Editing Signature (section)

==Copyright==
Under British law, the appearance of signatures (not the names themselves) may be protected under [[Copyright law of the United Kingdom|copyright law]].<ref name=Spilsbury>{{cite book | title=Media Law | last=Spilsbury | first=Sallie | publisher=Cavendish Publishing | year=2000 | isbn=978-1-85941-530-6 | page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=X2qyT3Y7IpEC&pg=PA439 p. 439]| quote=An individual's signature may be protected under law as an artistic work. If so, the unauthorised reproduction of the signature will infringe copyright. The name itself will ''not'' be protected by copyright; it is the ''appearance'' of the signature which is protected.}}</ref>

Under [[Copyright law of the United States|United States copyright law]], "titles, names [I c...]; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring" are not eligible for copyright;<ref>"[http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf Copyright Basics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305163016/http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf |date=2011-03-05 }}", [[United States Copyright Office]]. Retrieved 15 March 2011.</ref> however, the appearance of signatures (not the names themselves) may be protected under copyright law.<ref name=Spilsbury />