[MR] One step too far! (Duane Moore)

[Otto von Schwyz]

Greetings,

First I want to say that I'm not a copyright lawyer but I deal with
copyright issues weekly.  From what I can tell in the photos on the webpage
just having "Windmasters' Hill" clearly visible is not a copyright violation
nor would it be a trademark violation.  


Under the current U.S. Copyright Act, copyright protection exists in
"original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression."
For a work to be protected by copyright law, it must be "original." However,
the amount of originality required is extremely small. The work cannot be a
mere mechanical reproduction of a previous work, nor can the work consists
of only a few words or a short phrase.

A copyright issue might happen should someone was able to present a scroll
that looks exactly or very closely like what the shirt has screen printed
not just the name of a Barony.


Yours in Service,
Herr Otto von Schwyz
Society Chronicler

 
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:31:23 -0400
From: Vels inn Viggladi <velsthe1 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] Fwd: [SCA_S&I] As seen on LJ: T shirt designed from
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Kingdom, not likely. 

The original scribe? Oh hell yeah.

Is there a Copyright lawyer in the tavern?



Vels
not the artist.

> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:01:52 -0400
> From: arwynn16 at gmail.com
> To: Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] Fwd: [SCA_S&I] As seen on LJ: T shirt designed from a scroll
> 
> Too funny!! Can the Kingdom sue? I think it could take care of the
> travel fund for a few reigns! Tehehe
> 
> ~Rohesia
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brunissende de Broc?liande <mathilde.poussin at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:47:44 -0000
> Subject: [SCA_S&I] As seen on LJ: T shirt designed from a scroll
> To: SCA_Scribes_and_Illumination at yahoogroups.com
> 
> Somebody sent me the link and I thought mot scribe would be interested
> http://community.livejournal.com/sca/730046.html