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

submitted 3 months ago by MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 226 points 3 months ago (17 children)

Khaleesi, 6, a passport was denied — with officials telling her she needed Warner Brothers’ approval because it owns the name’s trademark.

Typical capitalist brain rot.

Shouldn't they also use the same bullshit excuse when issuing an ID card? At least make the dumb rules consistent.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 84 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mickey is a real name, though. It wasn't invented by Disney.

Not that their lawyers would care lmao

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

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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