#549 – FFAF: Why France and Marvel might sue you

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In this free-for-all-Friday Trent examines the world of intellectual property rights and shares some unexpected works protected by copyright and trademark.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Council of Trent Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.
0:10.4	Welcome to Free For All Friday, here on the Council of Trent Podcast.
0:13.9	And remember, Free For All Friday is a trademark patented copywritten.
0:18.4	I own this phrase and I see you say Free For All Friday anywhere.
0:21.6	I'm going to sue you into oblivion.
0:23.8	No, I'm just kidding.
0:25.3	I have not done any of the work to try to copyright anything related with my podcast.
0:31.8	Maybe I should here at some point because apparently if you get enough copyrights and trademarks,
0:37.5	you can legally own almost any kind of intellectual property and sue people if they use it or misappropriate
0:46.4	it or just even imitate it in some circumstances.
0:50.6	So that is what I would like to talk to you about today.
0:53.7	For those of you who are newer to the podcast Monday through Thursday, we talk about apologetics,
0:57.4	theology, how to explain and defend the Catholic faith on Friday.
1:01.1	We talk about whatever I want to talk about because it's free for all Friday.
1:04.9	And I thought it'd be interesting to talk about copyright, trademarks, intellectual
1:11.1	property, but specifically things that are that are copyrighted and that you may not
1:16.2	be familiar with.
1:18.1	And if you make a public misstep with these things, you can actually be sued by very
1:23.6	large entities like Marvel Comics or the nation of France or other people like that.
1:29.9	So let's jump into some of the things that you may not have known about their copyright
1:35.3	status.
1:36.6	So the first thing I want to talk about here is the Eiffel Tower.
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