Unofficial Is This Copyright Infringement Thread

[Herotu]

6 minutes ago, Solarverse said:

 

Well, I have the shield wall of knowing Superadine is a drug in this game.  🙂

 

You do have a point, if memory serves, Superadine is also green in color, most likely an invention in combination with Bane's Venom and Hulks Gamma Radiation.

Is green™ copyrighted?

Edited August 17, 2023 by Herotu

[Solarverse]

1 minute ago, Herotu said:

Is green™ copyrighted?

 

That is something that cannot be copyrighted. We (everyone on the forums) keep saying copyright, but what this is truly all about is not copyright, but rather Intellectual Property. But no, green is not something that anyone can claim as their intellectual property, otherwise Image Comics and The Savage Dragon would have a lot of explaining to do, heh.

 

[TheZag]

This appears to be a task for ....

 

 

CopyrightInfringement Man

 

[Tacheyon]

1 hour ago, TheZag said:

This appears to be a task for ....

 

 

CopyrightInfringement Man

 

 

 

Where is the Red Underwear?

[BjorJlen]

[BjorJlen]

1 hour ago, TheZag said:

This appears to be a task for ....

 

 

CopyrightInfringement Man

 

That is NOT CopyrightInfringement Man...
   That's just Mix Match Man... 😛

[Solarverse]

On 8/17/2023 at 11:51 PM, BjorJlen said:

That is NOT CopyrightInfringement Man...
   That's just Mix Match Man... 😛

 

A bit off topic, but I once knew a guy on live who rolled a Spines/Dark Scrapper and called himself "Togglemonster" lol.

[Bionic_Flea]

On 8/17/2023 at 11:45 PM, Tacheyon said:

 

 

Where is the Red Underwear?

 

Underneath, where it belongs.  Duh.

[Azari]

Question... Why does it matter now that COH is no longer a retail game? I doubt any kind of marvel or DC clone toons on an extremely niche fan-run online game would cause any legal issues lol.

[Captain Fabulous]

15 minutes ago, Azari said:

Question... Why does it matter now that COH is no longer a retail game? I doubt any kind of marvel or DC clone toons on an extremely niche fan-run online game would cause any legal issues lol.

1.) Disney sued a school for showing The Lion King at a charity fundraiser. They are notoriously sue-happy.
2.) It's part of the terms and conditions you agree to when you play the game.

[biostem]

Just now, Captain Fabulous said:

1.) Disney sued a school for showing The Lion King at a charity fundraiser. They are notoriously sue-happy.

If you don't enforce copyright, you lose it.  Once a precedent has been established that a company won't enforce it for whatever the reason, it becomes ammunition for others to violate it going forward.

[srmalloy]

12 minutes ago, biostem said:

If you don't enforce copyright, you lose it.

Yes, it can be a headache. Take an aspirin, and consider that 'aspirin' used to be a trademark of Bayer, and still is in some 80 countries. Other genericized trademarks include dry ice, escalator, laundromat, kerosene, lanolin, hovercraft, linoleum, teleprompter, trampoline, videotape, zipper, windbreaker, tabloid, granola, thermos, and yo-yo.

[BjorJlen]

1 hour ago, Azari said:

Question... Why does it matter now that COH is no longer a retail game? I doubt any kind of marvel or DC clone toons on an extremely niche fan-run online game would cause any legal issues lol.

Ok, besides other generalized copywriter issues & examples as others have said here, let's just focus on CoH Homecoming (and even other servers such as Thunderspy for example)...

   Such fan-run servers as you said do NOT own the IP address of the game at all; only NCsoft does, and no company... I repeat, no company who owns such property rights will tolerate any copy written infringement even in "name" only. Such was the case with Disney as @Captain Fabulous mentioned. And because of this, NCsoft (who still owns the rights to CoH's) will allow any such copyright violations in something they still own.

   Just because they have not shut down Homecoming, Thunderspy, and every other server who has created fan-run blessings for us, doesn't mean they won't in a heartbeat if they suspect we (Homecoming for example) is letting violations happen. So the Dev's, understandably so, enforce this so as to keep the lights on, and we players as a general whole support this. Because let's face it, every day all of us are able to play this game we all love so much, is a huge blessing... and that is why we will do (most) anything to preserve and protect it, including agreeing to the terms of service we all click on when signing into the game.

   That is the simple fact of it all...

[Captain Fabulous]

1 hour ago, biostem said:

If you don't enforce copyright, you lose it.  Once a precedent has been established that a company won't enforce it for whatever the reason, it becomes ammunition for others to violate it going forward.

That's trademark. Copyright is yours regardless of whether or not you enforce it.

[Bionic_Flea]

1 hour ago, Azari said:

Why does it matter now that COH is no longer a retail game?

 

Because . . .

[BjorJlen]

Just now, Bionic_Flea said:

 

Because . . .

 

Oh you big Flea-Tease you... 😛

[Starhammer]

On 8/13/2023 at 3:12 PM, Greldek said:

Idk but I see so many obvious superman ripoffs , costume, powers, some of them deep into vet levels.

 

It's one thing to do a ripoff character.. it's another to ripoff such a lame character? Who's your next inspiration going to be, Darrel from Accounting?

Excuse me, Darrel from Accounting has been trademarked by Baron Blockchain, who demands One Billion inf as recompense for illegal mention of the IP. Expect a subpoena from Chris Jenkins.

 

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Baron Blockchain has taken the newest technologies and corrupted them, along with the law, to serve his selfish villainy. When he sees you, he will take a high resolution 3D scan of you, then register your likeness as a NFT. Then, he holds your very appearance hostage, ransoming it back to you as a licensed IP for a hefty ongoing fee. Those who refuse to pay quickly learn that he keeps Chris Jenkins on retainer, suing people for copyright violation merely for existing. Often his litigious terrorism coerces people to settle out of court, sometimes losing their homes or family heirlooms, only to find their immunity expires merely a year later when he comes after them again.

 The sonic damage he deals is metaphorical, representative of defeating them with words. When that isn't enough, his wife and personal bodyguard/character assassin, Ballen Blockchain (middle name Karen) will beat them down, either with brute force, or through hostile interaction with their manager.