ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 小时前Why the names of (real world, not made-up) video games and other media are usually changed when used in fiction?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up112arrow-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 · 10 小时前message-square6fedilinkfile-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-up24·10 小时前Probably to completely sidestep copyright / permission concerns. But can you give an example?
minus-squareburgersc12linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-210 小时前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.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 小时前They 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