NationStates Jolt Archive

How close can you copy an other founder and region? I started US of A and my name is Prez George W Bush this guy started a USA and call himself Pres George W Bush. Is that ok? or is it to close to be alright???

Last I checked, you don't own the copyright to either name. Had it been a made-up name in NS, it might have been different. In this case ... nah.

ok I saw that some of the other was deleted because it was to close to the "orginals". I can see that if he had call himself 'president' I started the 'Prez' and he then using the 'Pres' and then use almost the same region....People are already confused....

Well, these things can be solved if you come up with something original instead of just copying things yourself, but that's just my opinion. *shrugs* Less confusion that way, and quite easy to prove that someone is 'copying' you rather than just doing the same thing you are.

I agree, then again, imitation is a form of flattery, right Nathi? :p

Depends on how it's done, who it's done by, and what purpose it's done for. ;)

:p

I think we've had Dred Lady, Sled Lady, Bread Lady, and Dead Lady, not to mention the Nathicaniel one, and now this. I'm duly flattered. *grins* Silly peeps.

thats why i picked something totally off the wall for my nations name.



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ok I saw that some of the other was deleted because it was to close to the "orginals".
That's true. If I create a nation called "Ithicanopolis" and start advertising for "Regionopolis", we would probably delete the impersonator "Ithicanopo1is" who went around telling people that my region sucked, or flamed others in my name.

A nation search for "Bush" yields over a hundred hits, many of them either for or against the US president. I'd wager a guess that at least a dozen of those are in regions themed with something about America or the United States. None are in danger of being mistaken for either George W himself or your nation.

It's a political game. We expect political names.