To: C. Edmund Wright
Palin did this to stop the Tina Fey and SNL's of the world. News can still be reported , blogs can still blog ...just like Elvis.
18 posted on
06/20/2011 3:56:40 PM PDT by
RED SOUTH
(Follow me on twitter @redsouth72)
To: RED SOUTH
I understand this - but I’m not sure the other usages can be stopped if in fact she’s an official candidate.
BUT - I’m not sure the other way either - I was just floating a thought from the back of my mind going back to media law courses.
20 posted on
06/20/2011 3:58:50 PM PDT by
C. Edmund Wright
(American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
To: RED SOUTH
This doesn’t stop satire, public figures and trademarked items are still fair game to satire under fair use. It stops merchandising.
25 posted on
06/20/2011 4:00:22 PM PDT by
discostu
(Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn)
To: RED SOUTH
Not in the least. Parody is protected.
You can sell T-shirts making fun of Mickey Mouse - call him Mickey Rat or whatnot - but if you sell a T-shirt that just says “Mickey Mouse” and/or has his picture - that is a violation. The intent has to be to satirize or make fun of it - you can't just piggyback on the name and image someone else has tradmarked.
37 posted on
06/20/2011 4:05:58 PM PDT by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: RED SOUTH
Is that your final answer? LOL.
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