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Posted by Timberwoof on January 16, 2007, 7:52 pm
i_tell_it_like_it_is_7@yahoo.com wrote:
> Let's see....they have used the 'indian' motorcycle logo. The 'nypd',
> 'fdny', 'papd' and 'pany' logos on their bikes.
>
> So how much are they charged for using those logos? Or are they just
> cheesin' it and violating copyrights.
Trademarks.
Copyrights protect content and creative works. They allow Disney to
create "standard" versions of characters from Grimms fairy tales and get
the cops to arrest anyone who dresses up like them. But anyone who makes
a costume of some other interpretation of them pretty much gets ignored.
("That's not Snow White!")
Trademarks are protections for logos and symbols associated with
products and services. For instance the Apple symbol that Apple, Inc.
uses on their computers and iPods, the Texaco Star, and the "Indian"
motorcycle logo.
Corporations re *required* by the law to protect their trademarks. If
you own a trademark and don't defend it the first time it gets
infringed, then you basically lose it because the next time, the judge
will ask, how come you didn't protect it that other time? So Indian had
better go after them...
> Any money they pay to use a logo
> that refers to law-enforcement and other puppydom should be returned to
> John Q. Taxpayer.
Well ... there is the assumption that FDNY and their other clients gave
them permission to use the logos on those sculptures that looks sort of
like motorcycles.
I think that when you buy a jock strap with the FDNY or NYPD logo on it,
those agencies do get the money. That way when you get the support you
need, so do they.
--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
"Like this cup," the master daid, "you are full of your own opinions and
speculations. How can I show you anything unless you first empty your cup?"
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