copyright laws

Can I paint my classic to look like this, or are there any sort of restrictions/copyrights on the colour scheme???


Any idea how I could find out if there was??
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Yes you can...but why you would want to is another question.

If the paint job was created by someone in a country we recognise for copyright purposes; and their paint job is an original idea of their own (not pinched from someone else); and if you copied it (rather than co-incidentally creating it all by yourself); and their paint job design has at least a modicum of creative effort; and if they are rich and mean-spirited; and if they ever visit Weston-Super-Mud and see your copy then they might consider action against you.

Often, there is sufficient arguability in at least one of these necessary ingredients that they shy away from proceedings if, in your case for example, you offered to paint over the design.

More than one issue here.
It is perfectly possible for a paint job on a car to be a creative work which attracts copyright but there would need to be sufficient distinctiveness to class it as a creative work - that is a question of judgement which is easy to get wrong either way.
The rest of the decals/transfers etc may well be Trademarks, which if registered are automatically protected and if unregistered may be protected depending on the circumstances.
If I was doing this I would use the colour scheme for inspiration but not copy it, and make my own creative endeavour clear - and I would avoid any of the brandnames and sponsor names on the RR in the picture, or anything close

Why?

wammers said:

Why?

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Why what.....



why do I want to copy this style?? well because I just like the design, and maybe have a blank canvas on which to copy it to

Thanks for the other advise guys, so it sounds as if I alter the design slightly, then i should be OK

Why not contact the owner and ask him? Its obviously a business of some kind.

dont do it mate- paint your 4 door instead if you must!

No, not alter it slightly - the courts are full of people who have tried to design away from an intellectual property right just enough to avoid infringing.
Use the design as inspiration but make sure the result is primarily the product of your own creative endeavour.

fett said:

dont do it mate- paint your 4 door instead if you must!

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...no, I quite like that the colour it is

I think after all has been said i might just redo the original artwork/sponsorship logo's that were on mine when I 1st had it.

It certainly could do with some TLC

thats a far better idea, it will add value if its got history!