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What a bummer!

by joseph7384
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Was doing some research on copyrighted words and found that the word "Bazinga" that Sheldon Cooper from the (big bang theory) uses was copyrighted by Warner Bros. Entertainment in January 4th, 2011.

I didn't know that any ole random word can be copyrighted.

Oh well back to the drawing board.
  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Technically, you CAN'T just copyright, or rather trademark, any old word! But words that are RARELY used, used out of context, or misspelled may be. Bazinga is such a word.

    Then again, who's to say WHAT courts will allow.

    Copyright only covers expression, and usually covers something more than one word. SO a copyright may cover a terminator novel, but not any word in it, and you could express the story in another language, or other words, and still violate the copyright. A word like terminator may be trademarked in a given context, but they may treat it like they made up the word, and fight any use.

    IANAL.

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Yeah - Bazinga wasn't a dictionary word. They made it up and it kinda stuck as a mark, so that would either be copyrighted or maybe even trademarked, depending on how they are using it.
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