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Originally posted by Warcaptain
uhm actualy
the only thing thatd be illigal, is if another graal playerworld came out with the same name, and they got their name copywritten
otherwise its not a problem

You didn't read my post. Or if you did, you didn't listen. Names are trademarked, not copyrighted.

Here, pulled from the U.S. Copyright office:

Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories:

1. literary works;
2. musical works, including any accompanying words
3. dramatic works, including any accompanying music
4. pantomimes and choreographic works
5. pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
6. motion pictures and other audiovisual works
7. sound recordings
8. architectural works


These categories should be viewed broadly. For example, computer programs and most "compilations" may be registered as "literary works"; maps and architectural plans may be registered as "pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works."

A name is not a "original work of authorship," therefore it is not copyrighted.

ie:
graal can make a server called "Ragnarok Online"
if they wanted to, and RO cant do anything about it, because theirs is a name for an online game, and graals is a name for an online game server....

Sure that Ragnarok Online doesn't hold the trademark in the category of "online gaming"?

just like a pie making company can be named "Ferret Inc."
and a pie crust company can be named "Ferret Inc."
but another company cant open a company that makes pies and call it "Ferret Inc."

Questionable. They both deal with pie. A lawsuit could occur.

besides, graal hasnt copywritten ANYTHING, nor trademarked anything.

Oh? You still don't seem to grasp the difference between a copyright and a trademark. Once you make something, you hold its copyright (assuming you did in fact make it, and it's original). You don't have to register a copyright to hold it (although in order to file a lawsuit, you must have registered it).

Again, from the U.S. Copyright Office:

The way in which copyright protection is secured is frequently misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. (See following Note.) There are, however, certain definite advantages to registration. See "Copyright Registration."

Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, and a work is "created" when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time. "Copies" are material objects from which a work can be read or visually perceived either directly or with the aid of a machine or device, such as books, manuscripts, sheet music, film, videotape, or microfilm. "Phonorecords" are material objects embodying fixations of sounds (excluding, by statutory definition, motion picture soundtracks), such as cassette tapes, CDs, or LPs. Thus, for example, a song (the "work") can be fixed in sheet music (" copies") or in phonograph disks (" phonorecords"), or both.

Understand now?

ive checked ^_^
so untill they do, all of graal is free for the taking if you want to.

You have? You've checked every international copyright/trademark database? Doubtful. And, again; all things made by/for graalonline are already copyrighted.