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My nephew, who is an ardent AR fan, wants to produce bumper stickers with AR quotes on them.
He will be selling them for profit. Can he do this legally, or is this copyright infringement?
Thank you in advance!
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Posted 13 May 2009 - 08:37 PM
Ted, all sorts of web sites are selling bumper stickers, mugs, bracelets, shirts, jackets, etc., containing quotes from Rand's books. Why would the fair use principle not apply to such items, just as it applies to quotes from Rand (or from any writer) included in printed material offered for sale?
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Posted 13 May 2009 - 08:57 PM
Ask the Obama staff.
Seen any of that swag lately?
rde
Wondering why alien voices compel him to invest in Franklin Mint products, weird ceramic plates, lighters...
Seen any of that swag lately?
rde
Wondering why alien voices compel him to invest in Franklin Mint products, weird ceramic plates, lighters...
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Posted 13 May 2009 - 09:28 PM
Perhaps someone with a legal backround can clarify the issue and answer my question.
Here is some information which seems ambiguous to me but may provide insight for another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
Here is some information which seems ambiguous to me but may provide insight for another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
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Posted 13 May 2009 - 09:51 PM
I don't have a legal background, but it would seem that the sticking point might be whether the new work is sufficiently "transformative." If a bumper sticker simply quotes Rand, it would seem not to be transformative at all. However, if the bumper sticker or t-shirt or whatever were to add designs or pictures to the quoted phrase, it might be considered transformative.
I wouldn't think your nephew would have a problem with any of the other criteria for fair use. He would be using a minimal amount of text and his use would not negatively affect the market for Rand's works. It might even enhance the market. In this case, it would be difficult to quote enough of her work that someone would think there was no reason to read the original since it was mostly quoted in the derivative work.
Darrell
I wouldn't think your nephew would have a problem with any of the other criteria for fair use. He would be using a minimal amount of text and his use would not negatively affect the market for Rand's works. It might even enhance the market. In this case, it would be difficult to quote enough of her work that someone would think there was no reason to read the original since it was mostly quoted in the derivative work.
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" ... the man who produces an idea in any field of rational endeavor—the man who discovers new knowledge — is the permanent benefactor of humanity." --- Ayn Rand (Altlas Shrugged: John Galt's speech)
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Posted 13 May 2009 - 10:31 PM
At this point, the issue is enforcement. Right.
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Posted 14 May 2009 - 05:05 AM
I just started reading Rand, I read half of Fountainhead - didn't like it because it wasn't teaching me anything, I'm self employed and creative. Atlas Shrugged is beautiful and it has solidified stuff I was already learning from the Patriot movement. I fold pages at the bottom where I find her killer quotes as I read - I want to share them myself.
I believe that after a period of time literary works become public domain. I world suggest one of the expert based web services. You would pay $50.00 or so to get a good answer to your question.
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Posted 14 May 2009 - 07:32 AM
Doug; The period is very long for copyrighted material.
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Posted 14 May 2009 - 09:40 AM
Well, one could always make an inquiry to the estate of Ayn Rand. They might be willing to license some material. It'd probably be one thing to make and sell a bumper sticker "WHO IS JOHN GALT" and another to make 40 different bumper stickers with her material. "Who is John Galt" is almost iconic and implicitly common to her millions of readers and would help sell more copies of Atlas Shrugged. Other quotes wouldn't help the sales I think.
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