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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by cookie_monsta on Sunday October 27, 2019 @04:29AM (#21368485)
The way that I understand it, a trademark can be registered to a CPL (UK equivalent to an LLC) but copyright, if registered, has to go to a person. Although I believe that some states in the US allow anonymous copyright via LLC.

I am far from being a lawyer, but this makes sense to me - a trademark is designed to be associated with a brand, copyright is designed to designate a person/group as something's creator.

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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by arrrg on Sunday October 27, 2019 @07:16AM (#21369042)
But I thought you don’t have to register copyright? I thought you just had it automatically as soon as you make something?
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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by em-bee on Sunday October 27, 2019 @08:36AM (#21369331)
it's not registering copyright that is the problem, but claiming a copyright violation that requires revealing of his identity, because in order to make the claim you have to prove that you have legal standing to do so.
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