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Remove trademark symbols and disclaimers from README #9

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PeterNjeim opened this issue May 10, 2023 · 4 comments
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Remove trademark symbols and disclaimers from README #9

PeterNjeim opened this issue May 10, 2023 · 4 comments

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@PeterNjeim
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There is no need to respect a third party's trademarks as your usage falls under nominative fair use

@AbandonedCart
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AbandonedCart commented May 11, 2023

1990s Propaganda

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The disclaimers are still necessary due to the potential for confusion with being an official product, but the trademark for the console and games is registered to Nintendo of America Inc.

@PeterNjeim
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You edited your comment so now I should respond. They're not necessary as they fall under nominative fair use. If you fear confusion of affiliation simply explicitly state you aren't affiliated, I'm surprised there isn't such a message in the README already, as those disclaimers do not necessarily imply non-affiliation. Either way, if you fear you aren't protected by nominative fair use, it's still useful to explicitly state you aren't affiliated

@PeterNjeim PeterNjeim closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale May 11, 2023
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I edited the comment because the point was unclear and I wasn't entirely sure how to word it to avoid making it less clear. I am not the person you are addressing with your issue, though. I just happen to know that fair use is often thrown around incorrectly and a lot of assumption is made on how liberal you can get with it.

@PeterNjeim
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Sorry for being unclear myself. I meant that you edited your comment into something I wanted to respond to, whereas your previous versions I would've simply left standing without a reply. As for saying "you", since it says Contributor next to your name I thought you had control over it, but instead I should be thinking of Maintainer. We're on the same page now, thanks for your time

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