"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
How far do you have to take a copyrighted design to make it a legal parody for comic vaule? I know you can do this with music (see Weird Al). I ask this because there has been a surge of bands using sports teams logos and simply replacing the sports team name with their band's name. Skateboarding graphics has been ripping off brand logos for years since the early 80's.
Parody has to involve . . . well, parody. Taking a known logo and slapping a different name on it isn't parody, its rebranding, which is illegal.The above example with the Bears and "Turd Vomit" is illustrative of this. No one in their right mind could connect how an image of the Bears labelled as "Turd Vomit" could be a parody of the Bears. That would be infringement, plain and simple.
Didn't Falwell vs Flynt define parody as "reasonable expectation"
Quote from: endless ink printing on July 17, 2012, 12:40:31 PMHow far do you have to take a copyrighted design to make it a legal parody for comic vaule? I know you can do this with music (see Weird Al). I ask this because there has been a surge of bands using sports teams logos and simply replacing the sports team name with their band's name. Skateboarding graphics has been ripping off brand logos for years since the early 80's.Good question. Keep in mind I am pretty sure World Industries got sued when they started doing all of the cartoon characters.Not that it makes it legal or illegal, but most punk rock bands will probably never make it onto anyone's radar.I'm interested to here Dot Tone's (and others) answer.
Quote from: Shanarchy on July 17, 2012, 01:05:20 PMQuote from: endless ink printing on July 17, 2012, 12:40:31 PMHow far do you have to take a copyrighted design to make it a legal parody for comic vaule? I know you can do this with music (see Weird Al). I ask this because there has been a surge of bands using sports teams logos and simply replacing the sports team name with their band's name. Skateboarding graphics has been ripping off brand logos for years since the early 80's.Good question. Keep in mind I am pretty sure World Industries got sued when they started doing all of the cartoon characters.Not that it makes it legal or illegal, but most punk rock bands will probably never make it onto anyone's radar.I'm interested to here Dot Tone's (and others) answer.So did Blind Skateboards, I had the first Jason Lee Pro Model with the cat in the hat. They sued and he actually put the cat in the hat on the next model, had that one too.
Quote from: jasonl on July 17, 2012, 03:38:10 PMQuote from: Shanarchy on July 17, 2012, 01:05:20 PMQuote from: endless ink printing on July 17, 2012, 12:40:31 PMHow far do you have to take a copyrighted design to make it a legal parody for comic vaule? I know you can do this with music (see Weird Al). I ask this because there has been a surge of bands using sports teams logos and simply replacing the sports team name with their band's name. Skateboarding graphics has been ripping off brand logos for years since the early 80's.Good question. Keep in mind I am pretty sure World Industries got sued when they started doing all of the cartoon characters.Not that it makes it legal or illegal, but most punk rock bands will probably never make it onto anyone's radar.I'm interested to here Dot Tone's (and others) answer.So did Blind Skateboards, I had the first Jason Lee Pro Model with the cat in the hat. They sued and he actually put the cat in the hat on the next model, had that one too.Pretty sure the cat actually in the hat graphic was the "mini" model but I could be wrong.
this was my favorite from back in the day Jeremy Klein
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