3 ms·

It's already a well known novel[1]. You will have copyright issues. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speake

It's already a well known novel[1]. You will have copyright issues. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead

vageli 6y ago
> It's already a well known novel[1]. You will have copyright issues. > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead I thought book titles are not subject to copyright? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.writersdigest.com/.amp/copyrights/can-you-copyright-a-title https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.writersdigest.com/.amp/copy...
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
  They can be trademarked, which is why you can't use "Harry Potter" without permission.
  - staticman2 6y ago
    I don't think that's correct. A book series can be trademarked, I don't believe an individual book title can.
  - codetrotter 6y ago
    True, but trademarks need to be registered, and doing so costs money. (Though probably a negligible amount for a publisher, at least if they believe the work will bring in a lot of money.) That’s a bit different from copyright which is automatic and free of charge. But bringing up both things are good points either way. Which makes me wonder, what happens if I were to write a book and two months later someone decides to rip off the title for their own book, and my publisher decides to trademark the title of my book? Would the trademark application be rejected because someone else used the same title in the intervening time? And if the trademark application was granted, would my publisher be able to demand that the other author/publisher stopped printing their book under the same title, or would they still be allowed to do so because their titling of the book preceded our trademark?
aerovistae 6y ago
I mean I think he knows it's a novel lol.... That's his point, that this is the same as in that novel.
deleted 6y ago
[deleted]
zymhan 6y ago
Orson Scott Card has no grounds to sue an actual Speaker for the Dead. No one will confuse the two.
- abiogenesis 6y ago
  Unless the coffin confessor decides to write a book.

It's already a well known novel[1]. You will have copyright issues. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead

vageli 6y ago

> It's already a well known novel[1]. You will have copyright issues. > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead I thought book titles are not subject to copyright? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.writersdigest.com/.amp/copyrights/can-you-copyright-a-title https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.writersdigest.com/.amp/copy...

9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
They can be trademarked, which is why you can't use "Harry Potter" without permission.
- staticman2 6y ago
  I don't think that's correct. A book series can be trademarked, I don't believe an individual book title can.
- codetrotter 6y ago
  True, but trademarks need to be registered, and doing so costs money. (Though probably a negligible amount for a publisher, at least if they believe the work will bring in a lot of money.) That’s a bit different from copyright which is automatic and free of charge. But bringing up both things are good points either way. Which makes me wonder, what happens if I were to write a book and two months later someone decides to rip off the title for their own book, and my publisher decides to trademark the title of my book? Would the trademark application be rejected because someone else used the same title in the intervening time? And if the trademark application was granted, would my publisher be able to demand that the other author/publisher stopped printing their book under the same title, or would they still be allowed to do so because their titling of the book preceded our trademark?

aerovistae 6y ago

I mean I think he knows it's a novel lol.... That's his point, that this is the same as in that novel.

deleted 6y ago

[deleted]

zymhan 6y ago

Orson Scott Card has no grounds to sue an actual Speaker for the Dead. No one will confuse the two.

abiogenesis 6y ago
Unless the coffin confessor decides to write a book.