Weirdest letter from NC Interactive ever:

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On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:08:18 -0000, Shenanigunner
<shenanigunner@NOdgathSPAM.kom> wrote:

>>> Dude, you've got to get that sand out of your vagina, really.
>
>> And you have to get your head out of your ass.
>
>Okay, talk like a biker day is over now, boys.
>
>It really does sound a little anal and obsessive, Tyg. Why should that
>name be such a horrifying breach of usage?

Seeing a flagrant trademark violation go unchanged despite rules
-specifically- against it is a problem for me. I have a personal
interest in trademark/copyright issues...

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Dark Tyger <darktiger@somewhere.net> wrote:
> Seeing a flagrant trademark violation go unchanged despite rules
> -specifically- against it is a problem for me. I have a personal
> interest in trademark/copyright issues...

As a writer, editor, publisher, photographer and graphic designer, so do I.
But there are limits to what I'm going to fuss about.

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On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 06:13:10 -0000, Shenanigunner
<shenanigunner@NOdgathSPAM.kom> wrote:

>Dark Tyger <darktiger@somewhere.net> wrote:
>> Seeing a flagrant trademark violation go unchanged despite rules
>> -specifically- against it is a problem for me. I have a personal
>> interest in trademark/copyright issues...
>
>As a writer, editor, publisher, photographer and graphic designer, so do I.
>But there are limits to what I'm going to fuss about.

*Shrug* YOur limits are different. You honestly have no more business
telling me my limits are wrong than I have telling you that yours are.

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On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 22:11:38 -0700, Dark Tyger
<darktiger@somewhere.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:08:18 -0000, Shenanigunner
><shenanigunner@NOdgathSPAM.kom> wrote:
>
>>>> Dude, you've got to get that sand out of your vagina, really.
>>
>>> And you have to get your head out of your ass.
>>
>>Okay, talk like a biker day is over now, boys.
>>
>>It really does sound a little anal and obsessive, Tyg. Why should that
>>name be such a horrifying breach of usage?
>
>Seeing a flagrant trademark violation go unchanged despite rules
>-specifically- against it is a problem for me. I have a personal
>interest in trademark/copyright issues...

The funny thing is, I'm almost sure I could get permission from Adult
Swim/Cartoon Network to use Harvey Birdman as a character in an
MMPORG.




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Dark Tyger <darktiger@somewhere.net> wrote:
> *Shrug* YOur limits are different. You honestly have no more business
> telling me my limits are wrong than I have telling you that yours are.

I didn't say they were - just that, with all the soundalike and clone names
in all these games, your reaction to that one seemed out of proportion. I
see many names that are that close to an established media character.
"Legolos" doesn't seem like much of a violation - especially as it's based
on a 60-year-old book that is out of copyright anyway.

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On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:53:25 -0000, Shenanigunner
<shenanigunner@NOdgathSPAM.kom> wrote:

>Dark Tyger <darktiger@somewhere.net> wrote:
>> *Shrug* YOur limits are different. You honestly have no more business
>> telling me my limits are wrong than I have telling you that yours are.
>
>I didn't say they were - just that, with all the soundalike and clone names
>in all these games, your reaction to that one seemed out of proportion. I
>see many names that are that close to an established media character.
>"Legolos" doesn't seem like much of a violation - especially as it's based
>on a 60-year-old book that is out of copyright anyway.

Nevermind the series of movies, the last of which is only a year
old...

And it's not so much the one violation, but the fact it was ignored on
one letter being changed. I report all violations when I see them,
honestly.

(And, by the way, even the books aren't out of copyright yet...)

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On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:08:13 -0500, Magnus, Robot Fighter. <me@key.com> wrote:

> The funny thing is, I'm almost sure I could get permission from
> Adult Swim/Cartoon Network to use Harvey Birdman as a character in
> an MMPORG.

Wouldn't matter. By the terms of the license, you're not permitted to
use copyright/trademarked characters even if *you* own them. Cryptic
wants the whole enchilada, baby!

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Dark Tyger <darktiger@somewhere.net> wrote:
> Nevermind the series of movies, the last of which is only a year
> old...

Um, if you make a movie about, say, the siege of Troy or the life of
Alexander, you don't get to copyright the character names in it.

> And it's not so much the one violation, but the fact it was ignored on
> one letter being changed. I report all violations when I see them,
> honestly.

Okay. Sounded like you were being anal about this one.

> (And, by the way, even the books aren't out of copyright yet...)

So I see - I'd forgotten that. The Tolkien stuff is one of the classic
horror stories in the copyright world. Serious mess and I believe the
later copyrights (mid-1990s) were granted under a special waiver.

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On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:35:30 -0000, Shenanigunner
<shenanigunner@NOdgathSPAM.kom> wrote:

>Dark Tyger <darktiger@somewhere.net> wrote:
>> Nevermind the series of movies, the last of which is only a year
>> old...
>
>Um, if you make a movie about, say, the siege of Troy or the life of
>Alexander, you don't get to copyright the character names in it.

....and historical figures suddenly became IP....when?

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