by us as we are both being b1tchy. If anyone can shed any light on who is right in this situation please reply to this post.
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