MacedWindow@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down119
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkI'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game'www.pcgamer.comMacedWindow@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months ago“Tales from the Shire: A Lord of the Rings game” they probably just have a few “A Lord of the Rings game”(s) in the pipeline
minus-squarebrian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoSo I missed it the first time. But the title is “A The Lord of the Rings Game”. Assumedly to maintain copyright, they did not drop the “The” from “The Lord of the Rings” even though they started with “A”
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThat would probably be trademark, not copyright.
“Tales from the Shire: A Lord of the Rings game” they probably just have a few “A Lord of the Rings game”(s) in the pipeline
So I missed it the first time. But the title is “A The Lord of the Rings Game”. Assumedly to maintain copyright, they did not drop the “The” from “The Lord of the Rings” even though they started with “A”
That would probably be trademark, not copyright.