Re: [OT]Look alike figures and copyright

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:19:36 +0100 (), Jeremey Claridge
<jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk> wrote:

>Is the law sufficient to allow artistic licence for sculptors to make
>look alike figures?

It depends on HOW "look alike". Seriously. Tom Petty was sued by his
former
record company for writing a song that was too similar to another one.
Both
songs were his own, but the second one was for his new label. 

If it's recognizable as a specific type of ship, there can be lawsuits.
That
doesn't mean that they would win, just that it could happen.

I wouldn't dare make any kind of suggestion here. Go see a lawyer, or
have the
manufacturers talk to a lawyer. An ounce of prevention now is worth a
ton of
cure later.

Allan Goodall		       awg@sympatico.ca
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