Reading the recent posts on copyright protected music has caused me concern
over my current project for the journey round.  I am planning on doing an
advert style anim. and wondered what the rules are for copyrighted brand
names, such as an advert for Coca Cola or Fosters lager etc.  It would of
course be in a non derogortory way, but do i need to create my own brand for
the purpose of my anim?  The only reason im trying to usea recognised brand
is because I think people willr elate more to the point with a recognised
brand.
any views?

cheers
Matt

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"Matt Beighton" <cor### [at] yahoocouk> wrote in message
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> Reading the recent posts on copyright protected music has caused me
concern
> over my current project for the journey round.  I am planning on doing an
> advert style anim. and wondered what the rules are for copyrighted brand
> names, such as an advert for Coca Cola or Fosters lager etc.  It would of
> course be in a non derogortory way, but do i need to create my own brand
for
> the purpose of my anim?  The only reason im trying to usea recognised
brand
> is because I think people willr elate more to the point with a recognised
> brand.
> any views?
>
> cheers
> Matt

You want to learn about trademark - not copyright.
Short answer is - don't use trademarks without clear and
expicit permission. (And make it impossible to ignore that
you have permission within your accompanying text file.)

In the UK you may not have the right to use trademarks
in satirical work, parodies, or social criticism that people
in the USA do. (Or at least used to enjoy before the
conceit of 'trademark dilution' became the ruling rule.)

Just don't use trademarks unless you know you are
standing on ground made more firm than assumption
and hope.

Trademark judicial tradition requires mark holders to
vigourously defend their property and pursue trespassers
without exception. Failure to fanatically flagellate
felonious encroachment is taken as abandoment of
trademark.

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"argus" <arg### [at] npqrnet> wrote in message news:3e2ffcf4@news.povray.org...
>
> Short answer is - don't use trademarks without clear
> and expicit permission. (And make it impossible to
> ignore that you have permission within your
> accompanying text file.)
>

I once had to sit in the visitor's lobby of a major manufacturing company.
There was a one-page sheet of plain text about the history of the facility
and what it did.   Fully 20% of the words on the paper were trademark
disclaimers.

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Matt Beighton wrote:
> 
> Reading the recent posts on copyright protected music has caused me concern
> over my current project for the journey round.  I am planning on doing an
> advert style anim. and wondered what the rules are for copyrighted brand
> names, such as an advert for Coca Cola or Fosters lager etc.  It would of
> course be in a non derogortory way, but do i need to create my own brand for
> the purpose of my anim?  The only reason im trying to usea recognised brand
> is because I think people willr elate more to the point with a recognised
> brand.
> any views?

Using a known brand probably involves trademark issues.  Developing your own
brand will probably be no more work than scanning an existing brand, and could
be fun, to boot.

Regards,
John

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"Matt Beighton" <cor### [at] yahoocouk> wrote in message
news:3e2ff74d@news.povray.org...
> Reading the recent posts on copyright protected music has caused me
concern
> over my current project for the journey round.  I am planning on doing an
> advert style anim. and wondered what the rules are for copyrighted brand
> names, such as an advert for Coca Cola or Fosters lager etc.  It would of
> course be in a non derogortory way, but do i need to create my own brand
for
> the purpose of my anim?  The only reason im trying to usea recognised
brand
> is because I think people willr elate more to the point with a recognised
> brand.
> any views?
>
> cheers
> Matt
>
>

OK thanks for the help guys

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On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:07:23 -0500, Matt Beighton wrote:

> Reading the recent posts on copyright protected music has caused me
> concern over my current project for the journey round.  I am planning on
> doing an advert style anim. and wondered what the rules are for
> copyrighted brand names, such as an advert for Coca Cola or Fosters
> lager etc.  It would of course be in a non derogortory way, but do i
> need to create my own brand for the purpose of my anim?  The only reason
> im trying to usea recognised brand is because I think people willr elate
> more to the point with a recognised brand. any views?

	Trademark is not an issue for you as you are not using it to actually
sell the product or any product using the trademark. 

	There is no problem using them in the context you propose.

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