tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 12 00:13:28 1998
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Re: How far can an item go before it is considered "Klingon (tm)"?
- From: Derf <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: How far can an item go before it is considered "Klingon (tm)"?
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 03:14:42 -0700
- Organization: Assholes Inc.
- References: <[email protected]>
KIRNEH wrote:
>
> NuqneH!
>
> On a recent mall invasion I happened to visit a knife/sword store,
> in which I saw two "Klingonesque" daggers. The first was black-handled
> with macelike spikes on the pommel, with a lightningbolt-shaped silver
> blade; it had a shallow groove similar to the dk'tagh blade. The second
> one had a triangular blade, and the handle was of red-brown wood; the
> pommel was a skull *with what I would _SWEAR_ is a Klingon spinal/brow
> ridge over the top of the skull* , and heavier-than-human, slightly
> pointed teeth.
> Question: are either of these items in violation of copyright?
> Neither is labeled "Star Trek" or "Klingon", so Paramount would not get
> any sort of profit. Prices are $165 and $75, respectively.
>
> --da laffin tlhIngan
What was the site address?
DeRf