Hi guys

I've just released new graphics on my old song called Chickens (Pilici) here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U-jSZNLH5Y

I will create another version on English soon, but as usual I would like to put Amiga somewhere on the video. My idea is to put Boing-Ball baloon that will fly over the sky in second minute.

Do you think it would be OK or it will break Amiga copyright? Will I have problems or not? What is your opinion? It will be just small add-on (for my Amiga soul) but I do not want to break any copyright rules and make my video claimed & shut down. It will also not write Amiga nowhere on the screen.

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@djnick

Amiga will come knock down your door and rape your mother, your father, and your wife. Possibly in a different order though.

Don't risk the Amiga balloon. Let it go Taylor Swift.

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@AmigaHeretic

Now seriously?

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@AmigaHeretic

Haters gonna hate!

@djnick

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Do you think it would be OK or it will break Amiga copyright?

Would only be a problem if you were selling the video.

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be awere amiga inc is wathcin you and will sue you... hehehe

nahh i think its hyperion who own the rights now and i dont think will mind that you do a little promotion for them

@retro

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nahh i think its hyperion who own the rights now and i dont think will mind that you do a little promotion for them

Incorrect A. Inc Still own the rights to the boing ball etc. Hyperion have a license to use it.

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@terminills

Hm... looks like it is not good to play with the fire... I will just leave video as it is, without adding boingballs anywhere... I will be safer then :) Thanks guys for your help! :)

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@djnick

I would leave it too.. it is not worth the trouble

i think a chequered ball is too generic to be subject of any claims. outside of this and few other forums none will identify it with anything, let alone "amiga".

@djnick continue as you are, its too generic.

I don't recall A Inc sueing the BBC for the use of 'boing balls' in In The Night Garden'!

Thought you'd already used boing balls anyhow.

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@djnick

First: what exactly turns a red checkered ball into a boingball? Is any red checkered ball a boing ball and therefore in design owned by Amiga Incapable? What is "red" anyway and when is it considered red and when no longer? Is any checkered ball in essence a boingball?
I you add one or two "degrees of latitude" and one or two "meridians", can it then still be considered a "boing ball" proper?

Just some thoughts. I'm not a lawyer. Far from, actually.

OldFart

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@AmigaHeretic

PTTTTTTT HEHEHE oh man

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@djnick

My gosh, how many "demos" and beach balls, and Mice and whatever have you seen around? I find it hard that A Inc could have a case. If anything they may have specific brand guidelines of the ball, like the exact angle of the checkers, the correct PMS colors, shadows, etc... if you don't follow those then You are probably not in violation.

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@djnick

First, don't be such a chicken.
Second, as a person that has filed a fair share of Trademarks, Amiga Inc. and/or Hyperion Entertainment cannot claim the image of any and all red & white checkered balls. The Trademark filing and therefore its granting would have had very specific details about the number and relative size of the checks, the angle of check field, and when animated the fact that the rotation of the boing ball alters when bouncing off a wall. It would also stipulate uses, i.e. for the marking of the Amiga computer, computing systems, and associated Amiga 1st party software including but not limited to firmware and operating system.

So unless you are using the exact boing ball mark to promote for a commercial benefit (get paid - as SS mentioned) the Amiga computer et al. then you are have nothing to worry about. And if you're using a bunch of generic red & white checkered balls in your video then you certainly having nothing to worry about.

The worst that will happen is that you'll get a take-down notice.

Last edited by agami on 04-Nov-2015 at 06:09 AM.

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@djnick

Had a listen to some of your unfinished old modules I had lying around, and Weird.1.med had a really nice beat. A shame you never went futher with that one. Same with Live ACT.1d.med.

Just a hint

You can call it a maroon ball with cotton checkers. That will fool em I bet!

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@djnick

Ask Eric Schwartz if he let you use Sabrina Online, and Amy the Squirrel and if he agrees, just put Sabrina and Amy somewhere in the video playing on the beach in bikini, launching each other anonymous boing ball.
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@Overflow

Thanks. Yes, pity I've never finish'em.

At least I've put all those mods at this video mix:

Resurrection MIX Breakbeat, Electro, Psy, Dark, Trance, Drum and Bass 1994-2012 by Nykk Deetronic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhXm4Cccdog

:)

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@Raffaele

Like I wrote... I will not play with a fire :)

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