>> So what about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? They trademarked their
>> building and by so doing claimed (successfully) that an independant
>> photographer who was selling a poster of their I.M.Pei structure
>> violated their trademark. (New York Times, 6/16/96). They used
>> trademark to circumvent the rights provided under copyright. If this
>> is a successful ploy, the article notes, the very skyline might be
>> in danger!
>
> Nah. The Rock and Roll opinion is wrong on trademark principles
> too. I hope it's appealed, so things get straightened out. Think of
> the ramifications of being unable to photgraph a trademark
Famous people already have rights to the use of their images, don't they? I know that in the multimedia/CD-ROM industry, much money is spent on clearing the rights to such things.
Famous people =? famous buildings =? trademarks
And now databases, and someone asks about rights to their own name.
1984 all over again.
Mike Bradley
<mxb[_at_]walker.com>
Received on Thu Oct 31 1996 - 22:03:43 GMT
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