D= Got here via Sara's post, and EW. That whole thing just reeks of BS. SPN and WB might own the show and the car and the image, and Metallica obviously own their own band name, but Metallicar was all fandom. Same way 'Wincest' is, same way we've smooshed 'Padackles' together.
Besides, I'm not sure if copyrighting a word is on the books, especially if they've never used it as a trademarked brand name or anything. At the very bones of the matter, it's not their intellectual property if they didn't come up with it. It's like trying to copyright 'rock on' or something.
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Date: 2010-07-08 01:56 pm (UTC)Besides, I'm not sure if copyrighting a word is on the books, especially if they've never used it as a trademarked brand name or anything. At the very bones of the matter, it's not their intellectual property if they didn't come up with it. It's like trying to copyright 'rock on' or something.