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Couple of Legal Questions?
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Is there a list of military names that are copyrighted? If not does anyone know if name like,
Navy Seal Team 6
SAS
L.A. SWAT
Al Quida
Hamas
Army Rangers
Names like that are copyrighted? Basically I am building a mod and I wanted to do is use names of some of the biggest world special forces groups and terrorists.
I was also wonder if weapons have the same type of copyright if any.
Weapons - Read the thread "Real World Weapons - How to avoid legal issues" from a few days ago.
Names - using the names will be fine. If you start using copies of regimental insignia then you might get into trouble IF anyone could be bothered. If this is a free mod then I doubt anyone will bother. The CS guys used real guns etc in their mod and only changed the names when they did the commercial release (the publisher almost certainly made them do that).
Of course when the people involved are the SAS, Al Qaeda, Navy Seals and Hamas I don''t think it is a visit from their lawyers you need to be worried about
Dan Marchant
Obscure Productions
Names - using the names will be fine. If you start using copies of regimental insignia then you might get into trouble IF anyone could be bothered. If this is a free mod then I doubt anyone will bother. The CS guys used real guns etc in their mod and only changed the names when they did the commercial release (the publisher almost certainly made them do that).
Of course when the people involved are the SAS, Al Qaeda, Navy Seals and Hamas I don''t think it is a visit from their lawyers you need to be worried about
Dan Marchant
Obscure Productions
Do you REALLY want to be involved in a trademark dispute with Al Quaida ? Never mind the legalities of it, man.. that''s the least of your worries
Allan
Fe doeyr, Frender Doeyr,Ein sjoelv doeyr paa sama vis.
Eg veit et som aldri doeyr, dom over kvar ein doed.
Cattle die, Friends die, You yourself will also die.
I know something that never dies, the memory of every dead.
Allan
Fe doeyr, Frender Doeyr,Ein sjoelv doeyr paa sama vis.
Eg veit et som aldri doeyr, dom over kvar ein doed.
Cattle die, Friends die, You yourself will also die.
I know something that never dies, the memory of every dead.
Which reminds me to strongly suggest that you and everyone that is publishing ANYTHING on the internet:
1) get a P.O. box and ONLY use this P.O. box address (including domain registering)
2) do not open any suspicious mail. If in doubt send it back, if no sender address is on it dump it in the trashcan.
3) inform all people around you that could get in contact with your mail about 2)
I am a european developer and got a nice letter with some sand-like stuff in it - way before the 11th September. Never opened it, but it couldn''t have been anything nice - could it?
1) get a P.O. box and ONLY use this P.O. box address (including domain registering)
2) do not open any suspicious mail. If in doubt send it back, if no sender address is on it dump it in the trashcan.
3) inform all people around you that could get in contact with your mail about 2)
I am a european developer and got a nice letter with some sand-like stuff in it - way before the 11th September. Never opened it, but it couldn''t have been anything nice - could it?
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