Band Business Card
jferguson757 (93 points) | Thu, 2009-05-28 02:59
My friend has a Beatles tribute band called, "Revolver" and was wanting a business card design. Any suggestions? One thing I was kind of concerned about was copyright issues using a green apple. I like the idea because it's so recognizable as "Beatles", but don't know how legal it is. I assume it is since it's an alteration and not a 100% copy. But, then, I don't know. Thoughts?
i was in a band named revolver when i was in highschool..
it would be cool if you could do something like this with the word "REVOLVER"
"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent."
— Joe Sparano
OP's is way better than that tacky thing!
'I am a patient boy, I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait'
Can anyone here say "lawsuit"?! Can't use the apple or any Beatle's logos without their express, written permission.
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The Salon Design Tech
to be fair, it's not apple's apple (theirs is half an apple viewed from the slice). and i don't think that's the beatle's logo, it's a sans serif font.
Apple records was in the process of suing Apple Computer just recently for even using the word, let alone a green apple in context.
I think it's fair to say that they'd have a problem with you connecting the two for your band, but they'd get no money from it so it's probably not an issue.
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The Salon Design Tech
I'm not really familiar with the Beatles fonts... I just chose something that I thought would look good. My biggest concern now is the size of the words "The Beatles" with respect to everything else. It seems to distract from their name.
I have another idea that I'll post and see what you guys think.
"Beatles" is being dominated by Revolver at the moment.
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The Salon Design Tech