Are countryballs copyrighted?

[Deleted]

Does anyone have any info on this?

[Deleted]

What i mean is, if i intend to create a contryball based product for profit, will i get sueued?

[Mifuyne]

What i mean is, if i intend to create a contryball based product for profit, will i get sueued?

I hope you will.
Blatant stealing is for derps.

[Ryme]

They were created by anonymous image boards, no one hold's any legal right to the design. By it's nature, they're not supposed to have a fixed design anyway.

[Deleted]

I doubt it, seeing that there are merchandise of le epic reddit maymays sold all over the world.

[I Push Buttons]

Probably considered public domain. You can use it, but you forgo some copyright protection for using it... Or something like that. I am not a lawyer.

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview...domain/welcome

[Selastan]

countryballs? You mean Polanball?

[Niwes]

what the hell are countryballs ? the nuts of a country ?

[Deleted]

WTF is countryballs

[Selastan]

[Vapo]

WTF is countryballs

http://i.imgur.com/2tmUCpt.jpg

this stuff

[Ghostile]

The right belongs to whoever made them before you, so in a sense, yeah.

[Deleted]

http://i.imgur.com/2tmUCpt.jpg

this stuff

Is this a thing?

[Deleted]

Its called Polandball for a start.

[Gheld]

The right belongs to whoever made them before you, so in a sense, yeah.

Yup. Unlike trademarks copyrights don't need to be registered (although they can be). Because copyright is inherent and as long as you can prove you were the original author you own it.

[Deleted]

Is this a thing?

No, you are dreaming. We are trying a new form of deep neural communication with coma patients. If you can read this message, WAKE UP! We miss you.

[Independent voter]

Some in the Poland ball community might get mad and if you make a lot of money you'll get sued.

[Deleted]

So is there any way i can find out if these are copyrighted in any way? I searched the web but on luck... I mean those things are round shapes of various country flags, can you even copyright or trademark anything that has some countries flag on it? Arent flags owned by citizens of their respective countries?

[Rafoel]

I find it hard to believe this would be copyrighted. I'm sure though there never was a similar case in court in Poland.

I mean, who exactly would sue you? Only the original creator could. But who he actually is? From what I know the original comics were posted anonymously. Is it even possible to prove that you were the original comic creator? Today these comics are so common and spread that they could probably be considered a part of public property.