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Logos can be trademarks. They're very rarely copyrighted. And they are generally blurred out for product-placement reasons, not because showing them on televisi
by robterrell 10y ago
Logos can be trademarks. They're very rarely copyrighted. And they are generally blurred out for product-placement reasons, not because showing them on television is infringement.
I don't know what you're referring to, but if a filmmaker is sued because the Simpsons is playing in the background of a movie... that is definitely a possible legitimate copyright issue. I'd assume that fair use would apply, though.
- icebraining 10y agoLogos can be trademarks. They're very rarely copyrighted. How can that be? Every artistic work is automatically under copyright (see the Berne Convention, which the US adopted in 1988), so why wouldn't logos be?
- kevin_thibedeau 10y agoTrademarks don't expire provided they remain in commercial use. Copyrighting them serves little purpose.