The point of having a protected register (in the general, not platform-specific case), is that it would be enforceable even when the audience and platform are happy to accept lies
Oh, I’d taken that as a fanciful example, which didn’t need to be taken literally for the main point, which I thought was detecting and prosecuting lies. I don’t think that part of your proposal works—“intellectual property” isn’t an actual law or single concept, it’s an umbrella for trademark, copyright, patent, and a few other regimes. None of which apply to such a broad category of communication as register or accent.
You probably _CAN_ trademark a phrase or word, perhaps “This statement is endorsed by TruthDetector(TM)”. It has the advantage that it applies in written or spoken media, has no accessibility issues, works for tonal languages, etc. And then prosecute uses that you don’t actually endorse.
Endorsing only true statements is left as an excercise, which I suspect is non-trivial on it’s own.
I suspect there’s a difference between what I see in my head when I say “protected register”, compared to the image you receive when you hear it. Hopefully I’ll be able to write down a more specific proposal in the future, and provide a legal analysis of whether what I envision would actually be enforceable. I’m not a lawyer, but it seems that what I’m thinking of (i.e., the model in my head) shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand (although I think you are correct to dismiss what you envision that I intended)
Oh, I’d taken that as a fanciful example, which didn’t need to be taken literally for the main point, which I thought was detecting and prosecuting lies. I don’t think that part of your proposal works—“intellectual property” isn’t an actual law or single concept, it’s an umbrella for trademark, copyright, patent, and a few other regimes. None of which apply to such a broad category of communication as register or accent.
You probably _CAN_ trademark a phrase or word, perhaps “This statement is endorsed by TruthDetector(TM)”. It has the advantage that it applies in written or spoken media, has no accessibility issues, works for tonal languages, etc. And then prosecute uses that you don’t actually endorse.
Endorsing only true statements is left as an excercise, which I suspect is non-trivial on it’s own.
I suspect there’s a difference between what I see in my head when I say “protected register”, compared to the image you receive when you hear it. Hopefully I’ll be able to write down a more specific proposal in the future, and provide a legal analysis of whether what I envision would actually be enforceable. I’m not a lawyer, but it seems that what I’m thinking of (i.e., the model in my head) shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand (although I think you are correct to dismiss what you envision that I intended)