but attribution is a moral obligation

Weblog:		Trademark is Not Copyright
Subject:		but attribution is a moral obligation
Date:		2003-06-04 17:27:59
From:		lucas_gonze

I agree that the Supremes did the right thing, but don't think that Dastar did. You have a moral obligation to give credit where it's due.

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but attribution is a moral obligation
2003-06-04 17:35:08 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

Hey Lucas!

I agree, but the operative word here is "moral." It would have been nice of them to give reference to the earlier work, but the point is that copyright, not trademark, provides such protection. In any case "give them all your profits because you neglected to provide attribution" is extremely harsh when the work in question is out of copyright.

- richard

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