Okay, Debbi asked the question
earlier about whether or not a U.S. copyright would have any implications on a
foreign band. Well, I did a little digging and came up with the following,
from the U.S. Code, Chapter 4 (Tariff Act of 1930).
(Incidentally, I mentioned "copyrights" in my orginal post on the thread,
but it should be "trademarks"; sorry for the
mix-up):
Sec. 1526. Merchandise bearing American trade-mark
- (a) Importation prohibited
Except as provided in
subsection (d) of this section, it shall be unlawful to import into the United
States any merchandise of foreign manufacture if such merchandise, or the
label, sign, print, package, wrapper, or receptacle, bears a trademark owned
by a citizen of, or by a corporation or association created or organized
within, the United States, and registered in the Patent and Trademark Office
by a person domiciled in the United States, under the provisions of sections
81 to
109 of title 15, and if a copy of the certificate of registration of such
trademark is filed with the Secretary of the Treasury, in the manner provided
in section 106 of said title 15, unless written consent of the owner of such
trademark is produced at the time of making entry.
So, the basic gist is, as long as
the Finnish Creed does not sell it's records in the United States, then the
American Creed has no legal ground for
action.