see something, say something stamps
see something, say something US custom stamps Featuring Sysadmin E. Snowden and a typical meme font. Any copyright issues to be aware of? I wish to God these calculations could be done by a steam engine," Babbage complained
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 6:39 PM, David Honig <dahonig@cox.net> wrote:
Any copyright issues to be aware of?
I would think that this would be commercial misappropriation of likeness. ( http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Commercial_misappropriation) I guess that the USPS being sort-of a part of the US federal government might get them an out, and I'd guess that no federal judge in the US would find in Snowden's favor lest he, too, be deemed a traitor. Procedural hurdles could be thrown up, such as making him appear in court in person, and of course he'd be arrested before he got that far. And even if Snowden did somehow win a judgement he'd find it impossible to collect. Short answer, anyone in the US wanting to make money off of Snowden can likely get away with it. (been to law school, blah blah, not a lawyer, blah blah) -- Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet. -- Arnaud-Amaury, 1209
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/15/2013 07:17 AM, Steve Furlong wrote:
I would think that this would be commercial misappropriation of likeness. (http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Commercial_misappropriation) I
On the other hand, you could go to a service like Zazzle, get a few sheets of postage stamps made (cheap) and use them yourself to mail things through the mail. You'll have to set up a Zazzle store but you don't have to make it public (i.e., only you can use it) so that dodges copyright violations (or at least it does for the stuff they make for me while I'm screwing around). They're perfectly good postage stamps, too - one of my wedding gifts were custom stamps from them and everything we mailed with them went through as expected. tl;dr - Possible and easy. - -- The Doctor [412/724/301/703] [ZS] Developer, Project Byzantium: http://project-byzantium.org/ PGP: 0x807B17C1 / 7960 1CDC 85C9 0B63 8D9F DD89 3BD8 FF2B 807B 17C1 WWW: https://drwho.virtadpt.net/ Activate interlock! Dynotherms connected! Infracells up! Megathrusters are go! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlIM5WYACgkQO9j/K4B7F8FpQACg7MsIDocUyd1JiepSjFW0ydAS S3wAn2va4lji6z8nmkXV/LzrALmLqE5L =zClT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Not copyright, but "See something, say something" is a registered trademark of the New York City MTA, sub-licensed (with permission for additional sub-licenses) to the Department of Homeland Security explicitly for use in anti-terrorism campaigns. Parker On 8/14/13 12:39 PM, David Honig wrote:
see something, say something US custom stamps
Featuring Sysadmin E. Snowden and a typical meme font.
Any copyright issues to be aware of?
I wish to God these calculations could be done by a steam engine," Babbage complained
- -- Parker Higgins Activist Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org Please note our new address: 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109-7701 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSEAeZAAoJEJQzX4iaNncJvUEQAJgwALtE73kVQTA3m4ndDIzh NwgQCY9Sk5NGQlRBOrse1EoTcvOw/TtMDH/vmJWkSXpoXGe4CHWfUehahF6MZMBm lwVlcljHIljZdpIqdXRc4m4uRr4haVvqN4zIbWtC1JOqWDeHK8enldSOTJDb/+4z crQn65Bc7WUvnzmlcu2YrybkVakhJrP6V2AzsmUFDJsEISvks/drIpLgeKVFxZSx YcukP9G39O3R4i5waOLnikxF0pllJc2Dai9M3gHdBmgdGlZraSnmq787Y3/krHnM WSC6G/f0SeB9u8iA5JimyJfhpZPf9Li4jaUHU4oxWn1SEuunUw53MeQSbWOrqEv6 gZ7tkqXtCKERwLkp9Bg8VSJ0IPWSphIfT3TbyB7mRv9McVb2Gf4d33BIxWsbvxH0 eFgxeiXtCmfuVn45881diiykJVuJ/2JoJuys3MQmborOiXQhcXlIfpAMw8sGZhwQ oa0Tl/Gy9kMskCtmX/fe8S/Z0HD+ZJPEzpiGHZx6lKAB5Zhjwd0+68gCKb1ND8L5 lf5Lpa+SCROYv6C31oQPzcuhRGHaa9yypW7MLaqm8AsaUEqdd8JB8fM4jUXPsK0Y Fv/mFfO+8ii8aoJbleOnQ1g7mnAC7jgCyhPNZX4eY1wBseRfUifq8IOQomU4VTRL k35nUBqN4R1P7HcJcCOp =3ThH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013, at 06:30 PM, Parker Higgins wrote:
Not copyright, but "See something, say something" is a registered trademark of the New York City MTA, sub-licensed (with permission for additional sub-licenses) to the Department of Homeland Security explicitly for use in anti-terrorism campaigns.
How the hell can they trademark something that generic? Would the NYC MTA really sue for trademark infringement in a case like this? Seems to me it would be asking for loads of bad PR. (And unfortunately, should I travel to NYC I don't have many other reasonable choices for transportation...) -- Shawn K. Quinn skquinn@rushpost.com
From: "Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn@rushpost.com> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013, at 06:30 PM, Parker Higgins wrote:
Not copyright, but "See something, say something" is a registered trademark of the New York City MTA, sub-licensed (with permission for additional sub-licenses) to the Department of Homeland Security explicitly for use in anti-terrorism campaigns.
How the hell can they trademark something that generic?
Morton Salt trademarked "When it rains, it pours". Nike trademarked "Just do it".
On August 18, 2013 2:46:08 AM Randall Webmail <rvh40@insightbb.com> wrote:
Morton Salt trademarked "When it rains, it pours".
Nike trademarked "Just do it".
McDonalds. "I'm lovin' it" The list goes on and on. They're loving it. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com
"Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn@rushpost.com> writes:
Would the NYC MTA really sue for trademark infringement in a case like this? Seems to me it would be asking for loads of bad PR.
On the remote chance that they'd even notice it, and the equally remote chance that they'd bother threatening legal action, all you'd need to do is send a link to the Wikipedia article on Streisand Effect and they'd go back to pretending they didn't see it. In any case since it's use in this case is for satirical purposes (IANAL), it may be OK anyway. I just want to get it on a t-shirt. Peter.
Dnia sobota, 17 sierpnia 2013 13:30:33 Parker Higgins pisze:
Not copyright, but "See something, say something" is a registered trademark of the New York City MTA, sub-licensed (with permission for additional sub-licenses) to the Department of Homeland Security explicitly for use in anti-terrorism campaigns.
Seriously, *LET THEM SUE*. MTA, please meet Mrs. Barbra Streisand... ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect -- Pozdr rysiek
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