Why my image and name are copyrighted/trademarked
My image and name are copyrighted/trademarked for certain security reasons and personally. This is mainly to protect me if I try to apply for a job and a person Googles my name. I allow free usage of it under the following licence:
- It is used alongside content that is not libellous, harmful, obscene, harassing, threatening or infringes on the property rights of others.
- It is used with attribution to thedarkestevil.com
- All other purposes must be preapproved by Kyle Korleski.
The reasoning behind this? Well, the reason is that I am new in Canada and I cannot have people soiling my record when my employer Googles my name. Now, Nicholi is a very gracious person but I can’t take any chances if people are going to abuse my image like this. Besides, what of Citizenship and Immigration Canada? What if a CIC visa officer abroad or in Canada came across libellous content that I did not write and assumed that I was somehow associated with it? That would probably raise a few questions to the visa officer and I would probably be asked to attend an interview at a consulate abroad.
Therefore, I decided to file for a trademark at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and I hold a copyright to my own name. I would highly recommend that any expatriate that is being harassed like I am to do the same. I am not liable for content that I do not write myself.
Tags: Job-Related, Photography, Protection
December 31st, 2006 at 10:39 am
Since you are using wordpress, you might also want to copyright your RSS feed. It is called Angsuman’s Plugin to Automatically Add Copyright to Your RSS/ATOM Feeds or Angsuman’s Feed Copyrighter Plugin. I can give you the direct link if you’re interested.