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6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character(nypost.com)

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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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By this logic, everyone named Mickey should be paying Disney a royalty…

Wait shit retract delete delete DISNEY I DID JOT SAY ANYTHING DONT GET ANY FUCKING IDEAS NOW.

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Something Burger 🍔@jlai.lu
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Mickey is a real name, though. It wasn’t invented by Disney.

Not that their lawyers would care lmao

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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Yeah if anyone ever expected copyright law or lawyers to be even remotely logical or sane, they’ve got another thing coming to them…

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Maggoty@lemmy.world
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Disney just announced a new IP, Empire of Love. No relation I’m sure.

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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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OH FUUUUUUUUUU-

This comment has been removed due to a copyright claim by Walt Disney Corporation of America

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