Boyapati v Rockefeller Management Corporation (No 2)
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Ideas, names, people's images
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Ideas, concepts, styles, techniques and information | Copyright does not protect ideas, concepts, styles, techniques or information. For example, if you write an outline of your idea for a TV show,
the written text will be protected by copyright and, generally, someone
wanting to reproduce it would need your permission. However, someone
else could write their own script, using your ideas, without
necessarily infringing your copyright. Copyright would only be an issue
if someone copied or paraphrased an important or distinctive part of
your written work (see “Infringement”, below). | Ideas: information sheet |
| Names, titles and slogans | Some “works” are too small or unoriginal to be protected by copyright.
For example, single words (even invented words), names, titles, slogans
and headlines are unlikely to be protected by copyright. In some cases, however, someone using a name, title or slogan which is already being used by someone else may run into problems with other areas of law, such as trade marks. |
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| Peoples' likenesses | People and people’s images (images of their face or body) are not protected by copyright. Sometimes, however, other areas of law, such as defamation and the Trade Practices Act, can affect the circumstances in which a person’s image can be used. |