Public library ends Harry Potter-themed child literacy program after legal threat from Warner Brothers
Public library ends Harry Potter-themed child literacy program after legal threat from Warner Brothers
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That's pretty shitty. Also, TIL boingboing still exists.
Whatever an arbitrary reader of this comment thinks about copyright law -- If they don't defend their copyright, they can lose it. It's kind of a necessity for them to defend it in this manner.Today, I was stupid.
Warner Brothers is not losing their copyright on Harry Potter over a public library doing a themed event lmao
They can defend their copyright by granting permission also. They chose the other path.
You're thinking of trademarks. Copyright doesn't work that way.
RIGHT?! I mean, after Cory and Xeni left, I kinda stopped reading the site and haven't thought about it in ages.