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minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·18 days ago im pretty sure a name cant be copyrighted Really? I feel like that comes up all the time for like comic book characters and such.
minus-squareClimateStalin [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoYeah there’s a reason only DC has a superhero with the obvious name “Super-Man”
minus-squaretechpeakedin1991@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoI think the distinction is between the name of the work itself (like there are actual comic books called Batman or whatever), versus the name of a character in the book. I ain’t a lawyer though so I’m not sure
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoI guess that’s probably a major factor in why so many comic book series are mainly or just the name of the protagonist.
Really? I feel like that comes up all the time for like comic book characters and such.
Yeah there’s a reason only DC has a superhero with the obvious name “Super-Man”
I think the distinction is between the name of the work itself (like there are actual comic books called Batman or whatever), versus the name of a character in the book. I ain’t a lawyer though so I’m not sure
I guess that’s probably a major factor in why so many comic book series are mainly or just the name of the protagonist.