Comment Re:BEFORE the flamewar commences... (Score 1) 3265
>No matter what Mr. Bradbury says, you can't
>copyright titles. (I can't believe that man is
>upset, by the way -- someone must have got to >him.)
It's true that a title cannot be copyrighted, but it *can* be trademarked. Different set of laws govern trademarks, and they are administered by the US Patent and Trademark Office rather than the US Copyright Office.
>Conservatives should be lauding his success, but
>instead they try to prevent people from seeing
>his movie, all because Moore doesn't agree with
>them.
I don't think anyone is being prevented from seeing the film. Conservatives and quite a few liberals (like Christopher Hitchens of Slate.com and David Brooks of the New York Times) have been scathingly critical of the film and of Michael Moore, but criticizing a thing is not the same as censoring it.
>copyright titles. (I can't believe that man is
>upset, by the way -- someone must have got to >him.)
It's true that a title cannot be copyrighted, but it *can* be trademarked. Different set of laws govern trademarks, and they are administered by the US Patent and Trademark Office rather than the US Copyright Office.
>Conservatives should be lauding his success, but
>instead they try to prevent people from seeing
>his movie, all because Moore doesn't agree with
>them.
I don't think anyone is being prevented from seeing the film. Conservatives and quite a few liberals (like Christopher Hitchens of Slate.com and David Brooks of the New York Times) have been scathingly critical of the film and of Michael Moore, but criticizing a thing is not the same as censoring it.
