patjuan32 said:
Kasz216 said:
Mr.Y said:
Mr Khan said:
Omega_Phazon_Pirate. said:
Ya imo that's bs. It wasn't a problem in 1995, and it shouldn't be a problem now.
Key word, "shouldn't." It seems now a-days people/companies just go sue-happy to make a quick buck. |
Having the rights to do something doesn't necessarily mean you retain those rights forever. A good instance is "A Muppet Family Christmas," (special of theirs from the late 80's) which contained the muppets singing a lot of christmas songs. However, for some of the songs, the rights were only for the initial TV broadcasts, and when the special was released on DVD, they had to cut those songs out. Equally, these rights are not universal for all nations, to again cite this specific case, the UK and German DVD releases of "A Muppet Family Christmas" retained those songs
Kinda an obscure reference, but it illustrates my point. There may be actual legal grounds here, or it could just be NoA being jittery.
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That doesn't make any sense at all. They probably didn't have any rights to begin with so why would they need them now? There is a difference between copying and making references, isn't there? Why didn't they get sued back in the day?
Also: Swat Kats is the bomb.
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Nobody bought Earthbound back in the day and it was relativly unknown until it became a cult hit later on in life?
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Exactly, It became a cult hit and with all the roms available on the internet of the game. Some lawyer would have filed a lawsuit. But the problem is about parodies not a licensing issue.
What the acticle alleges is that some of the songs in Earthbound sound similar to real world songs. There is a law in the US that protects parodies. Any way, Well just have to wait and see what Nintendo does.
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Parodies shouldn't have a problem with licensing issues. Earthbound can basically described as a bunch of parodies that became a great game due to forces beyond our control.
