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Offline rickgood

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City or town name
« on: February 08, 2018, 12:10:55 AM »
I'm looking at printing some t-shirts with designs that I have created and then adding town or city name underneath to customize them a bit. Is that a copyright violation? I see lots of t-shirt designs in Wal-Mart and local t-shirt shops with the town or area on them. I know they can't all be approved by the locality.
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Offline Nation03

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Re: City or town name
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2018, 08:22:20 AM »
I think that falls under public domain. Shouldn't be a problem.
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Offline blue moon

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Re: City or town name
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2018, 08:49:31 AM »
name of the city is not protected. The skyline is ok as long as no building is more than 1/3rd of the image. Individual buildings can be copyright protected.

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Re: City or town name
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2018, 09:00:43 AM »
Quote from: blue moon on February 08, 2018, 08:49:31 AM
name of the city is not protected. The skyline is ok as long as no building is more than 1/3rd of the image. Individual buildings can be copyright protected.

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Offline blue moon

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Re: City or town name
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2018, 09:22:20 AM »
Quote from: mk162 on February 08, 2018, 09:00:43 AM
Quote from: blue moon on February 08, 2018, 08:49:31 AM
name of the city is not protected. The skyline is ok as long as no building is more than 1/3rd of the image. Individual buildings can be copyright protected.

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Re: City or town name
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2018, 11:33:14 AM »
HA! I still find myself singing that every once in awhile.
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Re: City or town name
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2018, 11:47:09 AM »
Quote from: Prince Art on February 08, 2018, 11:33:14 AM
HA! I still find myself singing that every once in awhile.

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