THE USE OF THE LOGOS?
I have some questions about that. If a logo is trademarked, can the makers of this short be indicted? Do they have the license to use all those logotypes? Or do the companies pay it as sponsors?
shareI have some questions about that. If a logo is trademarked, can the makers of this short be indicted? Do they have the license to use all those logotypes? Or do the companies pay it as sponsors?
shareI don't think McDonald's would pay to see Ronald McDonald shooting up LA, trucking in WMDs, capping the Michelin Man and trashing a Pizza Hut - well, maybe that last one.
It probably falls under satire, and is classified as fair use and free speech. Plus no products are being associated with the logos.
I am sure a team of lawyers had to clear everything.
I was wondering about this as well, since logos and trademarks are avoided in every indie film (even comedies) and sometimes have to be blurred out.
shareI wonder what would Nintendo do...
shareGenesis does what Nintendon't!
shareThat's definitely what is most amazing about this short. Even though they are not associated with a product, I still don't see how you can use trademarked logos and brand-likenesses to promote yourself and your movie, especially when many are used in unflattering ways. I can't just make a bunch of shirts with other companies logos and funny sayings on them and claim it's satire and not associated with the product. I really love the short, but I'm actually a little upset to find out that people can just use your trademarks for their own promotion and advancement. I mean, you couldn't use even an extremely short sample of any of these companies trademarked musical cues in a song without getting shutdown by lawyers quick as I've often seen from experience. So how can you base an entire 15-minute film around the use of trademarked properties? Does anyone know the actual legality behind all this, because I still don't understand.
sharei'd like to know as well
shareAs mentioned above, parody is considered fair use of intellectual property under copyright law in the United States and many other countries.
You could use all the samples of musical cues that you wanted if you used them to make a comedic song poking fun at the originals.
See ---> http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-a.html
I would have thought more firms would have been disappointed if their logo wasn't featured.
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