you know when you make a music video.. or you play live in a concert... or you play in National Television.. Sometimes.. you have to watch wat you wear.. coz copyright infringment and all that.. but for Instruments.. when you play Guitar.. the guitar logo is der.. or when you plays drums.. the logo is der 2.. so.. can you get sued for doing dat.? what happens..?
2007-09-15 14:17:23 · 4 answers · asked by Air-Wick 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I would like to expand upon the comments that have already been made.
It is very likely that If a band has a video on MTV any other similar channel, that they individual members have an endorsement deal with several equipment manufacturers. Basically, these people are paid, either in money or in discounts or free gear, to play instruments by a particular manufacturer so that other people will buy instruments bases on what that person uses. With some musicians, especially drummers, this can mean deals with several different companies.
Take Gregg Bissonette for instance. If you don't know of him, he's primarily a studio drummer, but he's played with bands including, but certainly not limited to, Santana, David Lee Roth, Ringo Starr, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Gary Hoey and Maynard Ferguson. He has endorsement deals for:
Mapex drums, Zildjian cymbals, DW pedals, Remo heads, LP percussion, Shure microphones, XL cases, Beato bags, Vic Firth sticks and mallets and a couple of others.
Basically, if a musician appears in a video playing a particular instruments (with a prominently featured logo) it means free advertising for the company in question.
2007-09-18 06:21:28 · answer #1 · answered by Steven David 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a copyright issue.
It does affect marketing and FCC regulations concerning advertising in programs. If a company pays the producer or TV station for a product name placement, that has to be announced, usually in the end credits of the program. They may say something like "Buddy's guitar provided by XYZ company" or "promotional consideration payed by XYZ company". If you are not getting paid to promote a product, then don't worry about it. If the program producer wants to "cover" the logo on your instrument, then let him do that, its no big deal.
2007-09-19 18:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answerer #1 is correct as far as that goes. However, if you create artificial emphasis to a logo (such as positioning a soda can to prominently display it's brand name), then you may run into some issues.
Why any company in their right mind would object to having their logo displayed in such a fashion is beyond me. But the law might side with them if there were a conflict.
2007-09-15 21:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by Wyoming Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if it is originally displayed on the instrument. This means that it was there at the time you purchased it from the retailer. If YOU put it there, or it is displayed any place other than on the instrument, yes you can be sued.
2007-09-15 21:30:48 · answer #4 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