Re: Interesting article about conlangs and the law
| From: | Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 15, 2007, 1:23 |
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On 9/14/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 9/14/2007 6:17:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
> beta_leonis@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
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> > Don't I remember reading once that Marc Okrand owns the rights to the
> > Klingon language?
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> I think he owns only the rights to his books, since he's the author.
> He created Klingon for Paramount, so they own all the marks etc.
Depending on the conditions of his contracts with Paramount, he might not
even own the copyright of his books. Star Trek tie-in novels, for
instance, are done
as work-for-hire, i.e. Paramount owns the copyright, not the books' authors.
--
Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/review/log.htm