Hi Guys, long time no hear.
Just thought I'd let you know about a little microsite we've done for a client who sells Diet Supplements. It asks the question as in the title and shows 5 well known Superheroes getting fat on chips!
Check it out here :
(http://www.desirablebody.co.uk/hero/img/SuperSizedHeroes.png) (http://www.desirablebody.co.uk/hero/)
If you like it, share it!
Erm, aren't DC and Marvel likely to sue the arse off you for using their characters in a promotional site?
Did you get permission?
(edit - oops, Radiator beat me to it).
Ooh, do the blob next.
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Not sure this covers it..!
Yeah, sorry - it seems like you have a pretty naive approach to copyright infringement there. Smallprint or no, using their characters without permission - especially in the context of an advertisement - is likely to get you in legal hot water.
If I were you I'd advise your client to pull the site, and put it back up only once you have replaced the characters with generic equivalents.
That smallprint really is small....
I hope they've paid you already.
Do the Jolly Green Giant getting fat on McDonalds.
change it to caricatures of dead celebrities - Fat Marilyn won't sue.
Fat Jesus however will get you in all kinds of different trouble!
In the US, you might have had some means of defence through parody exceptions/exemptions (although that's unlikely), but the UK has no such laws, baring criticism/reporting and/or the rights-infringing aspect of the work not being substantial. So, yeah, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
I think it's pretty funny, though. Like a "what if superheroes looked like their fans" type of thing.
Quote from: locustsofdeath! on 29 November, 2013, 08:07:46 PM
Like a "what if superheroes looked like their fans" type of thing.
:lol:
A Fatties hero dream come true...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsBPhyfMAL8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsBPhyfMAL8)
:lol:
Quote from: locustsofdeath! on 29 November, 2013, 08:07:46 PM
I think it's pretty funny, though. Like a "what if superheroes looked like their fans" type of thing.
I do think :lol:
Hi Gents & ladies
Well the Heroes thingie has been running over 2 months now and no complaints :)
ND
I've recently knocked back a client who wanted to use the Mary Poppins name and associated imagery, as I believe it is all owned by Disney. Perhaps I should have been similarly blasé and just taken their money.
There are quite a few creative professionals on here. I'd be interested in their thoughts.
To me, this is not a pragmatic bending of the rules which we all do from time to time - it's theft. Worse, you're unashamedly posting about it on the official website of a comics company which fiercely protects its own similar IP.
It's tricky - I've had many people contacting me wanting to buy prints of my Cornetto Trilogy poster - to the point where I could have made a serious amount of money by doing a print run, but I turned them all down as I felt uncomfortable selling fan art for profit*, and selling them at cost (which presumably I could legally do) isn't worth my time.
I have also been approached by a website that wanted to feature one of my movie posters in an art book they were publishing. When I asked if they had permission from the copyright holders, they mysteriously didn't respond.
I think a lot of people are naive/ignorant and perhaps don't understand that companies like Mondo work under license and get the necessary permissions. It's frustrating to see sites like Red Bubble which are full of people with no such qualms, and presumably get away with it in most cases.
*Professional, established comic book artists selling prints or commissions featuring copyrighted characters is another (contentious) issue, and something I personally support.