So I was on Facebook and someone had blogged about not being able to use the name Hermes in her description of devotional work that she does. As a follower of Hecate I find this disrespectful and stupid. Why can't I do devotional work and not get slammed for using the name Hecate? Why? Because it's trademarked. The gods are damn trademarked, what the heck?
I find this to be stupid and revolting. Why are the gods trademarked? Because someone with a ton of money bought the name and not thinking that there would be a problem. Yes, there is a problem. The problem is that there are people out there that honor the Greek gods and do devotional work that has their name on it. It's our way of honoring the gods by doing works of art.
Trademarks and copyrighting is a very sensitive subject. Yes ago Warner Brothers actually took down a little girls Harry Potter site because it violated copyrights. Artists have taken people to court for downloading free music that they didn't pay for, though the money goes to the company and not the artist. We are so worried about other people breaking the law that we will trample on the rights of those who create original work and just happen to use a trademarked word.
Personally this needs to stop. This violates the law and we do have laws protecting the religious rights of those that practice certain religions. I think that if it's original and not a copy then the name should be allowed. This person actually had her store shut down due to this, which makes me want to scream. I really shake my head at the problems that I see and how companies can get away with anything and not care about the feelings of others who are having their creative juices stopped just because someone had more money and trademarked at a certain time.
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