Since this i the only time I've gotten a warning for a "first!" post ("consistency, what's that?" asked the moderators), and the second time ever I've been first poster, I'd still call that a win!shrekfan246 said:I hope the warning you're going to get was worth it.Machine Man 1992 said:First, beyotch!
OT: I didn't hear about the Scribblenauts thing.
My stance on the subject is that if the NyanCat and KeyboardCat guys tried contacting them to sort it all out and were subsequently ignored, Warner Bros. deserves whatever they get out of all this.
[sub][sub]What? I'm totally not still bitter about WB shutting down that free Middle Earth total conversion mod for Skyrim...[/sub][/sub]
That sounded more like a "Waaaah! Taking it down would be hard!" He bring up Scribblenauts being older than Nyan Cat's copy right, but last I checked Nyan Cat didn't even EXIST until 2011, so of course the game pre-dates the copyright. While copyright laws can be ridiculous, I feel that the creators are entirely justified since people will be making money off the product. They clearly don't care about people making fun of it, making homages, satire, or any of that as evidenced by ALL the comics and videos about the Nyan Cat, so I really don't see a problem. They drew/filmed it. They copyrighted it. They own it.Lord_Gremlin said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-snl4JM1U
I'll just post a link to Totalbisquit video on the subject. Watch it, Jim, for he's a smarter man. Thank god for him.
They did get the dates wrong. However, I looked into it myself, and the first game was still released before either property was filed for copyright or trademark, at least in the US.Jimothy Sterling said:According to the creators, the legal blog that initially reported this suit got all the dates wrong.DVS BSTrD said:Except for the fact that the game was released BEFORE the copywrite was even filed.
Right now I really don't see the positive here it just slays one monster only to have a bigger one with more things to DMCA spawn from it.Jimothy Sterling said:I think there's a difference here, though. Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat aren't just comical references, they're included as-is, with no real parody or even a real credit. This lawsuit wouldn't set a new precedent if it succeeded, it already exists -- its why most games make up their own gun and car brands, and don't include real-life products without some sort of agreement.
This is not to say, however, that my show is free of licensed material. Hell, SEGA has actually blocked some of my episodes from YouTube for using footage from its trailers, of all things. I don't like it, but this lawsuit wouldn't set any new sort of precedent, just turn around the existing ones on those who set them in the first place.
Which I'm alright with.
Because people are looking for some way to call the guys greedy and say their lawsuit has no leg to stand on.Jimothy Sterling said:Why are people constantly bringing up the first game in the series? The lawsuit isn't just about the first game in the series, so it existing before the Nyan Cat copyright has very little to do with it.
1. Why? This is a dispute between a creator and a publisher, not customers. I think you're drawing a knock-on effect from whole cloth. You're telling me my video is misleading, but you offer an assumptive prediction as counter. That's hardly better.Monxeroth said:1.If this is succesful then companies will have even more reason to believe that we're a bunch of thieves out for money and to steal whatever we can take just because we can
2.If this is succesful then things like scribblenauts, good games, will not be possible in the future
3.References, eastereggs and any kind of hint at anything will not be possible in any game
Imagine if Jay-Z did this to oh i dunno Left 4 Dead for example because of "I got 99 problems but a witch aint one".
Would "justice" be served then?
Which month?orangeapples said:I think this is about Scribblenauts Unlimited which is after the copyright... Apparently Nyan Cat was copyritten in 2011 which is before the WiiU.DVS BSTrD said:Except for the fact that the game was released BEFORE the copywrite was even filed.
Someone else understands! Yeah, a legal copyright filing is just a registration. If you can prove your creation predates the infringement--say, with a YouTube upload that long predates the infringing game--you have a solid case to defend your copyright.Azuaron said:Lots of people are talking about copyright filings, and how Nyan Cat's copyright was filed after the game was released. To be clear, everything is copyrighted as soon as it's created. This only reason to actually file a copyright with the government is that it allows creators to prove when something was created.