St Georges Flag Copyright?

[JamesU2005]

Someone asked me whether the St Georges Flag is copyrighted?

Is it possible to use the flag on a website?

 

[monkeysmith]

I would be shocked if St Georges flag holds any copyright preventing you putting it on a website.

I would use it, simply enough to make one quickly.

 

[Vulcan]

Is it possible to use the flag on a website?

Of course you can.

 

[SiriusB]

You have used it for your sig... so why are you worried about another website?

 

[JamesU2005]

You have used it for your sig... so why are you worried about another website?

Cause I update my sig after posting the topic

 

[Jet]

It was created in the 13th century so the copyright will have expired a long time ago.

 

[SiriusB]

Cause I update my sig after posting the topic

touché

 

[Deleted User 234324]

national flags have no copy right attached to them as no one person can own them.

 

[Energize]

You could hardly copyright a cross in any case...

 

[meths]

Don't know about copyright but isn't it technically owned by the Crown, the same as the Lion Rampant?

Doubt the Queen will demand royalties though.

 

[Deleted User 234324]

Don't know about copyright but isn't it technically owned by the Crown, the same as the Lion Rampant?

Doubt the Queen will demand royalties though.

she does through tax

 

[Burnsy2023]

You could hardly copyright a cross in any case...

Say that to the International Red Cross

Burnsy

 

[LazyManc]

You could hardly copyright a cross in any case...

You'd think... http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2851498.ece

 

[RobH]

I didn't think you could copyright a colour but then T-Mobile have copyrighted their magenta colour (RAL 4010) in Germany.

 

[fini]

I didn't think you could copyright a colour but then T-Mobile have copyrighted their magenta colour (RAL 4010) in Germany.

Despite the amount of Directives that have existed in this area copyright, trademark and patent law varies widely across Europe.

T-Mobile have trademarked the colour in Germany, not copyrighted it. The difference, legally, between copyright and trademark is relatively large.

In the UK it's impossible to trademark a colour .

To get back on to copyright law the UK requires originality for something to be copyrightable. Originality is worked out though based on effort put in to it rather than novelty. This has the caveat, since Exxon, that it can't be a single word.

Copyright does not last long thus, even if it is copyrightable (as an artistic work) copyright would long since have ceased over it.

 

[toothe]

well im pretty sure it would be copyright of the british people neway.

 

[Energize]

Say that to the International Red Cross

Burnsy

You'd think... http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2851498.ece

Again trademark not copyright