If I was a mod my title would be

[Scripter]

Don't you have to pay money to copyright something?

[Qwertygiy]

Unless the term "ban staff" was exclusively copyrighted, it wouldn't apply.

I mean, you can still write in a book "They went to the store and got a few Cokes" without owing Coca-Cola any money.

[Tyler]

I have teh most epic mod name evar.

[Fat_Sacks]

The modernator?
I think I have a near title.
Oh and a koo name would be Ban-Sledge!

[Qwertygiy]

Ban-Sledge?

I sense an additional word at the end... Something beginning with H... I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread...

[Ming-Yan]

Ban hammer is commonly used among most online forums. :o
There is free copyright act for up to a year.

[Qwertygiy]

Really? I wonder how much music copyrights are worth then.

They last for 80 years after the end of the writer.

As opposed to general copyrights, which expire after 80 years of the copyright being issued. (Which is why there are all those Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland things.)

[Qwertygiy]

Well I am God of the banstaff.

You certainly get hit by it enough...