So, if you don't let other people exploit your work for their profit, you're a fat greedy ass?Just, two fat greedy asses.
So, if you don't let other people exploit your work for their profit, you're a fat greedy ass?
While the original idea is the creation of one person, the real work is done by people sharing the funny stuff, it growing in popularity makes it a potential meme. So yes, making profit out of other people work, here the internet folks all around the world sharing funny stuff is greedy, definitely. Claiming it to lawsuit is total ass. They should just be proud it is an easter egg in professional, commercial work worthy of this title.
People liking things invalidates copyright claims?
Huh. The more you know.
The copyright on meme is a first time, granted it could not exist without the work of popularity growing within internet communities.
So they want to be credited for it in the game? This is fair. To get money? No fair or it is spread all over the net to reward real "workers" making meme unknown to popular.
Yeah, it doesn't work like that... at all.
To put it simply, when people spread a meme over the internet (like say, sending a link to a video or posting a picture), they aren't profiting from that. Here, Warner Bros. used their property without permission and are profiting from it. That's wrong, and as a huge company, they should know better, and now they have to face the consequences.
(Besides, the copyright holders obligated to sue. If you don't defend your copyright, you basically forfeit it, so...)
Your argument is akin to saying "Copyrights on popular songs don't real because they wouldn't be popular songs if people didn't listen to them, so therefore they belong to the people." Nope, sorry, that's not how it goes.
Ahh, I see - I was not aware of that. In that case, it's pretty naughty, yes.The game did sell with these memes. According to the Reddit hivemind, WB used the images of the memes in an advertisement for the game.
If it was a major feature and selling point like one of the Slender games, such as a whole Nyan cat iphone app, OK but obviously not in the current case. How many customers purchased Scribblenauts Unlimited for Keyboard and Nyan Cat? Anyone..? Was it announced? It's easter egg..
This is greed for money from the two copyrighters, unless they care for being credited only. They want to be credited? Fair enough indeed, a patch is easy done. They want it removed? A patch is easy done the same. Game never sold on this meme, i am about 99% positive with this affirmation, so no money for them. Fair case!
So violating copyright only matters if you use it as a selling point? Uh... I'm going to have to go with "Nope" on that one.
The game did sell with these memes. According to the Reddit hivemind, WB used the images of the memes in an advertisement for the game.
And, WB sued the people who had been lovingly working on a very promising modification for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, "Middle Earth", which was a tribute to LotR, to which WB holds the movie copyrights.
No, they had a British police box in the middle of the desert.Fallout had a T.A.R.D.I.S in the middle of the desert
Which just happened to go whoosh whoosh whoosh, blinked and disappeared when you approached it - coincidence.No, they had a British police box in the middle of the desert.