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Post by respectmeordye3 on Oct 25, 2007 11:23:28 GMT -5
I thought if a wrestler created his own gimmick /character that he owned the rights to it. Now by all the reports I have ever read, all have said that Austin's ex-wife had come up with the name at breakfast. Doesn't that mean that she or Austin would own the rights or did WWE screw him outta the rights in a contract or something? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin |
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Post by The Captain on Oct 25, 2007 11:59:38 GMT -5
I don't know about the "Stone Cold" part, but Steve Williams legally changed his name to Steve Austin, so he retains all rights to the name and likely character.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Oct 25, 2007 12:19:30 GMT -5
But what about the Six Million Dollar Man? Wouldn't the guy who created that name have the rights to it?
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Oct 25, 2007 16:56:51 GMT -5
well I think WWe copyrighted it before Steve Austin did.
I think the rule of thumb is that you have to create it before you're under contract with WWe.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 25, 2007 17:01:24 GMT -5
well I think WWe copyrighted it before Steve Austin did. I think the rule of thumb is that you have to create it before you're under contract with WWe. Pretty much. It's probably a stipulation of the contracts. |
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Post by Widow's Peak on Oct 25, 2007 17:05:33 GMT -5
Yeah, its the intellectual property clause. Whatever you create while you are employed is the sole property of your employer.
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Post by thehardcorelegend on Oct 25, 2007 17:14:38 GMT -5
well I think WWe copyrighted it before Steve Austin did. I think the rule of thumb is that you have to create it before you're under contract with WWe. Unless your last name is Dudley |
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 25, 2007 17:17:45 GMT -5
well I think WWe copyrighted it before Steve Austin did. I think the rule of thumb is that you have to create it before you're under contract with WWe. Unless your last name is Dudley That was their fault for not paying attention. |
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Oct 25, 2007 17:22:35 GMT -5
Unless your last name is Dudley That was their fault for not paying attention. Yeah, they have no one to blame but themselves. I doubt Austin would go anywhere else anyway cause he's basically done with an in ring career and his movie flopped (I liked it personally) so the "stone cold" part doesn't really matter. |
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Post by Bram wants to 'urt you on Oct 25, 2007 18:45:48 GMT -5
Sting the wrestler, not Sting the singer owns the copyright to the name Sting. Which is a shame because I would have marked hard for a scorpion deathlock at the Police reunion concerts. Or something.
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Post by molson5 on Oct 25, 2007 18:56:45 GMT -5
The issue is trademark, not copyright.
And I'm sure every WWE talent contract contains a provision that the WWE owns the trademark to any name or nickname utilized by a wrestler.
Someone has a right to use his own name for any purpose, of course, which is why we see DH Smith, Marcus Cor Von, etc.
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