ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy the names of (real world, not made-up) video games and other media are usually changed when used in fiction?message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhy the names of (real world, not made-up) video games and other media are usually changed when used in fiction?ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
Why the names of (real world, not made-up) video games and other media are usually changed when used in fiction?
minus-squarekjira@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoProbably to completely sidestep copyright / permission concerns. But can you give an example?
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 month agoWcDonalds is probably one of the most well known examples of changing a real name to one that is fictional, since McDonalds made it part of their bag for a few months.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoThey were not wrong: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wc abbreviation for water closet: a toilet, or a room containing a toile
Probably to completely sidestep copyright / permission concerns. But can you give an example?
WcDonalds is probably one of the most well known examples of changing a real name to one that is fictional, since McDonalds made it part of their bag for a few months.
They were not wrong:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wc