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[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 43 points 7 hours ago

Private corporations tying the hands of governments with copyright BS? If I want to name my daughter Khaleesi Skywalker Gandalf Bethooven SpaceJam that's none of the governments nor some random corporations business. You can't trademark a fucking name, wtf is this bullshit? You don't get to decide what my name is, and you definitely don't get to hamstring official government agencies in their duties because you're butthurt about my sharing a name with your fictional character. Go fuck yourselves, disney. You slimy litigious fucks, this is why your brand is sinking.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago

This isn't a rule. Some bureaucrat was mistaken.

The same thing happened to another girl a couple weeks ago.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 hours ago

But it is indicitive of the Anglo-Saxon propensity for bootlicking. /Celtposting

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

The French do their arguably dumber "you can't call that thing you made what I call it even though it's the same recipe, because it wasn't grown where my ancient relatives made it," though. Also France's general xenophobia and owning a bona fide colony way later than the Anglos lol

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 47 minutes ago

You're talking about AOP (Appelation d'Origine Protégée / Protected Origin Naming). It makes senses because protected names are place names. You can't call any sparkling wine "champagne". It has to come from Champagne. However, you can call your raw milk cheese "faisselle" even if it wasn't made in Rians, as faisselle isn't a place.

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 34 minutes ago

Too bad this kid wasn't born at Skywalker Ranch, then

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