[Feedback] Amarok und WOW

Colin Guthrie gmane at colin.guthr.ie
Sun Jul 13 13:09:14 UTC 2008


Gregory Meyer wrote:
> Just as Mike Oldfield can't complain about our using the name Amarok
> for a music player, I don't think we have anything to say, nor is he
> doing anything wrong, by naming a guild in WoW Amarok, which as he
> points out is the inuit word for wolf.
> 
> Even if we owned a copyright or trademark on the name, the use of the
> word in WoW is for a sufficiently different purpose that I don't think
> it matters anyway.  However, IANAL, so take that for what it's worth
> :p
> 
> Does anybody else disagree?

I don't disagree, but an easy way to test the water is to create a guild 
called "iTunes" and see if apple complain :p

Col




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