http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/07/ ... es-update/
FYI for any owners or those considering it...
I kinda wish they'd told them to f off, but I guess they had no choice
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| Author: | pcernie [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update |
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/07/ ... es-update/ FYI for any owners or those considering it... I kinda wish they'd told them to f off, but I guess they had no choice
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update |
Noooooooooooo
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update |
Hmm.. I'd definitely have thought that fell under 'fair use', being defined as parody. Ah well. |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:07 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update | |||||||||
That's what I'd have figured, otherwise you'd have a lot more cases in court I'd expect... |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update |
http://www.videogamer.com/news/pvz_disc ... ealed.html Disco Stu wants human brains and is coming for you.... |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:15 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update | |||||||||
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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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update |
Why? Paparazzi make money from selling peoples images without permission all the time. [/Devil's Advocate] |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:01 am ] | |||||||||
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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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| Author: | finlay666 [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:47 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Michael Jackson Estate Forces 'Plants vs. Zombies' Update | |||||||||
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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