Trademark and the Scratch online community

BlueDogXL

WHAT IS THIS?!? A HUGE MUSEUM DEMANDS A VERY MINOR STUDIO'S NAME TO BE CHANGED CUZ IT WAS DA SAME NAME THAT THEY HAD?!? WAAAAAAT?!?!?

when green flag clicked
say [THIS IS THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED ON SCRATCH...EVAH!!!] for (2) secs
*rant*
stop [madness like this v]

EDIT: Sorry ST, if I ranted a little too much.

Last edited by BlueDogXL (March 28, 2014 00:36:02)

SEMICOLON SHALL LIVE

Breana_Asienk

wow. that was sad. they seriously got mad because someone named a studio the same as their company? millions vs no profit.

snoopy84

I have a question: Can you use a character's name? Heh, my username has one….

And a studio……

forever
    
say [I love Snoopy]
end

Last edited by snoopy84 (March 28, 2014 19:13:50)

lmjangellyric

It's not like they built a whole other museum and named it Animation Hall of Fame, it is a small little group of games.

if <The museum people worry about the Trademark law> then
 remind them of how silly/stupid they sound   
end

snoopy84

I agree. (Don't tell them but) They may have copied “Hall of Fame”. That has been copied sooooo much, I don't know which one was first. I doubt they got permission from the first “Hall of Fame”. If they didn't, (Which I highly suspect) why do they care that some kid copied them? It's not like the kid made millions of dollars. They didn't even make 1c. Why, WHY, WHY?!?! Please post if you agree AND DO SOMETHING COOL WITH BLOCKS!!!!!

forever
    
say [I love Snoopy]
end

Last edited by snoopy84 (March 28, 2014 19:40:20)

TheGamer-

forever
    
say [Copy right gone mad]
end

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Ethsim2

lmjangellyric wrote:
It's not like they built a whole other museum and named it Animation Hall of Fame, it is a small little group of games.
if <The museum people worry about the Trademark law> then
 remind them of how silly/stupid they sound   
end

Yes, that is what they deserve

Ethsim2

([sin v] of (9))

Ethsim2

oops ! made a mistake !

Last edited by Ethsim2 (March 28, 2014 19:47:03)

isabeljane

D: whyyyyyyy are they so BOTHERED?
here's the link to how i am feeling.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_-9Rpvw9ZKFEfKQNBBRWEMilrZHS9BiqEq25NXzjDIrS2q0TS

i'm dat boi and also i'm gay

cliffhanger0609

I can't believe there is an animation hall of fame

chennai94

when these TM stuff removed say yhea

Planned Projects!

jarjarbinks12345

Humbug

WAluigipants

So if I make a Mario project, will i get in trouble?

Dmith

WAluigipants wrote:
So if I make a Mario project, will i get in trouble?

No, your mario is not licensed and you don't have a money from this. It's free mario.

my referal for DigitalOcean

JediDude6205

mozarty wrote:
The thing is, kids, which predominantly make up the Scratch website, do not and will not take the time to search up a trademark.

Thats true. A lot of people are careless about putting credit on where your sprites came from. Even the adults.

guitargreen

interesting.

Ethsim2

Ethsim2 wrote:
lmjangellyric wrote:
It's not like they built a whole other museum and named it Animation Hall of Fame, it is a small little group of games.
if <The museum people worry about the Trademark law> then
 remind them of how silly/stupid they sound   
end
Yes, that is what they deserve

Has any one replied my post or quoted it

Last edited by Ethsim2 (March 29, 2014 16:18:33)

starwiz

Good idea to change the studio's name!

when green flag clicked
if <copyright is a problem> then
switch costume to [Scratch animation hall of fame v]
    
end
if <Everyone is happy> then
stop[all v]  
end

Last edited by starwiz (March 29, 2014 16:20:02)

MechaDragon1204

This is ridiculous.
What's next? Some guy named Sam makes a mostly private studio called Sam's Club and they get sued? That's where I see this going. It's as if people don't care about the fact that our sometimes unfortunately named studios a.) are free, and not taking any net profit from their counterparts', (?) and b.) are often completely unrelated. Odds are most of the names of our studios are used somewhere else in the world, but you don't see those companies complaining.

This is by far the dumbest thing that I've heard of yet. I can understand that companies always want to protect their name, but sometimes you need to know how far you have to go.

You're wasting your time. The post is up there!

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