On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 15:15, Måns Rullgård wrote: > Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org> writes: > > > http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wnp > > Several categories of material are generally not eligible for > > federal copyright protection. These include among others: > > > > Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols > > or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, > > lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents" > > Some of these can be registered as trademarks, and hence also be > subject to violation. Sure, but that's not copyright. Trademarks aren't by default, must be defended, are domain-specific, etc. I don't think any of those characters are trademarked (ever seen a trademark notice in a Tolkien book?). Easy enough to check before using them, too.
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