You'd be wrong. You cannot prosecute for a joke.If there was no official go-ahead from Disney you'd better believe they'd view it as copyright infringement.
You'd be wrong. You cannot prosecute for a joke.If there was no official go-ahead from Disney you'd better believe they'd view it as copyright infringement.
Of course you can. It might not be worth your time or money, but laws still apply to "jokes."
With respect, you are both talking about the subject like you know something about it, but your words suggest you do not.Of course you can. It might not be worth your time or money, but laws still apply to "jokes."
Of course you can. It might not be worth your time or money, but laws still apply to "jokes."
Unlikely. The IP is not being used for commercial purposes, and unless you can prove in court that there was unjust enrichment arising from or in connection with the potential increase in the company's perceived value or goodwill following the publication of the pictures and announcement you would get nothing aside from a court order for the company to stop using the pictures and associating with the relevant IP, which, in case this is an April Fool's, will happen as soon as tomorrow anyway (they would have to delete the tweet, that's all).
And if all you're seeking is to have the tweet be deleted, a simple boilerplate cease and desist e-mail will net you the same results a lot quicker and at no cost (aside from the retainer/billable hours for the intern at your law firm to send the boilerplate e-mail).
How so? Anyone can sue anyone else for any reason. It's up to a court to decide if the case has merit to be tried, and if tried, the outcome. Parody and satire are protected speech (in the US at least, I don't know about other countries' laws) but that doesn't automatically mean a "joke" is protected. It has to be proven to be satire or parody. Assuming this is an April Fools' joke, Disney could still take them to court over it for copyright and/or trademark infringement. It's not likely that they would. But they could.With respect, you are both talking about the subject like you know something about it, but your words suggest you do not.
There's no way a legit company would use Disney IP even as a joke
Legal, maybe not.Unlikely. The IP is not being used for commercial purposes, and unless you can prove in court that there was unjust enrichment arising from or in connection with the potential increase in the company's perceived value or goodwill following the publication of the pictures and announcement you would get nothing aside from a court order for the company to stop using the pictures and associating with the relevant IP, which, in case this is an April Fool's, will happen as soon as tomorrow anyway (they would have to delete the tweet, that's all).
And if all you're seeking is to have the tweet be deleted, a simple boilerplate cease and desist e-mail will net you the same results a lot quicker and at no cost (aside from the retainer/billable hours for the intern at your law firm to send the boilerplate e-mail).
Can you imagine how this would get pitched, though?
Social Media Intern: "Hey, boss? I want to do an April Fools Day joke. It will cost us time and resources to develop, will do nothing for us as a company, and will put us in the cross-hairs of the largest, most litigious and powerful media company on Earth!"
Boss: "Sounds great! It's technically legal, so this sounds very much worth our time and effort!"
This better be real. And if it's a metroidvania too that would be awesome.
Your basic point is true, but not terribly useful. What do you imagine the legal remedy to be for a mere tweet of fanart? I suppose they can get the image taken down, but they can do that in cheaper, easier ways than a lawsuit.How so? Anyone can sue anyone else for any reason. It's up to a court to decide if the case has merit to be tried, and if tried, the outcome. Parody and satire are protected speech (in the US at least, I don't know about other countries' laws) but that doesn't automatically mean a "joke" is protected. It has to be proven to be satire or parody. Assuming this is an April Fools' joke, Disney could still take them to court over it for copyright and/or trademark infringement. It's not likely that they would. But they could.
Yes, absolutely. That's why I said it would be unlikely they would sue. If they cared enough, they would just issue a takedown or a cease and desist. The point is that they could if they wanted to. "You can't prosecute for jokes" as the original posted I replied to said is not true, that's my point.Your basic point is true, but not terribly useful. What do you imagine the legal remedy to be for a mere tweet of fanart? I suppose they ca ng get the image taken down, but they can do that in cheaper, easier ways than a lawsuit.
Yes, absolutely. That's why I said it would be unlikely they would sue. If they cared enough, they would just issue a takedown or a cease and desist. The point is that they could if they wanted to. "You can't prosecute for jokes" as the original posted I replied to said is not true, that's my point.
Yes, absolutely. That's why I said it would be unlikely they would sue. If they cared enough, they would just issue a takedown or a cease and desist. The point is that they could if they wanted to. "You can't prosecute for jokes" as the original posted I replied to said is not true, that's my point.
Why would anyone, ever, decide to reveal a real thing on this day? I don't understand the logic. Surely they know it'd be infinitely wiser to wait 24 more hours (if it's real).
News on March 31st: "Cool, that looks great"Because way more people speculate big this is real and for longer than if it was a simple news drop.
Today they/we will speculate and the confirmation would be like a second reveal that gets media presence again.
At least that's my theory
One of the executive producers of the show retweeted it and said they wished it was real because it'd be awesome if it was. So... at the most it's concept art in hopes of a licence.
I thought it was real. I hoped it was real. Yeah I know, april fools, but I have a lot more respect for april fools jokes that are immediately recognizable as such but good jokes in itself. But maybe something comes out of this.One of the executive producers of the show retweeted it and said they wished it was real because it'd be awesome if it was. So... at the most it's concept art in hopes of a licence.
Link?One of the executive producers of the show retweeted it and said they wished it was real because it'd be awesome if it was. So... at the most it's concept art in hopes of a licence.