• jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Private corporations tying the hands of governments with copyright BS? If I want to name my daughter Khaleesi Skywalker Gandalf Bethooven SpaceJam that’s none of the governments nor some random corporations business. You can’t trademark a fucking name, wtf is this bullshit? You don’t get to decide what my name is, and you definitely don’t get to hamstring official government agencies in their duties because you’re butthurt about my sharing a name with your fictional character. Go fuck yourselves, disney. You slimy litigious fucks, this is why your brand is sinking.

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      2 months ago

      This isn’t a rule. Some bureaucrat was mistaken.

      The same thing happened to another girl a couple weeks ago.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, Disney is slimy, but for once this isn’t their doing. Some paper pusher overstepped their boundaries, that’s not on Disney.

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      2 months ago

      There are rules around names for children with food reason, if you name your child Hitler and Unwanted you can expect government intervention because it can be perceived as child abuse by putting undue stress and difficulty on the child.

      Which I believe is fair

      This name doesnt quite hit that mark but I would defend government intervention when naming children for outlier cases.