[thelist] Copyright on web site.
Pieter Roosens
pieter at roosensdesign.com
Wed Jul 30 15:10:04 CDT 2008
Op 30-jul-08, om 20:38 heeft Andrew Kuhry-Haeuser het volgende
geschreven:
> Hello all,
>
> I am about to put a site up on the internet that will serve as a
> location for the online live audio/video Latin classes that I will
> begin teaching online in September. I'm a little concerned about
> the name I have chosen, though: "The Latin Online Classroom". I am
> concerned because the Great Books organization, the only other
> entity I have seen that offers the same sort of live audio/video
> online Latin classes, uses the term "online classrooms" prominently
> on its site, in the header subtitle. Does this mean that they have
> some sort of ownership of the term? Is the name too close?
>
> If anyone has any information or can tell me where to go to get the
> information I need, I'd truly appreciate it.
>
> --Andrew
Hi Andrew,
As far as I know, but I'm not a lawyer, a description is not a name
and cannot be claimed.
"online classrooms" is an everyday description, normal language.
"The Latin Online Classroom" sounds a little more like a name, but
still I think you cannot claim it.
A name like "Topsoundlatin Online Course" or something would be a
name and could be owned.
From a marketing point of view it is important to have your own
"name" (= identity). Not only a description.
Just my 2¢.
Pieter
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