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Rian Johnson mentioned in a video he did that Apple refuses to allow villains to use their products.
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Good thing I keep an Android around to do all my criming
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Dec 13, 2021 16:14
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Random Stranger posted:It's trademark law. It's really not trademark law itself, it's just aversion to litigation. Trademark law does not give you control in how your brand is represented. It doesn't mean that someone has to get your permission before they put your product in a film. They only need to do that if there's some substantial risk that the viewer of the film would associate the film with the trademark, like in this case if there's a likelihood of confusion in the minds of the viewers as to the source of the good. I mean, it's not like every film that shows a car has to get approval from the maker of the car. A bunch of years ago, Caterpillar sued Disney for trademark infringement based on eight minutes in the film George of the Jungle 2 because the villain's henchmen were driving around on Caterpillar bulldozers. No trademark infringement there whatsoever, and Caterpillar lost soundly. Phanatic has a new favorite as of 16:29 on Dec 13, 2021 |
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Dec 13, 2021 16:26
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Fake brands can make things interesting when used consistently because you can get away with so much more. Ducktales reboot comes to mind with Waddle introduced as basically the Apple/Google equivalent complete with the rear end in a top hat techbro villain CEO, and with making the products you'd expect to see the Apple logo on, it becomes an interesting device since main characters will use their phones and tablets in situations that you wouldn't think twice about, but some characters using them ends up as foreshadowing a connection to Waddle who may have supplied them with the hardware.
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Phanatic posted:It's really not trademark law itself, it's just aversion to litigation. Trademark law does not give you control in how your brand is represented. It doesn't mean that someone has to get your permission before they put your product in a film. They only need to do that if there's some substantial risk that the viewer of the film would associate the film with the trademark, like in this case if there's a likelihood of confusion in the minds of the viewers as to the source of the good. I mean, it's not like every film that shows a car has to get approval from the maker of the car. A tricky case. On the one hand, having a product appear in George of the Jungle 2 should definitely be considered an actionable injury. On the other hand, in order to prove damages you have to establish that anyone saw George of the Jungle 2.
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I don't know anything about George of the Jungle 2 or why it's suppposed to be so objectionable but I guess that proves the point
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Something being legal is no guarantee that you won't get sued for it
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Random Stranger posted:It's trademark law. Let's pretend for a moment that you have a small business making cookies. Would you be happy if a television show came along and did an episode where minhd's cookies give everybody food poisoning and they keep talking about how your cookies are awful and made everybody puke? i wanna see a tv series from a universe where this insane, strained and misapplied interpretation of trademark law held true lmao
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Maybe it's effective marketing but there's a ton of "this is FOR MEN" ad copy for this $200 pepper mill. Look at the muscled, tattooed forearm holding this bad boy! https://mannkitchen.com/products/the-original-pepper-cannon-pepper-mill "Decrease the coarseness and crank less if you can't handle the full power." "Aerospace-grade materials." Kevin DuBrow has a new favorite as of 22:26 on Dec 13, 2021 |
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Dec 13, 2021 21:47
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it doesn't even have picatinny rails
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Dec 13, 2021 22:11
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Nitrox posted:That entire franchise caters to the poorest people, and most locations are in very bad neighborhoods to begin with. No one would bat an eye lol what the gently caress
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Dec 13, 2021 22:38
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That website is hilarious SO MUCH PEPPER COMING OUT, BOYS. TRY NOT TO GET ANY IN YOUR DINNER COMPANION'S EYES, ALRIGHT?  BUY OUR PEPPER CANOON SO YOU CAN HAVE THREE BALLS TOO!!! (They're cast iron, so you never have to wash them)
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Random Stranger posted:It's trademark law. Let's pretend for a moment that you have a small business making cookies. Would you be happy if a television show came along and did an episode where minhd's cookies give everybody food poisoning and they keep talking about how your cookies are awful and made everybody puke? No, but so what? Plenty of things that make people unhappy are nonetheless legal.
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Dec 13, 2021 23:29
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Platystemon posted:No, but so what? your posts for example i'm sorry
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Dec 13, 2021 23:42
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This is awful, but more awful is what came to mind upon seeing just the product name: "Is this that product some dude supposedly invented for gluing labia closed during one's period?"
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Kevin DuBrow posted:Maybe it's effective marketing but there's a ton of "this is FOR MEN" ad copy for this $200 pepper mill. Look at the muscled, tattooed forearm holding this bad boy! This reminds me of how I had to explain to my wife why I was cackling over seeing DUKE CANNON merchandise in a store the other day.
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Hirayuki posted:"Is this that product some dude supposedly invented for gluing labia closed during one's period?" 
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https://twitter.com/DewEnjoyer/status/1470085211241254918
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Some of that duke Cannon poo poo actually smells pretty good
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It was called Mensez, and the dude apparently gave up on the joke some years back. A little more here.
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steinrokkan posted:it doesn't even have picatinny rails Yeah, but its black so its TACTICAL! On the other hand, it only hold a HALF CUP of pepper? Thats all? Thats like having only a 10 shot magazine on your AR. Fuckin sissy rear end pepper shaker. Yup, I said SHAKER.
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Dec 14, 2021 03:05
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Man, my mom just glued bows on my head with toothpaste.
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username/post combo of the day
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Dec 14, 2021 04:08
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I worked with one mom who would aggressively decorate her baby, ears were pierced and everything. I swear she'd just drag a hairclip along this poor bald baby's scalp until it affixed to flesh.
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Dec 14, 2021 15:43
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Platystemon posted:No, but so what? If you have enough money you can sue other people to waste their time rather than win. That's what trademark bullying is about : wasting enough studios time and money that they all take care to avoid associating your product with something bad. HBO is a particularly interesting episode because they spent hundreds of thousands defending against spurious lawsuits from a coal baron John Oliver criticized, the had Oliver make an elaborate song and dance routine accusing the baron of stuffing puppies into rocket ships and firing them into the sun. They've apparently have made screwing with big businesses part of their brand identity?? Go figure. Yeah that's not a good reason to glue labia shut smdh Blue Footed Booby has a new favorite as of 17:31 on Dec 14, 2021 |
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Yeah that's not a good reason to glue labia shut smdh
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FTM gender confirmation surgery
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Hilarious prank
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edit- not quite the same, never mind
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flavor.flv posted:Hilarious prank laffo honey guess what no guess
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Keeping out the bathwater.
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And keeping in the air! Don't wanna drown
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Aerodynamics
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Keep the centipedes in.
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Sealing your children inside so you cannot be overthrown.
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El Fideo posted:Keep the centipedes in. 
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When I was going to high school in a 80+% Latino town, I saw kids doing this kinda thing every single day at lunch.  Granted, this was in California, not in Texas (where Dickey's is headquartered), but come on, guys.https://twitter.com/Dickeys/status/1471150592479449095 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tostilocos
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Read After Burning posted:When I was going to high school in a 80+% Latino town, I saw kids doing this kinda thing every single day at lunch. Maybe I'm being dumb and/or blind, but what's weird about this?
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What exactly is dumb about a restaurant with Texas in its name serving frito pie a tex mex dish that’s been popular since world war 2?
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