[Feedback] Amarok und WOW

[Gregory Meyer, CPA]

On 7/13/08, Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> 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
>
This is totally different because itunes is a made up word that has a
specific meaning related to the purpose Apple created it for.  Amarok
is a generic word that has meanings that predate its commercial usage,
so it can't be copyrighted or trademarked.