Advertising copyright

[Oneeyedvic]

Lets say I wanted to copy an advert - the Smash advert from the 80s with the martians.

If i were to commission a drawing of a similar type of martian and had a similar 'story' but for a different product (eg back in the 20th century they used keyboards to control computers - instead of talking to them) - to promote a new computer interface, is that breaking any type of copyright law?

[Oneeyedvic]

was looking for a little bit more than a one word answer - specifically, what laws and what infringement is taking place.

[pink-kittens]

http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p0 1_uk_copyright_law

No expert but reading quickly it appears for artistic copyright it comes out of copyright at the end of the first year it was used (in public) - you got 40 years or so to wait - but I may be wring

SMASH ads are form the 70's BTW

[Info Bank]

You Mean this...


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uKt-KR1TsRg

[Oneeyedvic]

Thanks all