tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 28 23:09:11 1998

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RE: Klingon Song Project

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: Klingon Song Project
• Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 23:41:18 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

ja' HetaQ:
>How do you get past the Viacom claim of ownership of all utterances in
>Klingon?

Hoch tlhIngan Hol mu'tlheghmey SeH "Viacom" 'e' maqDI', Doghqu'bej.
Hol SeHlaH pagh 'e' wuq bo'DIjmey.  tlhInganpu' cha'be'lu'chugh,
'ej mu' "Klingon" lo'lu'taHvIS yeplu'chugh, qay'be'law'.

I've always been convinced that this particular claim would not survive a
legal challenge.  Other precedents have established that languages do not
fit in the category of things which can be copyrighted.  As long as one
avoids pictures of "Klingons" and as long as one is careful about the use
of the trademarked word "Klingon" itself, I don't see a problem.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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