On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:55:20PM +0000, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>: > > > You seem to have already noted this, but I should re-emphasize that > > since the Tolkien novels are still under copyright, then legally the > > names from them are just as much risky choices as names from Pratchett > > are. > > Does anyone seriously think that copyright applies to names? I've > never heard of copyright applying to anything smaller than a haiku. I don't, but people with copyright protection in a work are more likely to try to defend their "copyright" in the names. See TSR/Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro. -- G. Branden Robinson | The National Security Agency is Debian GNU/Linux | working on the Fourth Amendment branden@debian.org | thing. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Phil Lago, Deputy XD, CIA
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