Trunkin said:
Oh, there's plenty of blame to go around. It would be Sony's fault for being a scummy corporation, and the system's fault for allowing scummy corporations like Sony to trademark dumb ass shit. As for Taylor Swift... well, that's also kind of scummy, but it's kind of apples snd oranges.(i presume those trademarks are for song titles/albums only?) The difference is that VRPG will be common use in a few years. It would be like if Taylor Swift was one of the first pop musicians and she decided to trademark "pop" as a genre. Actually, no, ît's even worse than that, because RPG on it's own is already an existing genre, and VRPG would just be an extension of that. It's more like trademarking Heavy Metal, or Power Metal, or any other extension of Metal. BS is what it is! That said, I really don't think Sony's VRPG stands for Virtual role-playing game. That would just be sad. Almost as sad as them trying to trademark Let's Play...... |
"The filings prohibit the use of those phrases, which all cull from her 2014 album 1989, from appearing without a license on everything from guitar straps and other accessories to removable tattoos. Some of the more obscure – and likely obligatory – items covered by her trademarks include typewriters, walking sticks, non-medicated toiletries, Christmas stockings, "knitting implements," pot holders, lanyards, aprons, whalebone, napkin holders and the particularly ominous collection of "whips, harness and saddlery."
For reference, feel free to cut and paste the special characters ™ and ® for future references to 1989."
