Re: Aphorisms and Copyright

On 16, August 1998, Carol Cricow <carol[_at_]yujean.com> wrote:
>
> Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wondered:
> >
> > Obviously, these are bare conclusions with no analysis as to the
> > threshold question of copyrightability, but what the hell is a heat
> > transfer, and why would defendant use those kinds of sayings on such
> > a product?
>
> Heat transfers are what put designs on t-shirts and that pretty much
> answers the second question. I deal with a lot of stickers, patches
> and t-shirts and am constantly getting calls from people who have a
> "great" slogan idea and want to copyright it. I had heard about
> Brilliant before but it still doesn't make sense to me that his
> slogans can be copyrighted. There's a provision in the copyright
> regs that says they can't.
>
> But perhaps this judge doesn't read regs.
>
> I also gets calls on behalf of clients from guys who have "copyrighted"
> "Shit Happens" or "Mean People Suck." I just tell them to send me a
> copy of the form and I have yet to hear back from any. But then
> Ashleigh Brilliant's never called...

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<mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 13:33:30 GMT