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the word 'Django'


Is it copyrighted, I'm doing a movie and my character was written with the name Django, but before I film my scenes, I wanted to know if the name is copyrighted. Thanks.

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Given the hundreds of movies with the Django name and character that were made after this one, I seriously doubt it.

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Since it's a common Spanish language name I kind of doubt it.

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Is it? I'm spanish and I've never ever in my life heard of anyone named like that. In fact the DJ together without a vowel in between it's pretty anti spanish itself. Wish it was tho, cause it's a darn cool name.

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My mistake sorry, infact it would be pretty hard to pronounce in Spanish .

My guess is that it originates from Gipsy language since guitarist Django Reinhardt is the most famous real bearer of that name.

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To quote Robert Colbert, "it is French, bitch".


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Django was popularized as the Romani language nickname of Jean "Django" Reinhardt, meaning "I awake.

Source: Wikipedia

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