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03-23-2017, 08:37 AM | #1 | |
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Vox Day’s conservative publishing company Castalia House has book pulled from Amazon
Amazon is giving this rip-off cover a go ahead when clearly it's violating copyright.
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03-23-2017, 09:15 AM | #2 |
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While agreeing that vox is being an arse as usual I'm glad this wasn't blocked.
It's different enough that to count this on infringing would bring the sci-fi, fantasy and romance sections down to a couple of hundred titles each given the similarity between covers in these genres. BTW : Trade dress not copyright. |
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snip - changed to attachment (Image taken from the article linked above) This cannot be coincidence. Last edited by pdurrant; 03-23-2017 at 11:01 AM. Reason: image too big |
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03-23-2017, 10:35 AM | #4 |
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Lets ban them both because Hamilton got there 20 years ago. Sure the vox one is a rip off, but can you imagine what the randy penguin would do if they found out they could ban anything with a similar cover to any of their books? Jim Butcher could never release another book because all his covers look the same How similar do they have to be before you ban it? |
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The only part of those covers that is covered by copyright is the Painting/image, while the images are similar they are clearly different enough to not be infringing.
If Castalia House had named it The Collapsing Empire it would have been legal--can not copyright titles. My take on this is if Castalia House sues then Tor will settle and pay at least in the six figures. Its called tortious interference with business relations. Quote:
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This is a clear case of passing off, IMO. It wouldn't be legal in the UK under UK common law.
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Similar is not identical.
Can anyone give me proof that Vox actually ripped off the cover and wasn't just using it for inspiration? Might I recommend looking at Historical Romance covers. |
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TBH though, most book covers are similar enough that I don't think a lawyer would go near this one. We don't seem to have protection from dodgy movies on SyFy/Horror Channel either :- Snakes on a train (Possibly better than the original) Transmorphers, Metal Man, Atlantic Rim, The Day the Earth Stopped. The list is endless - Ok, I love dodgy creature features |
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So what would have to be done to this cover to make it too similar? The photo is using a very similar picture with similar coloring and the same font with similar sizing and similar layout. It's so similar it's easy to mistake it for the original if the person looking isn't looking closely enough.
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