Example Of Sexual Harassment
Q: they don't --- in my understanding. You cite "visual art" (cartoons, right).
(not thievery and harassment, nor word or phrase thieft)
...even the Demi Case seemed to be agreable, given that the alleged
infringers used artwork that they owned.
I've had my facial picture stolen and used in gay harassment.
(If I had more energy I would speak to the harasser's criminal justice systems.
I've never made a cent on /ANYTHING/ and yet some FAT-moron
is suing me (because she is terribly hurt)... I say FyCK the FAT-moron.
Words and phrases aren't copyrightable. Never were.
Called "Attribution" in copyright law, and large sections devoted to it.
A simple rendering of U.S. Copyright Law follows:
(pays to understand it)
From: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wwp
What Works Are Protected?
A: These categories should be viewed broadly. For example, computer programs and most "compilations" may be registered as "literary works"; maps and architectural plans may be registered as "pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works." (ed. note: in order to sue based on copyrights the /work/ must be registered) What Is Not Protected by Copyright? Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright protection. (ed. note: it is all federal in the U.S. One sues in federal court, and with federal rules) These include among others: -Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression (for example, blah blah...ed.note) -Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents (ed. note: one may trademark the name of a font, but I don't think other protections exist... kerning hints etc...Big topic.) -Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, explanation, or illustration (ed. note: the tangible instansiation of the description, explanation etc is copyrightable, blah, but ideas are strictly NOT copyrightable. They are patentable, blah...) -Works consisting entirely