Delectable Intellectual Property: Are Cake Designs Copyrightable?
Basics for Churches, Featured, Using Images Monday, May 9th, 2011
Illegal copying of online photographs can cause churches embarrassment, fines and fees.
Best Buy shuts down “God Squad” on trademark violation
Copyright News, Using Images Monday, August 16th, 2010
The altering of corporate logos to convey Christian messages has become fairly commonplace, with altered logos showing up on t-shirts, in sermons and now on cars. A Wisconsin priest recently ran afoul of Best Buy for unauthorized use of the trademarked logo for their Geek Squad service. As the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal reported: “Best Buy, the Minnesota-based electronics retailing giant, recently sent Strand a cease-and-desist letter concerning his car. The black Volkswagen Beetle has oval door stickers that read “God Squad” in a logo very similar to the black, white and orange logos on black-and-white Geek Squad Beetles driven by the computer and electronics trouble-shooters.”
White Paper: Copyright Issues for Webcasting Religious Services
Using Film & Video, Using Images, Using Literature, Using Music Friday, March 12th, 2010
Copyright Issues for Webcasting Religious Services Webcasting of religious services touches on a myriad of copyright issues. Get up to speed on these issues quickly with this informative white paper. Access a printable version of the white paper here
What’s Being Shown on Your Site?
Using Images Friday, October 2nd, 2009
We recently have had a few of our clients who have received an unwelcome surprises when visiting their website. They have been using Mogulus (now LiveStream) for streaming their services and did not realize that their service plan allowed Mogulus to run advertisements before their video starts. What they discovered was that the ads being [...]
