a slight problem.

[Nikolaj Hald Nielsen]

Careful here :-)

IIRC The title "Songs of Distant Earth" is actally taken from a book
by Arthur C. Clarke.

- Nikolaj

On Dec 22, 2007 6:54 PM, Gleb Litvjak <blaster999 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 22 December 2007 17:14:10 Robert Grow wrote:
> > -hey everyone, i have a slight problem and was wondering if anyone here can
> > help me. i figure someone here might be able to help me even though it
> > doesnt have anything to do with Amarok, but please here me out. as most
> > people know, if you want to name something after something that someone
> > else made first then you would have to get permission right? like using the
> > name Amarok from Mike Oldfield's album title, did you guys have to get
> > permission before you made the name of this music program? if so i would
> > really like to get a hold of Mike Oldfield. I am writing a book and would
> > like to name it "Songs of Distant Earth". but i dont know if i can do that
> > legally or not. so if anyone out there could help me with thei problem, i
> > would be very grateful. ~Robert G~
>
> Well, this depends. "Songs of Distant Earth" consists of ordinary english
> words, which cannot be copyrighted. "Songs of Distant Earth" is a trademark,
> though, so you cannot use it as your album's title, but can use it as a
> book's name or, for example, as the name for your brand of wine (because it's
> another category).
>
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