Topic Subject:copyright of names used in scenarios?
GamingGlen Mortal
posted 11 February 2004 00:43 AM EDT (US)
I was thinking of writing up a scenario based on my as-yet-unpublished short story, but then I wondered about using the same names. Does MS get the copyright to any names created in scenarios? I couldn't find the license agreement among the files, so if someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
You can't really copyright names. You'd have to get a trademark and that is expensive and probably not worth the effort. But putting your names into an AOM/TT scenario does not give ES or MS any claim on your original names, and should not affect any claims you have on future published material. Of course this is just the little I know about the subject.