Khaleesi, 6, a passport was denied â with officials telling her she needed Warner Brothersâ approval because it owns the nameâs trademark.
Typical capitalist brain rot.
Shouldnât they also use the same bullshit excuse when issuing an ID card? At least make the dumb rules consistent.
By this logic, everyone named Mickey should be paying Disney a royaltyâŚ
Wait shit retract delete delete DISNEY I DID JOT SAY ANYTHING DONT GET ANY FUCKING IDEAS NOW.
Mickey is a real name, though. It wasnât invented by Disney.
Not that their lawyers would care lmao
Arenât they aware that the TV series is based on a book seriesâŚ? If anyone owns the name itâd be George R.R. MartinâŚ
Did he trademark it? Did he sign that away when HBO did the TV series?
Not that it matters for a passport. But itâs entirely likely a media company owns the trademark for a book character rather than the author.
I think it would be more likely that grrm licensed the trademark and IP to HBO/Discovery rather than sell it. But I donât actually know
The Passport Office reportedly later called Lucy to apologize for the error.
They screwed up, and have admitted they screwed up. Did nobody read the article?
Shouldnât they also use the same bullshit excuse when issuing an ID card? At least make the dumb rules consistent.
To be fair, ID cards arenât common in the UK and passports are very common. This is quite probably the first time sheâs applied for any form of ID. Not agreeing with it, just saying.
