On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:13:01 +0100, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sounds are definitely copyrightable. > The names may also be trademarked. Sounds need to have artistic value to be covered by copyright. While the composition of the THX sound may qualify I doubt the simple "phuiii" of a phaser counts. :o) Sounds can be trademarked just like words and drawings. At least in Denmark. > Then again, it would be hard for them to pursue any action. Not more than in any other trademark case? Oddly enough I skimmed the "phaser" trademarks and one was for a toy. :o) -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
