Quick Question...

[Mammon]

Would using the name John Galt in another fictional work be infringing on copyright material? Like, if it's a nod to John Galt, similiar personality, similiar setting, but with a few radical differences.

[DragonMaci]

Would using the name John Galt in another fictional work be infringing on copyright material? Like, if it's a nod to John Galt, similiar personality, similiar setting, but with a few radical differences.

It would probably be okay to have a character from the story in question to mention him by name and mention the book, but I'd say that is the limit of what is not a breach.

[Mammon]

Well, I was thinking about changing the name to somthing like Joesep or Julias Galtatine. So it's a direct reference.

[The Anthem]

I would make it a reference. That way you won't run in to any legal trouble and it won't seem like a rip off, more of a tribute.

[TheEgoist]

John Galt, as I remember, was a main character in another novel called " The Driver ".

[D'kian]

Since Ayn Rand probably didn't make up the name John Galt, that is, since the name probably already existed, then you can use it. Provided you don't use the character of John Galt as depicted in AS. Unless John Galt is a registered trade mark.

[Mammon]

I would make it a reference. That way you won't run in to any legal trouble and it won't seem like a rip off, more of a tribute.

That's exactly what I mean to do. I wanted to use the character as a base for a Golden-age super hero (1920s-1950s) who invents a motor that runs off of static electricity. After seeing the sorry state of the world, he uses the motor to power a suit of armor, cabable of flight, shooting bursts of eletricity, and gives him some incredible strength. He takes on the name Goldstandard, after the old Goldstandard is either killed or retires. The old Goldstandard was a banker who turned into a superhero to defend his banks from getting robbed by masked supervillians.

I'm thinking about making the two the same person, kind of like Andrew Ryan from Bioshock (Banker+Inventor). Anyways, Goldstandard mysteriously disappears (the circumstances of his disappearence will be hashed over the course of the comic books if I get to write them), and his absence ends the "Golden Age"... get it?

But basing the character after John Galt seems appropriarete. Almost like "What if Galt became a super-hero instead?"

[Kori]

Sounds like a fuckin' rip, dude. You should definitely use a different name, and a different plot.

[The Anthem]

That's exactly what I mean to do. I wanted to use the character as a base for a Golden-age super hero (1920s-1950s) who invents a motor that runs off of static electricity. After seeing the sorry state of the world, he uses the motor to power a suit of armor, cabable of flight, shooting bursts of eletricity, and gives him some incredible strength. He takes on the name Goldstandard, after the old Goldstandard is either killed or retires. The old Goldstandard was a banker who turned into a superhero to defend his banks from getting robbed by masked supervillians.

I'm thinking about making the two the same person, kind of like Andrew Ryan from Bioshock (Banker+Inventor). Anyways, Goldstandard mysteriously disappears (the circumstances of his disappearence will be hashed over the course of the comic books if I get to write them), and his absence ends the "Golden Age"... get it?

But basing the character after John Galt seems appropriarete. Almost like "What if Galt became a super-hero instead?"

That sounds so cool. Hopefully you can share it with us.

[BrassDragon]

John Galt, as I remember, was a main character in another novel called " The Driver ".

No, that was Henry Galt.

[Benpercent]

After seeing the sorry state of the world, he uses the motor to power a suit of armor, cabable of flight, shooting bursts of eletricity, and gives him some incredible strength.

Are you basing this on Iron Man?

[The Anthem]

What does he hope to accomplish with this suit? Is he going to "fight the baddies" by taking out key people that are destroying the Golden age or is he stealing from the governemnt and returning money back to people, like Ragnar?