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Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update

Postby pcernie » Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:16 pm

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Postby jonbwfc » Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:54 pm

Hmm.. I'd definitely have thought that fell under 'fair use', being defined as parody. Ah well.
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Postby pcernie » Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:07 pm

jonbwfc wrote:Hmm.. I'd definitely have thought that fell under 'fair use', being defined as parody. Ah well.


That's what I'd have figured, otherwise you'd have a lot more cases in court I'd expect...
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Postby Amnesia10 » Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:15 am

jonbwfc wrote:Hmm.. I'd definitely have thought that fell under 'fair use', being defined as parody. Ah well.

I would have thought that if they make money from it they need to buy a licence to use the character. Fair use excludes commercial uses.
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Postby l3v1ck » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:40 am

Why? Paparazzi make money from selling peoples images without permission all the time. [/Devil's Advocate]
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Postby Amnesia10 » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:01 am

l3v1ck wrote:Why? Paparazzi make money from selling peoples images without permission all the time. [/Devil's Advocate]

I would imagine that the reason is that paparazzi take photos of the person not the character created, though saying that, that could cover those candid shots taken on a set. Maybe the company dreaded the thought of a legal battle with the jackson family estate? Who probably want cash for the use of the zombie dancing michael look alike. Whereas a living person would probably take it as a compliment and let it pass.
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Re: Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update

Postby finlay666 » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:47 pm

l3v1ck wrote:Why? Paparazzi make money from selling peoples images without permission all the time. [/Devil's Advocate]


But photographs of people can legally be taken in the street as a public area so can't be removed/deleted without the owner doing so

Taking a very identifiable part of another medium (Michael Jackson in Thriller) and changing the format isn't fair game, although it is being suitably changed and is used in a slight parody so IMO it's not that bad, just like I think the Bob sleigh zombies would be Jamaican if they had the correct colours
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