The Demon Pack; Fire, Flame and Coal
Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 12:20
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13 High Resolution images (2000*1333 px) of flames and glowing coal,
of which there are two 5x and 4x image sequences of flames, possibly for creating sprites.
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BalrogPack.zip 15.8 Mb [354 download(s)]Textures in this Pack
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog
Balrog (C) JJR Tolkien -> please change the name of this pack.
It's not a part of traditional mythology, it's a part of the Middle-Earth.
Nander, I'm not sure how US laws work and virtually nothing would surprise me on that front, but at least in Sweden you wouldn't be able to copyright a name, even if it is "Balrog" and mentioned in a book that is copyrighted. Reason is it's too short, plain and simple. If Tolkien would have TM:ed it or something, then it would be a different story though, but from what I know it's not trademarked.
If one could copyright names the way that is implicated by you then nothing hinders us here at OGA from collaborating on a wiki with the only purpose of mentioning as many (new) names as possible. Once written there they would be copyrighted and nobody in the world would be able to legaly use them without our permission. We'd be "name-blocking" as many names as we'd want to by doing this for a couple of years ;)
Surely this all sounds wicked, does it not?
Also, LOTR's copyright status is... complicated in the US. I believe the first edition is actually technically not under copyright here due to shenanigans. But don't quote me on it if you end up in court?
Snowdrop,
I'm from the US and you are correct in stating that a name cannot be copyrighted. A name can be trademarked if it can be demonstrated to be unique enough to be easily identifiable by the public.
In this case, the name is too short to be copyrighted and I seriously doubt that it has been trademarked. I haven't done a search myself but I think it's safe to assume that it's not an official trademark and is certainly not a registered trademark.
Nander,
You may want to take a closer look at US copyright laws as you are misquoting or misunderstand them. Copyrights apply to original works, and in particular to this case, a Literary Work. A literary work is defined as
"works, other than audiovisual works, expressed in words, numbers, or other verbal or numerical symbols or indicia, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as books, periodicals, manuscripts, phonorecords, film, tapes, disks, or cards, in which they are embodied."
This definition cannot possibly apply to a single word, even one that's widely recognized.
Even more, the artwork presented here are photographs of fire and embers. While that has a similar theme to what 'balrog' is in the literary work of JRR Tolkein, the similarities end there. There are no infringements of any sort in this listing or the works it contains.
Trademarks, on the other hand, can be used to protect a phrase or name but that's a whole other beast that I don't think applies in this situation.
I do want to note I attempted to use purely nuetral language and tones so I apologize if I come across as hostile in any way. My intentions are to inform, not to flame.
That all said...
These are fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing them! :D
Would you look at that...
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4004:di25o2.2.2
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4004:di25o2.2.3