Copyright Infringements

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I have seen and noticed the other day that religious groups have various logos on t-shirts and other clothing that is an apparent copyright infringement. In particular, a lady was wearing a shirt that said Christ in the form of the Crest logo. To me, this is obvious. If I were to put out T-shirtst that said Crust or Crap in the Crest logo, I’d be sued to some extent. At least a cease and desist. Why is it that religious groups can get away with this? Is it because the companies invovled don’t want to sue the ‘good’ religious groups?

Brood McEto - Corellian

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A. This belongs in General Questions.

B. It has nothing to do with copyright, but rather with trademark.

C. As long as it’s not being used to sell “Christ” brand toothpaste (or mouthwash or toothbrushes or anything else vaguely dentifrice-related), there’s no trademark infringement involved.

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