Re: [SkunkworksAMA] A question of ownership

From: Rick Pikul <rwpikul_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:52:32 -0500

On November 9, 2004 10:47 pm, David Parenteau wrote:
> At 07:16 PM 11/9/2004, Scrapper Black Dragon wrote:
> >Who has copyright on Tabitha, TJA mascot?
>
> Absolutely nobody. There is no such thing as Copyright on a character
> under current copyright law.

        A slight correction:

        US copyright law does accept character copyright, however the test is so
strict that no character has ever been found to qualify, (the SCOTUS decision
was a 'yes this can exist, but this doesn't qualify').

-- 
				Phoenix 
Received on Wed Nov 10 2004 - 16:51:06 CST

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