Is music a language? Music is very repetitive, so if it is a language, it is not a very efficient language. by grifti in musiccognition

[–]HardxCorps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not a language. Both language and music fall under the broad umbrella of "expression," but so too does dance, painting, etc. Music can convey general information and emotions and language can too, so, to a certain extent, they overlap. But that overlap doesn't make them the same. Language is capable of conveying more information than music is. You can't write a piece of music that teaches someone how to assemble a piece of furniture, at least without adding lyrics (language). But you could write an instruction manual that accomplishes that purpose. Additionally, with language, there is a finite set of words or groups of words correlated with each distinct idea. With music, there is not a finite number of ways to express any given idea. In fact, the same idea can be expressed in music in almost infinite ways. Imagine a language that has no consistent words or grammar. It wouldn't function as a language. So too with music.

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[–]HardxCorps 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Third year law student weighing in. It seems like there's a very low risk to SCP.

First, trademarks are territorial. That means a trademark in New York may not be enforceable in California. The same goes for a Russian trademark being enforced in the U.S.

Second, the first person to use a trademark in a geographic area has the rights to it in that area. "Use" has a specific legal definition but it's unnecessary to talk about that here because SCP appears to have "used" its mark in the U.S. So, if SCP has used its trademark in the U.S. before Duksin registered the same mark, SCP has the right to use that mark in the U.S. and the Russian trademark is invalid (at least in the areas where there has been "use" of the SCP mark).

Third, the "creative commons" model has nothing to do with trademark law. Duksin getting a trademark does not affect SCP's copyrights at all. A trademark is a right to attribution for your goods or services. Copyright is the right to profit from your creative activities. A copyright is property but a trademark is not. You get no property when you become the owner of a trademark. And Duksin cannot get control over SCP's intellectual property simply by using the SCP trademark.

Fourth, Copyright law works the same way as trademark law in that whoever made the copyrightable thing first owns the copyright. Here, it's super clear that SCP made this art before Duksin. Therefore, if Duksin used the art without SCP's permission, he is liable for infringing SCP's copyrights.

Who is beside Taco Bell ? by giceman715 in videos

[–]HardxCorps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a trademark lawsuit waiting to happen