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From: jim@visix.com (Jim Edwards-Hewitt)
Subject: Re: Copyright Characters - more questions
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In-Reply-To: max@alcyone.darkside.com's message of Mon, 16 May 94 22:53:28 PDT
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 16:29:14 GMT
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max@alcyone.darkside.com (Erik Max Francis) writes:
>whizzard@uclink.berkeley.edu (Gerry Kevin Wilson) writes:
>
>> >2. I might not be able to use James Bond, say, in an adventure, but 
>> >could I have a picture of him up on the wall, or a statue of him in the 
>> >garden.
>> 
>> In terms of copyright, it would amount to the same thing.
>
>It's possible that a statue of James Bond would not be considered 
>copyright infringement under fair play statutes, but it still isn't 
>something you'd like to risk without getting permission from the 
>copyright holders beforehand.

In support of that view: Disney sued a day-care center in Florida for
having copyrighted characters painted on its walls.  Really.

	-- Jim

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