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DonegalTs · July 24th, 2008

im from ireland and i was looking up about copyright and i found something that said things that you copyright here is not copyrighted in america and i was just wondering if it workes the other way too? i would think that the big names are copyrighted everywhere.

Jasonda · July 24th, 2008

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Originally Posted by PostRenaissance


	Also curious, do parody laws protect t shirts like they do other media?

Not necessarily. If you have parody designs, you need to take them to an IP lawyer to see if they are acceptable before you print anything.

ImageIt · July 24th, 2008

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Originally Posted by PostRenaissance


	Also curious, do parody laws protect t shirts like they do other media?

The law of the land is that anybody can take anybody to court over just about anything. Even if you are 100% within the law, it does not mean you will not find yourself in court.

While killing time waiting on a press run, I heard a wonderful story. The company was a marketing company and 3 employees decided to spin off their own company. The only problem was one of the employees lied that he was leaving for family problems and the head of the company they left gave the employee a nice parting gift, which they excepted. The head of company was outraged that the employee took the gift, only to stab them in the back. Unfortunate to the employees, the head of the company also happens to be a lawyer. Given that lawyer fees are free to the head, he is now determined to use his legal powers to litigate to death the new startup company. The head himself will privately admit, that he will loose in court, but that the startup will be bleed dry long before it ever gets that far.

This story is repeated by any lawyer tasked with protecting copyrights and trademarks. No matter how legal something might be, if the other side has corporate lawyers and you don't, then you probably should think twice about your actions. Then again, if you are unemployed had homeless, WTF can they get?

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