Timeline for Do I need copyright permission for a blog
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| May 3, 2017 at 20:04 | comment | added | user4657 | @tygrim from nomen Lt. "name". Nominative usage is literally, using the word to name the object. | |
| May 2, 2017 at 0:33 | comment | added | tygrim | @user6726 so what exactly is nominative use? | |
| May 2, 2017 at 0:24 | comment | added | user6726 | Although you asked about copyright, people often think that names are copyrightable, which they are not. There is protection for names, in the form of trademark registration, but what you are doing falls under nominative use, which is like "fair use" for copyright. As long as you're not trying to pass the blog off as being the official Phillies blog (if there is such a thing), such use is allowed. | |
| May 2, 2017 at 0:13 | comment | added | tygrim | @user6726, sorry but i know nothing about this, being a web developer, but you are saying that i can write a blog, about the phillies, or the eagles, or really any sports team, and profit off it, using adsense, without getting sued or in any trouble? | |
| May 1, 2017 at 18:19 | comment | added | MSalters | IIRC in trademark law that would be nominative use. The goal of trademark law is to disallow the use of brand names for illegitimate copies, but a protected name may still be used to refer to the real deal. | |
| May 1, 2017 at 15:05 | comment | added | user6726 | Additionally, while names can be protected by trademark, analogous "fair use" concepts allow one to mention a protected name like the Phillies. | |
| May 1, 2017 at 12:59 | history | answered | MSalters | CC BY-SA 3.0 |