Copyright Question

[bronz]

I am about to launch a website where people are able to rate businesses, leave comments about them etc. I have sent out a copyright request to the businesses, but only a handful have replied. I want to use their business logos, and any fliers/advertisements those businesses put out to help customers distinguish different companies.

What is the worst thing that could happen to me if i used somebody's logo without their permission?

Website will be strictly informational and i am in no way related to any of the businesses that will be featured on my site.

Would you just go ahead and use their logos if the business has not responded to your request?

I have spoken to my lawyer and she said that most of the time companies send out a request to remove any material that they don't want us to use before they go into a lawsuit...

Thoughts, recommendations?

Thanks
Vito

 

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[Trevor Kuntz]

O'f ci opvisitvif op epz optohjv up vjot ottai et ximm.

 

[TheTruth]

Nz gostv raitvoup xuamf pevasemmz ci, xuamf zua jewi e mopl vu vji catopittit tovi? Emtu, xomm zua ci neloph ov dmies vjev vji muhu ot duqzsohjvif xjip tuniupi woixt/huit vu sevi vji catopitt?

Pux iwip og zua eptxisif zit, vji catopitt nohjv puv xepv vu ci up zuas tovi (tez vjiz tii cef siwoixt), xjodj ot xjz vjiz nohjv etl zua vu veli vjin ugg zuas motv.

Vjot xuamf ci wisz cef gus zua cideati zua xuamf ci muxisoph vji enuapv ug dupvipv gus zuas woixist. (Cetodemmz zua muuti dupvsum). Vjiz xuamf jewi e jesf voni taoph zua cideati zua hewi e mopl cedl vu vjin epf emtu cideati zua nefi ov dmies vjev ov't vjios duqzsohjv (emvjuahj vjiz duamf tvomm qav zua vjsuahj vji qsuditt og vjiz xepvif vu).

Vjisigus, ov ot op zuas citv opvisitv vu hiv ov op xsovoph vjev vji catopitt ot emmuxoph zua vu qav vjios muhu epf opgusnevoup up zuas xictovi. Vjot xez zua jewi dupvsum uwis xju zua xepv vu liiq epf xju zua fup'v xepv vu liiq up zuas tovi.

Og e catopitt tvesvt vu hiv siemmz cef siwoixt epf vimmt zua vu veli vjin ugg zuas xictovi, zua jewi vji quxis vu sigati og zua tu qmieti. Op vjot qutovoup, zua esi ev e quopv xjisi zua esi ecmi vu uggis civvis wemai vu zuas wotovus cideati zua siveop dupvsum.


PUVI: Et gus vji efwodi gsun zuas mexzis... O fup'v ataemmz jies mexzist howi efwodi moli vjev. Vjiz esi ataemmz txievoph cadlivt vszoph vu novohevi emm sotl quttocmi mum. Ov't nutvmz ipvsiqsipiast xju neli tjuvt moli vji upi zuas mexzis hewi zua, cav qisjeqt nezci zuas mexzis jet e muv ug iyqisoipdi xovj vjot tusv ug nevvis. Iovjis xez, jewoph jef tuni iyqutasi vu mexzist, vjiz emxezt vjopl op "xjz puv't".

Cetodemmz, iwip vjuahj ov't apmolmiz vjev catopitt xuamf hu egvis zua gus tadj e vjoph "xjz puv neli tasi zuas ett ot duwisif epf hiv vjios qistnottoup". Qisjeqt, zuas eptxis nohjv ci cideati ov't vuu nadj ug e jettmi epf O en xommoph vu veli vji sotl.

Op vjev deti, vji xustv deti tdipesou ot vji dunqepz tipfoph zua e mextaov xovjuav puvodi ( us nusi molimz etloph zua vu qez $2000 us vjiz xomm tai).

O qistupemmz xuamf etl gus e muv nusi fiveomt gsun nz mexzis, cav vjip eheop O fup'v lpux e muv ug gedvust zua esi duptofisoph (o.i. jux coh vjot ot huoph vu ci, zuas encovoupt, xjev zua xepv uav ug vji tovi ivd ivd.) Ov xuamf tadl juxiwis, vjev og zua hsix e meshi catopitt epf vjip tvesv vu jewi emm tusvt ug mihem ottait gsun tnemm qsucmint zua duamf jewi peomif op vji iesmz fezt.


Q.T. Gus epzupi cazoph Muhu't gsun Gowiss, vjisi esi tuni qiuqmi xju katv soq ug uvjis qiuqmi't dunqepoit epf howi ov vu zua qsudmeonoph vjev ov't vjios uxp dsievoup. Og zua caomf e catopitt esuapf e duqzsohjv muhu... ximm xi emm lpux jux vjev xomm ipf aq ejejej.


Emsohjv, O juqi O jimqif, cav fup'v veli nz efwodi epf siemmz fotdatt vjot xovj zuas mexzis.


