Weird question

[John Marston]

I was wondering about something lately.
So, fatalis is a word in Latin. But its gets me wonder... Does the "Fatalis" word is copyrighted by Capcom or only the dragon itself?

[Fox]

https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/16298/copyright-law-for-an-author-can-a-word-be-copyrighted#:~:text=No%2C%20copyright%20protection%20does%20not,a%20certain%20context%2C%20by%20trademark.&text=There%20are%20currently%2045%20%22classes%22%20for%20trademark%20protection.

Words cannot be copyrighted.

[RedViper]

Originally posted by Ditzing:

https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/16298/copyright-law-for-an-author-can-a-word-be-copyrighted#:~:text=No%2C%20copyright%20protection%20does%20not,a%20certain%20context%2C%20by%20trademark.&text=There%20are%20currently%2045%20%22classes%22%20for%20trademark%20protection.

Words cannot be copyrighted.

Single* words.

[Fox]

Originally posted by RedViper:

Originally posted by Ditzing:

https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/16298/copyright-law-for-an-author-can-a-word-be-copyrighted#:~:text=No%2C%20copyright%20protection%20does%20not,a%20certain%20context%2C%20by%20trademark.&text=There%20are%20currently%2045%20%22classes%22%20for%20trademark%20protection.

Words cannot be copyrighted.

Single* words.

So... words? Words means words in general, not necessarily a combination of words.

edit: which i guess would explain why you clarified, thought you were correcting me so i got tilted, sorry about that

[RedViper]

Originally posted by Ditzing:

Originally posted by RedViper:

Single* words.

So... words?

Slogans are words and those can be copyrighted. Lyrics are words and those are also copyrighted. It even says so on the link you posted:

“No, copyright protection does not exist for single words or even short phrases”

[Fox]

Originally posted by RedViper:

Originally posted by Ditzing:

So... words?

Slogans are words and those can be copyrighted. Lyrics are words and those are also copyrighted. It even says so on the link you posted:

“No, copyright protection does not exist for single words or even short phrases”

Yes, I realized that too late. Check my edit, sorry about that.

[CourtesyFlush09]

I always loved the name Fatalis. Would be cool to see another suspecies or variant called Brutalis, or something.

[RedViper]

Originally posted by Ditzing:

Originally posted by RedViper:

Slogans are words and those can be copyrighted. Lyrics are words and those are also copyrighted. It even says so on the link you posted:

“No, copyright protection does not exist for single words or even short phrases”

Yes, I realized that too late. Check my edit, sorry about that.

Lol I pretty much posted seconds after your edit.

[Fox]

Originally posted by RedViper:

Originally posted by Ditzing:

Yes, I realized that too late. Check my edit, sorry about that.

Lol I pretty much posted seconds after your edit.

Well, I didn't think you would refresh so I totally expected you to reply before you could even see the edit. That's on me.

[River Victor]

Fatalis is a common latin word. It means "of fate." (It does NOT mean fatal, mind.)

You can't copyright a common latin word like that.

There's a game that outright uses the word, long before Monster Hunter franchise first used it: Arx Fatalis. It's the name of the game. It means "Fortress of Fate/Destiny."

[John Marston]

Originally posted by River Victor:

Fatalis is a common latin word. It means "of fate." (It does NOT mean fatal, mind.)

You can't copyright a common latin word like that.

There's a game that outright uses the word, long before Monster Hunter franchise first used it: Arx Fatalis. It's the name of the game. It means "Fortress of Fate/Destiny."

Yea, i have seen that game too. And that basically put me into questioning.
But yea, i believe that naming someome or something "Fatalis" cannot be copyrighted by Capcom. But if someome would magically make a black-dragon-world-destroyer and name him Fatalis... Well lets just say, this would not be a coincidence.

[Morancy]

qria

[John Marston]

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