03-20-2004, 10:55 PM
Well, the Donald won't be making money every time someone gets the shaft BUT if anyone wants to make a t-shirt or fanny pack with those two words on it, he will be entitled to a piece of the action.
The rulings on these types of things are weird but workable. Like the "Let's get ready to rumble" thing. This is a phrase which at the point of registry could honestly only be attributed to Michael Buffer, hence he got the copyright. It was however altered some years ago to only when he said the phrase.
Over at DC with "Up, up and away" they could not copyright it because by the time they had gotten around to it, it was public domain and had been used in various ways in the media.
Copyright law is bizarre.
Glenn Walker
The rulings on these types of things are weird but workable. Like the "Let's get ready to rumble" thing. This is a phrase which at the point of registry could honestly only be attributed to Michael Buffer, hence he got the copyright. It was however altered some years ago to only when he said the phrase.
Over at DC with "Up, up and away" they could not copyright it because by the time they had gotten around to it, it was public domain and had been used in various ways in the media.
Copyright law is bizarre.
Glenn Walker