Avatar to no Avatar?

Chamber005

Chamber005

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Not sure if this was answered in a different thread, by why did M. Night drop the title and only keep the subtitle to Avatar: The Last Airbender?

I can't imagine that there was any legal grounds to stand on for Cameron and his posse to force Night to change the name of his film.

Anyone know why the sudden title change?
 
I thought there was an actual lawsuit. But then again it could have been Rumor.

The problem is confusion. For people that don't know what Avatar: The last airbender is, they may want to go and see it, or not see it, because of Avatar, so that would be either making money or losing it off another work...

My guess is if Avatar did amazing, then more people would go see avatar: the last airbender (if they don't bother checking what is it first), which may lead to a ridiculous lawsuit or problems. If Avatar did poorly, then people that know nothing of avatar: the last airbender may think it a sequal and be less inclinded to see it, then the creators will be kicking themselves in the butt.

I know it's stupid, but there are a lot of stupid people out there.
 
i'm not a lawyer, but from what i've read, you can't copyright a movie title, although you can register a trademark for other things, say merchandise.

Avatar is a proper word with a proper meaning. Just like godfather has a proper meaning.

In this particular instance i'd say it's most definitely marketing issues.

however, have a read over these pages:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=183764

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080116112424AAiPZr7

http://www.churchmedia.net/forums/copyright-issues/37408-movie-title-protection.html

http://digitalmedialaw.blogspot.com/2008/04/trademarking-movie-titles.html
 
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