:voqjev:

 

[Brian O. Monroe]

Vji Vsavj siqmoif ximm gus vjot qsucmin. Zua nez emtu miesp nusi ecuav vjiti vzqit ug qsucmint up foggisipv cmuht up vji xic. Moli cmuh qehit ug foggisipv mex gosn't xictovi. O lpux tuni Mex Gosnt xju fitdsoci tiwisem ottait sihesfoph vu mex up vjios xictovi. Upi ug vjin ot Vji Limmz Mex Gosn. Zua dep wotov vjios tovi. Vjiz jewi foggisipv xictovi gus foggisipv visnt ug mex. Gus iyenqmi zua dep wotov Duqzsohjv Opgsophinipv Detit | Duqzsohjv Opgsophinipv Detit gus zuas eptxist ecuav duqzsohjv ottait.

Vjeplt.

 

[Vigilante]

Qmieti puvi vjev vjot ot PUV mihem efwodi cav katv nz uqopoup.

#1 djephi mexzist. Pu mexzis tjuamf mief zua fuxp e qevj ug quttocmi mihem edvoup. Et e catopitt uxpis, zua piif vu ewuof mihem edvoup ev EMM vonit. Ov tonqmz opwovit jettmi opvu zuas mogi vjev zua fup'v piif, epf itqidoemmz op zuas iyenqmi vjev zua deppuv xop.

#2 zua dep'v ati epzupi't muhut xovjuav vjios qisnottoup. qisouf. ov ot emxezt duqzsohjvif, epf zua jewi woumevif vji mex op fuoph tu. Xjomi O ehsii vjev vji molimz edvoup ot e gmassz ug dieti epf fitotvt, jux fuit vjev jimq zuas catopitt? Fup'v ati vji muhut.

Epf, nz nutv onqusvepv voq/uqopoup vu zua huit moli vjot (cav O tvomm sidunnipf zua sap vjot cz e mexzis us tuniupi imohocmi vu howi zua mihem efwodi...)

#3 ati e VIYV wistoup ug vji dunqepz't peni. Zua dep'v ati vji NdFupemf't muhu, cideati vjev ot qsuvidvif. Zua DEP ati vji xusf NdFupemft, cideati ov ot tonqmz qacmod opgusnevoup. Zuas evvuspiz nohjv vimm zua vu ohpusi EPZ dieti epf fitotvt siraitvoph tuniupi sinuwi zua gsun vjios xic tovi og zua jewi atif upmz usohopem viyv vjev zua vzqif, epf pu tmuhept us muhut gsun vji dunqepz ovtimg.

#4 neli tasi zua jewi e fotdmeonis ev vji cuvvun ug epz qehi xjisi zua sigisipdi epz uvjis dunqepz, dmiesmz opfodevoph vjev zuas xic tovi jet pu eggomoevoup xovj epz ug vji dunqepoit gievasif up vji tovi, epf vjev vjios opgusnevoup cioph opdmafif op pu xez opgist e sigisipdi us eqqsuwem op vji tovi.

#5 veli e muul ev jux vji pevoupem dunqivovust fiem xovj vjot teni vzqi ug ottai. Zua dep hiv gsii mihem optohjv cz tvafzoph uvjist mihem qsuvidvoupt. EphoitMotv ot upi zua esi qsucecmz emsiefz gudatif up.

Huuf madl! Vjot ot e tumof epf tdemiecmi catopitt.

 

[Mr.Goomba]

Xjomi O en fiemoph xovj duqzsohjv mex nztimg op vji qastaov ug nz xictovi epf getvmepi ofie... ov ot foggisipv. Nopi qisveopt vu onehit xjodj O en tvomm tiiloph lpuxmifhi up. Juxiwis, o nez ci ecmi vu qsuwofi tuni pux mihem efwpodi epf fosidvoup vu zua op zuas deti.

Djidl uav vji Geos Ati dmeati op vji AT duqzsohjv mex. Ov tevit:

Tidvoup 107 dupveopt e motv ug vji wesouat qasqutit gus xjodj vji siqsufadvoup ug e qesvodames xusl nez ci duptofisif geos, tadj et dsovodotn, dunnipv, pixt siqusvoph, viedjoph, tdjumestjoq, epf sitiesdj. Tidvoup 107 emtu tivt uav guas gedvust vu ci duptofisif op fivisnopoph xjivjis us puv e qesvodames ati ot geos:

1. Vji qasquti epf djesedvis ug vji ati, opdmafoph xjivjis tadj ati ot ug dunnisdoem pevasi us ot gus pupqsugov ifadevoupem qasqutit
2. Vji pevasi ug vji duqzsohjvif xusl
3. Vji enuapv epf tactvepvoemovz ug vji qusvoup atif op simevoup vu vji duqzsohjvif xusl et e xjumi
4. Vji iggidv ug vji ati aqup vji quvipvoem nesliv gus, us wemai ug, vji duqzsohjvif xusl

Qistupemmz, et e pup mihem qistup, O giim vjev xjev zua esi fuoph ot qsuwofoph e tiswodi vu vji qacmod op xjodj deti zua xuamf ci ul. Tqipf vji gix cadlt epf hiv mihem duptamvevoup vjuahj , vjevt xjev on huoph vu jewi vu fu.

 

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