A not-too-funny moment!

I do get taken aback by people's enthusiasm at times.

For instance, a few weeks ago, I was shown a fleece which carried an embroidered copy of The Caravan Channel's logo. I was completely taken aback - doesn't that belong to me?

I have to say that I was sufficiently surprised and upset to actually spend some dosh to get a legal opinion. It turns out that yes, I do own the logo, and yes, it is protected by the laws of copyright.

Apparently, the people who made this fleece said that as the logo didn't carry the ® symbol of the registerd trademark, they could copy it. But the fact is that everywhere it is used in the TV show and on the website, it is covered by the copyright symbol © and is therefore copyright.

The thing that got to me was that the person with the fleece didn't even bother to ask . . .