If you paraphrase the name of a famous band to use as a title in a commercial project, for example Rihabba as in Rihanna, does that mean you're infringing copyrright/trademark/whatever you're illegally doing?
No, because of fair use and/or parody clause.
Your question is stupid.
So's your answer :tongue:
Quote from: Dualnames on Wed 23/10/2013 16:32:46If you paraphrase the name
Technically speaking, names aren't even covered by
copyright but by trademark (http://www.legalzoom.com/trademarks-patents-copyrights/summary-compare-trademark-copyright.html). There are still legal implications behind using someone else's trademarked name, but it would really all come down to the context in which it's used.
Quote from: Dualnames on Wed 23/10/2013 16:32:46for example Rihabba as in Rihanna
In this case it definitely sounds like you're doing some level of parody, but to be fair, Rihanna is actually the name of the person (it's her middle name) so that opens up other possibilities. If you're openly committing slander then, well you'd have some legal issues there, but doing a parody of an individual definitely wouldn't invoke copyright or trademark issues (on its own, again, context is the biggest factor to consider here).
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Quote from: Ascovel on Sat 26/10/2013 13:52:35
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At least I'm a big bitch, sister.