Do I break the copyright laws?

The Blackhat Guy

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Let's say the brand is: ARMANI
Can I use ARMANl ? The last letter is different, instead of using the "i" with uppsercase I replaced with "L" lowercase

It's all online, I'm not printing anything

 

Nut-Nights

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BigTroll said:

Let's say the brand is: ARMANI
Can I use ARMANl ? The last letter is different, instead of using the "i" with uppsercase I replaced with "L" lowercase

It's all online, I'm not printing anything

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Really ? Please tell me its serious question.

 

Alchemizt

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I wouldn't invest too much time or money in that one. If it does any good it's definitely getting taken down.

 

The Blackhat Guy

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Nut-Nights said:

Really ? Please tell me its serious question.

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It's real, lol. For example, it's legal to own a domain ARMANL.COM ? lowercase its armanl.com

 

Alchemizt

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No. You can't do anything that could be confused with their brand. It violates trademark and probably copyright.

 

Limestone

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They can argue that the name is designed to confuse.

 

Conor

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It's a pretty spammy way of doing things imo. If you cross your eyes a little, faceboolc.com could also be mistaken for the actual domain. It's still really crusty though.