'Potential'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
They're trying to promote your show, dammit! Let them!
well, there is this nasty little provision in copyright law that basically says that if you don't protect your copyright every time you see a violation, you lose the right to do so. So, although they would want to not protect at this point, they have to crack down in order for them to hold the copyright when there's something they don't like.
of course, it is probable that you know this and are just venting.
I actually didn't know that provision, but I do realize that, yes, YouTube breaks copyright like whoa, and they have every legal right to take shit down. That's interesting, though. Thanks.
::cough:: Trademark, isn't it, Vortex? You don't lose copyright by failing to protect it, you lose trademarks.
IANAnIPL, though.
Wow. Acronyms in new places.
Copyright is something that is held for drive (presumably by FOX and possibly the creators), and they have the "exclusive right" to distribute the content, or give other's the right to to produce copies or reproductions.
The Copyright holder could certainly grant limited rights to reproduce certain marketing materials used for the promotion of a show (and they could do this without waving other copyright protections), and still maintain that the show is still their property, and that they maintain the trademarks and rights for the full show. Unless they have specifically granted those rights, I would expect them to protect their copyright.
If you are really really interested in the basics of current copyright, the Wikipedia entry here: Copyright is actually pretty accurate.
The protect it or lose it is more applicable to trademark law than to copyright, as phrases like to "Xerox" something began to mean something beyond the company, and the protected status of the trademark went away.
Note: I am not a lawyer, but I have studied some IP law in Graduate School.
Vortex and Consuela are lawyers.
What's the premier date again? (I need to put it in my flashy new paper datebook!)
April 15th. (2 hours)
And then more show on Monday, the 16th.
Thanks, sumi!
man, i wish fox shows were on the ondemand. It makes my non-tivo having life so much easier.
Mine too.