Title: Copyright help
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Copyright help

 *  [gamerps3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerps3/)
 * (@gamerps3)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copyright-help/)
 * Hello!
    I have a doubt about copyrights, i’m thinking about creating a blog that
   is about videogames (news, reviews, ps3 themes, etc) and design, (mainly phostoshop
   tutorials and discussion), by using names like adobe, sony and all those company
   and games names, and pictures, even if i found those in google, am i inflicting
   copyrights? sorry for the bad english, i am brazilian.

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 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copyright-help/#post-838273)
 * No, you are allowed to talk about things. What you can’t do is use people’s trademarks
   to sell your own stuff. So, for example, you could not design your site based
   on the PS3 logo, or whatnot.
 * I’m sure companies like Sony and Abobe would not be as big as they are if noone
   was allowed to use their names when reviewing stuff (!)
 *  [JohnPope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnpope/)
 * (@johnpope)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copyright-help/#post-838287)
 * Names and pictures are two completely different things.
 * By using the name of a company or a product in a review or article about a game
   you are doing nothing wrong.
 * Using an image that you have found via Google might well be a copyright infringement
   though, you should check the ownership of each image you use.
 *  Thread Starter [gamerps3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerps3/)
 * (@gamerps3)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copyright-help/#post-838290)
 * ok, and let’s say that i want to post images of games in my blog,
    like a gta
   4 or burnout screenshot, to use in a review, or as background, etc. Am i inflicting
   copyrights?Even if i take the screenshots??And even if it is not a commercail
   blog, only a personal/community one?
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copyright-help/#post-838439)
 * I expect that you would need to research this area properly to comply with your
   own local laws and those of the country where you are publishing (your web host).
 * In general, I would expect your own pictures (screengrabs) to be ok in the context
   of a review, however you must be careful not to use other people’s images etc.
   as part of your site design, or to promote your site.
 *  Thread Starter [gamerps3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerps3/)
 * (@gamerps3)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copyright-help/#post-838443)
 * Ok, and thank you all.
 *  [josiezilli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josiezilli/)
 * (@josiezilli)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copyright-help/#post-838652)
 * PLEASE I WOULD LIKE THAT YOU TOOK OFF MY NAME AND MY VIDEO OF YOUR WEBSITE.
 * [http://www.poplife.biz/?p=80449](http://www.poplife.biz/?p=80449)
 * Sexy Brazilian Model Josie Zilli
    Published by Webcastr – Videos for Category
   at 5:53 pm under Naughty, Relationships, Top Stories, Video
 * Making of Josie Zilli photo shooting … Making of Josie Zilli photo shooting at
   Bella Club.
 * THIS IS INFRINGING MY PRIVACY. YOU DON’T HAVE COPYRIGHTS ON THIS MUCH LESS TO
   DISPLAY IT WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION.
 * I WANT YOU TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE MY NAME OF SITE OR I WILL TAKE MEASURES JUDICIALLY.
 * THANK YOU.
 * JOSIE ZILLI
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copyright-help/#post-838653)
 * While I admire your ability to shout-type (all caps), I have to ask that you 
   take your complaints to the owner of the site you have issue with.
 * We have no association with any sites running WordPress software, nor do we offer
   any oversight or management of those same sites.

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