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No thanks, Disney has already done enough to fuck over the public domain via copyright. We don't need them using trademarks to fuck over developers too. Besides, I doubt their lawyers would want them to dilute their trademarks like that.
Trademarks are only within a field. If Disney wanted to open-source something and trademark its name, they'd have to get a new trademark
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That didn't stop Whatsapp from using DMCA to get a GitHub repo removed: http://boingboing.net/2014/02/21/whatsapp-abused-the-dmca-to.... The point I'm trying to make is that Disney's lawyers have already proven themselves to be snakes (or whatever is the vilest creature you can imagine) regarding their intellectual property. Giving them character names to work with would not be in developer's best interests, even if the original comment was meant to tongue-in-cheek.
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#123How can I apply for a job at Disney? Someone send me an email that won't lead to a black hole!!
Technology jobs at Disney http://disneytechjobs.com
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I don't think it changes yazaddaruvala's point. What happens when ptex website goes away and disney lawyers decide there was no proof?
Luckily there are tools like the Wayback Machine from archive.org where you can retrieve the previous versions. There's also some existing cases where it's been ruled to be a legitimate source of evidence too so you're not arguing that from scratch.
If you request removal from wayback machine (either robots.txt or direct) the history is gone too.