JHoagland opened this issue on Nov 27, 2007 ยท 20 posts
Acadia posted Tue, 27 November 2007 at 2:56 PM
Quote - I was wondering if it was now safe to upload my Star Wars-branded items with their full copyrighted names?
The reason I ask is that on page 5 of the Free Stuff is an item called "Star Wars Naboo Royal Cruiser Recon on Hoth". That's at least 3 copyrighted words in the title ("Star Wars", "Naboo", and "Hoth"), yet the item was approved for the free stuff section. My own Star Wats models were deleted for only using one copyrighted word ("X-Wing" or "Landspeeder").
Now, granted, this item is an animation and not a 3d model, but shouldn't the same "can't use copyrighted words in the title" policy apply?
Or has the policy changed? Are we now allowed to upload items with copyrighted names to the Free Stuff section?
And if the policy has not changed, why was this item approved? I thought Free Stuff items were being held for 24-48 hours to check things like this.
If it's an animation, that is considered "art" and I would think that the use of "Star Wars" would be ok because it is classified as "fan art". However a model that is uploaded for redistribution and use is not considered fan art and therefore would be considered a copyright and/or trademark violation.
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