@ Mr Game
That was not a good reference as the person who answered is not a copyright or trademark attorney. Try telling the people who are using publication covers and supplying personal photos and text that they cannot do that. They are not breaking any copyright or trademark laws.
Trademarks are totally different, you would be right about that, from a copyright.
A trademark is a word, symbol, or phrase, used to identify a particular manufacturer or seller's products and distinguish them from the products of another. 15 U.S.C. 1127. For example, the trademark "Nike," along with the Nike "swoosh," identify the shoes made by Nike and distinguish them from shoes made by other companies (e.g. Reebok or Adidas). Similarly, the trademark "Coca-Cola" distinguishes the brown-colored soda water of one particular manufacturer from the brown-colored soda of another (e.g. Pepsi). When such marks are used to identify services (e.g. "Jiffy Lube") rather than products, they are called service marks, although they are generally treated just the same as trademarks.
A trademark law protects a person or company using the same identification as another. Another interesting point is that you will see trademark logo styles on t-shirts. Sometimes it is the exact text and sometimes it is different text but has the same style of font or art-work. They are not breaking any laws.
I apologize for going off topic but I had to put my two cents worth in because most people have no clue about the laws.
This will be my last comment on the subject.
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