fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoSeven-year-old boy denied passport by UK Home office over Star Wars copyright infringement for Skywalker name | Malay Mailwww.malaymail.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down128
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minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down3·edit-225 days agoIsn’t copyright just for commercial use? Is that different in Britain?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·25 days ago He says his son was eventually issued the passport and the family’s vacation is still on.
minus-squarevzq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·25 days 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.