On Jan 2, 2008 3:23 PM, Meg Ireland megireland99@gmail.com wrote:
So if you believe that to be true, you would have to explain the glyphs representing Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. According to biographies of the band, they themselves designed both glyphs. If so the images date to 1971, meaning they would still be in copyright.
As is explained e.g. here:
http://www.inthelight.co.nz/ledzep/zososymbol.htm
All the symbols are not new and not created by the band or its members, although they were chosen by them. It shows an image of a book from the sixteenth century with the 'Zoso' symbol in it, pretty much exactly as used by the band.
No, the copyrightability question is whether combining four long-existing symbols is sufficient for copyright in the United States; the argument that it is not is compelling.
-Matt