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Originally posted by Fraisie
Yes, it does cost money to try to get copyright on something.
Well, actually, it costs money to register stuff. Such as registered trademarks, or patents. Copyrights are, technically, automatic and you can't "get" them anywhere, they are the rights you have over things you create.
Registered trademarks and other legal methods help you prove
who created something first, though. That costs money, in most cases.
And, while the ! matters, it can be argued that a product named "Messenger Plus" is a direct copy of "Messenger Plus!" as far as I know.
This Logitech camera is no problem because it's just part of the model name:
Logitech Quickcam Messenger Plus
Such as Genius' optical mouse plus series; while MS copyrights the "Plus!" trademark, they can't be sued for using the Plus word. (same goes for msgplus)
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