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KaVir:
(responding to Mason, and supplying a link to an FAQ)
No, he's correct. Your cite is literally true as a response to the question "I thought of this great character name, 'Xyzzy'! Can I copyright that?" Of course not, as the FAQ says, but the question as worded in the FAQ is not applicable to this situation.
Now, if you went to the trouble of writing a popular trilogy about Xyzzy, you may well have some rights over the use of the name in certain ways.
Other FAQ's such as
are clearer on this topic.
You can't usually get protection for a name or phrase, but that name or phrase might acquire protection as part of a work which is significant enough to copyright.
Clear now?
Stilton
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