Copy right Confussion HELP!!!!

[GrayBeard]

So...when I say to my S.O...."Frankly my dear, I don't give a dam!" am I violating a copyright?

~~~GB~~~

[dgman]

No GB, but you can't make a pattern of that saying and sell the product for a profit.

[GrayBeard]

I can until I get 'caught'!

~~~GB~~~

[Sawdust Dave]

It looks like "your give a damn is busted!" 

[Chachi]

Watch it Dave that belongs to Jo dee Messina.....lol

[KarlB]

Interesting topic. I followed up a few places and came up with this:

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ34.pdf

Interesting article.

Karl

[Sawdust Dave]

Yes it is Karl... It leaves it open to interpretation. That could be why lawyers are so eager to persue possible violators.

@Chachi Yes it does but I could always change "Damn" to something else lol

[Chachi]

  That is so true.... If you ask me it's all a bunch of BULL**** I don't belive that you should be able to copyright something like that but they do and it's just my 25 cents worth.

[Russ C]

It is not worth the hassle, so I just don't make copyrighted stuff to sell.   

[Chachi]

That's very understandable but how do you know what is and isn't, like I always thought that anyone could do it's 5 o'clock somewhere but I have come to find out you can't so how do you know?

[Sawdust Dave]

 If theres something that you want to use but you are unsure of do a google search

[Chachi]

Ahhh ok I will keep that in mind thanks for the info.

[tman]

Sooo..." Go ahead, make my day" is questionable..

[dgman]

Yeah, That one is a no brainer!
Welcome to the forum by the way!

[tux_linux]

I need to pick this one up again.

I need to make sure I understand this correctly.

I made a pattern out of a photo, changing it pretty much to get a 2D-Pattern in gray/white with black lines. So there is no color in it, no special look, just the pure form.
But the pattern contained the form of a NFL-logo.

Is this copyright? I mean, is even this outlined form a copyright-thing?

I have been searching the web, found various patterns, stencils, forms of recognizable products or trademarks.
Even Steve has posted patterns of Olympic rings, NHL-Logo, classic pictures of Elvis and Michael Jackson evolved to patterns.

How is this meant to be understood? How much do I need to change to get it being "my pattern" ?

regards
Torsten