Can one copyright an online handle?

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?If so, wouldnt the implications be legal binding to a person... but also, detrimental to any forum?

Barrera · Accepted Answer

Short answer, I doubt it. Titles, domain names, and musical group names are all examples of things that explicitly can not be copyrighted. Here's the source:
https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html
You may be thinking of trademark. If your online handle is a trademark, you can exclude others from using it in trade. Linus Torvalds owns the trademark to "Linux" but has licensed it perpetually for free:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mark_Institute

FinnKuhn · Answer

Not a lawyer, but if you are thinking about trademarking an online handle and count YouTube names as online handles the answer appears to be yes, as MrBeast has a trademark for "MRBEAST" with the serial number #88307131.

dave4420 · Answer

Nope. They&rsquo;re too short.Can you trademark a handle? Maybe. I&rsquo;ve never heard of it happening though.

Komodai · Answer

Trademark, most likely.Copyright? Probably not.

night-rider · Answer

Maybe not a handle but there is EDNS (Ether Domain Name Service). Not sure if you want that since Ethereum is a ponzicoin

Can one copyright an online handle?

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If so, wouldnt the implications be legal binding to a person... but also, detrimental to any forum?

Not a lawyer, but if you are thinking about trademarking an online handle and count YouTube names as online handles the answer appears to be yes, as MrBeast has a trademark for "MRBEAST" with the serial number #88307131.

Nope. They’re too short.
Can you trademark a handle? Maybe. I’ve never heard of it happening though.

Trademark, most likely.
Copyright? Probably not.

Maybe not a handle but there is EDNS (Ether Domain Name Service). Not sure if you want that since Ethereum is a ponzicoin