Likes Received By bluegrass special
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onlinestudio liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Legal issues with using a competitors domain typos.
It really depends on the domain. For example, the competitor's website is oranges.com and the site is about citrus fruit. In this...
Jan 9, 2008 -
MTbiker liked bluegrass special's post in the thread A possibly complicated copyright issue.
Whether you could copyright them would depend on what permission you were given (and to what extent) by the manufacturer. Just because...
Jan 3, 2008 -
eg.domains liked bluegrass special's post in the thread WTB developing domain contains "iPod" or "Apple" ?.
Yes, the legal issues are called trademark infringement. Whether you get caught or not depends on how active Apple decides to get in...
Jan 3, 2008 -
Dirty-Rockstar liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Is linking to torrents illegal???.
If the torrent points to material that is infringing on copyright, then the answer is probably yes. Of course, it depends on the...
Dec 17, 2007 -
sarahk liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Being Bullied, how much of a threat is this guy?.
The only way he could own his name is if he had it trademarked (names cannot be copyrighted). His lensmaster profile shows he is in the...
Dec 14, 2007 -
rowen77 liked bluegrass special's post in the thread using car pics from ebay.
Copyright is attached as soon as the picture is taken. It makes no difference if there is a copyright notice or not. What are the...
Dec 6, 2007 -
Dwaighty liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Pictures of celebrities and copyright.
No, that won't do. If you want to protect yourself you have to pay the fees to the original copyright holder in order to use the...
Oct 30, 2007 -
Judd liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Legal Advice - Urgent!.
I'm not sure what they could expect in a civil case (though they might just look for an injunction), but I'm not sure a judge would...
Oct 23, 2007 -
clinton liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Legal for a music site!.
If you were in the US, you would need to register an agent with the US copyright office (it's like $85). That agent would handle...
Oct 18, 2007 -
life31 liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Using Same Templates. How much legal is it?.
JenniP, I think you got your explanations reversed from your examples. Wouldn't it be: Someone has created a free template...
Oct 15, 2007 -
Vesica liked bluegrass special's post in the thread is the word "favicon" a trademark?.
If it had trademark status, it would be owned by Microsoft, not W3C, as they were the ones that developed the feature (and I believe the...
Oct 6, 2007 -
Woodcs82 liked bluegrass special's post in the thread How many TLD's should you register to cover yourself legally?.
Cover yourself legally how? The act of registering a domain does not give you any protection against others registering the same with a...
Oct 1, 2007 -
fathom liked bluegrass special's post in the thread I got Sued.
I was only making a statement about your post that I quoted. It was only a clarification of terminology regarding C&D. I am not...
Sep 29, 2007 -
MTbiker liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Automated blogs, legal or not ?.
And what if someone decides to take you to court rather than ask you nicely to take it down? It's not likel;y, but it could happen....
Sep 26, 2007 -
JPRuss liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Is source code copyrighted?.
It highly depends on what is contained in the code. Algorithims and program logic cannot be copyrighted (though they can be...
Sep 14, 2007 -
usasportstraining liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Using part of a trademarked name in url?.
Having a trademark in a URL does not automatically mean that you would lose the site if it were contested. Of your two examples, you...
Sep 14, 2007 -
andrej liked bluegrass special's post in the thread Illegal videos.
That would be true if the person who posted the video on YouTube had the right to do so, as this is agreed to in the ToS. I doubt that...
Aug 31, 2007 -
pr0xy122 liked bluegrass special's post in the thread .Org domains can have adsense?.
Actually, .org is not for nonprofits. It was originally designed for sites that did not meet the requirements for the other TLDs. It...
Aug 17, 2007 -
Nestrer liked bluegrass special's post in the thread What is applicable database laws?.
Databases are protected under copyright laws in the US as compilations. I'm not sure if that would apply here though. Without seeing...
Aug 17, 2007 -
jmansel liked bluegrass special's post in the thread www.brandprotect.com accessing my website.
Since it is basically a review site and you are using only cited thumbnails, I don't think that you have much to worry about. Since it...
Aug 17, 2007