There is no copyright protection for single words such as "Spock" or "phaser". However they can be trademarked.
"Spock": <URL: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=m64pea.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=spock&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query > "Phaser": <URL: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=m64pea.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=phaser&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query > - Andreas On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:06:05 +0100, missbhavens1969 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Waitaminute: seriously? I mean, they didn't want you to use the words > "phaser" or "Spock"? I > didn't know you could copyright a sound. Just a sound by itself? Just > because it's > recognizable? They didn't want you to use "Phaser" or "Spock" in > conjunction with the > sounds, or they didn't want you to use them at all? Because I'll hop on > my miniDV right now > and film a short video called > "Phaser-Spock-Phaser-Spock-Phaser-Phaser-Spock-Spock". > > See, that's got NOTHING to do with protecting artist's property. That's > just asinine. > > Or perhaps I should run out and copyright the "bingbong" sound--you know > the one that the > F train makes when the doors close. > > Bekah > http://missbhavens.blogspot./com > > --- In [email protected], "Michael Verdi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I wrote to Paramount asking for the right to use the tricorder and >> transporter sounds. What > I> got back from them was a letter explaining how I could not use (with > no option to license >> for a fee) those sounds along with the words "Spock", "Enterprise" or >> "Phaser." >> > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
