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How Do I Get Copyright Protection for Something?

  • 10-04-2016 3:49pm
    #1
    tonyheaney
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    I have a page on facebook which I will try make into a full website, However someone took my name and is passing it off as their going so far as to post Gifs and Information to his members the "He" came up with name first. How Do I Get Copyright Protection for Something?


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  • #2
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,781 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Sue for declaratory relief. It will cost a small fortune.

    Sorry, but that's the answer.


  • #3
    GM228
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭GM228


    tonyheaney wrote: »
    I have a page on facebook which I will try make into a full website, However someone took my name and is passing it off as their going so far as to post Gifs and Information to his members the "He" came up with name first. How Do I Get Copyright Protection for Something?

    What exactly are you wanting to copyright and what exactly has the other person taken? "Information" can't be copyrighted.

    Copyright is automatic on creation of original work and only protects the following:-
    • original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works (traditionally called the “classical” copyrights);
    • film, sound recordings, broadcasts and the typographical arrangement of published editions (often called “related rights”, because they involve the exploitation of “classical” works);
    • computer software and non-original databases (despite their modest credentials as “creative” works) and
    • performances.


  • #4
    esforum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭esforum


    took your name?


  • #5
    tonyheaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭tonyheaney


    esforum wrote: »
    took your name?

    The name of my group and then told everyone it was me who stole from him. I now its only facebook and if he wants the name fine but not fine with is the slander


  • #6
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    Google passing off.

    A facebook page isnt enough to constitute an economic loss so you wouldnt get damages.

    Secondly, google trade marks not copyright which is what you want.

    Your options are

    1. Register the business name in the cro. Costs twenty euro.
    2. Register the trademark with the Irish patents office or OHIM.
    3. Sue
    4. Get little or no damages.

    You used a name. You didnt invent it. Unless you invented the alphabet.
    IP law protects those who have established a trade under a brand name and gives damages against infringment. A facebook page wont cut it.


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