Re: Copyright? RE: (TV) so...who's gonna buy this?

[Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>]

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:28:05 -0700
"Michael Olcsvary" <olcsvary@verizon.net> wrote:
> So, you could write a book called,
> say, "Superman," and as long as it wasn't about a being from another planet
> with powers and abilities, etc., legally you'd be in the clear (though
> Warner Brothers would likely make your life a living hell). 

They had a tendency to let trademarks lapse at one point, but that wouldn't
stop them from getting pissy about it, even when a name they used (but
hadn't invented) was used in a completely different context.  Fortunately,
one well-crafted letter and about 800 1997 dollars could make them go
away.

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