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When Barry White first broke into the music business,
my former brother-in-law was his manager. Instead of
Love Unlimited, they wanted to call it Mo Soul.
Motown threatened to sue them for the use of the word
"Mo." Go figure.
--- John Martinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I was on a job once and received a notice that we
> were using "pioneer village" in our
> website, and title of our village. In fact, it was
> the "XX pioneer village". With our name in the
> front "pioneer village" it separated us from the
> organization that was protesting us using the
> title/name "pioneer village".
>
> I noticed with your reference that copyright does
> not apply to:
> Ideas
> Titles
> Names
> Short phrases
> Works in the public domain
> Mere facts
> Logos and slogans (although protected by trademark)
> Blank forms that only collect information rather
> than provide information.
> URL'S (i.e., a link to a web site
>
> Every early historic towns in the west were all
> "pioneer villages" * so how can common use names be
> copyrighted? It is like copyrighting' "salt and
> pepper" or "bathroom". Any feelings?
>
> John Martinson
>
Indigo Nights
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