karenerose
Junior Member
Hello - sounds silly but can a meme idea be copyrighted ? I know we have seen the "what is your leprechaun name", "what's your redneck name" etc by coming up with 2 factors (initial of name, date of birth, month of birth) and making a silly name. I have a FB page for a children's book series I write about cats and chickens and last week did a "what is your chicken name" game. It is a photo of our chickens, the first names are all of our chickens names and the last names all made up silly names. It took off from last Thursday and has been circulating on FB.
This evening, I received a takedown notice from a woman who says she did the same chicken name game in 11/2013 on her blog and that it is copyrighted. Is this true ? I had never seen her post and how can an "idea" for a silly name game be copyrighted because the format is similar and the "what is your chicken name" title the same ? The idea for these types of games are all over the place so how can she "own" this ?
No images of hers were used so I am wondering what damage she is suffering from this ?
I appreciate any guidance on this topic.
This evening, I received a takedown notice from a woman who says she did the same chicken name game in 11/2013 on her blog and that it is copyrighted. Is this true ? I had never seen her post and how can an "idea" for a silly name game be copyrighted because the format is similar and the "what is your chicken name" title the same ? The idea for these types of games are all over the place so how can she "own" this ?
No images of hers were used so I am wondering what damage she is suffering from this ?
I appreciate any guidance on this topic.