fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoSeven-year-old boy denied passport by UK Home office over Star Wars copyright infringement for Skywalker name | Malay Mailwww.malaymail.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down125
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minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down3·edit-218 hours agoIsn’t copyright just for commercial use? Is that different in Britain?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·18 hours ago He says his son was eventually issued the passport and the family’s vacation is still on.
minus-squarevzq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·17 hours agoThat’s not how copyright works anywhere. Read the Berne convention.
Isn’t copyright just for commercial use? Is that different in Britain?
That’s not how copyright works anywhere. Read the Berne convention.