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dzinkin

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« on: September 27, 2003, 12:25:55 AM »
Without turning this into a political debate, take a look at this...

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What are the odds that Score Productions, Fremantle, or whoever's in control of the rights allowed the use of some vaguely familar music during the intro and in the game?

 - David

Timsterino

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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2003, 12:59:07 AM »
I doubt they know about this. But what do I know. I can not see them approving something like this. Even the graphics are very familiar.

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Skynet74

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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2003, 01:20:12 AM »
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 12:25 AM\'] Without turning this into a political debate, take a look at this...

Match Your Candidate Game

What are the odds that Score Productions, Fremantle, or whoever's in control of the rights allowed the use of some vaguely familar music during the intro and in the game?

 - David [/quote]

  My guess is.... There is no way in hell that was cleared either by Score or Fremantle.  I'm not in the mood to play snitch, so I'm just going to pretend I never saw that. The rest of you are free to do whatever makes you feel good.



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cmjb13

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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2003, 07:32:15 AM »
This isn't much different than the TPIR online game with several common cues (widely available, unautorized), Crystal Waters theme (who apparently got the theme unauthorized), and Grand Theft Auto (which doesn't use TPIR cues, but does use the \"TPIR\" font)

[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 01:20 AM\']I'm not in the mood to play snitch, so I'm just going to pretend I never saw that[/quote]
Tell who? If they go after one, they have to go after everybody and I don't think they want to do that, nor do they care. I do believe, however, if this was on TV, it would be a different story.
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Enjoy lots and lots of backstage TPIR photos and other fun stuff here. And yes, I did park in Syd Vinnedge's parking spot at CBS

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« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2003, 07:52:03 AM »
Doesn't parody fall under fair use?
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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2003, 11:09:46 AM »
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Doesn't parody fall under fair use?

You might need to ask Ariana's friend Al Franken that ;-)

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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2003, 02:35:40 PM »
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Sep 27 2003, 07:32 AM\'] and Grand Theft Auto (which doesn't use TPIR cues, but does use the "TPIR" font) [/quote]
 I can't imagine that TPiR has any kind of exclusive rights to the Pricedown font.

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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2003, 02:56:02 PM »
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Tell who? If they go after one, they have to go after everybody
SO not true.  The police don't have to go after every speeder, the RIAA doesn't have to go after every illegal downloader.
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Doesn't parody fall under fair use?
My impression is that it might in this case, although using copyrighted music without permission is tricky business, especially these days.

At any rate, the \"quiz\" link is no longer on Arianna's site.  I guess it's possible somebody put up a stink, but my guess is that since she's decided she's no longer a candidate, that particular game wasn't necessary.
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« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2003, 03:22:52 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 02:56 PM\']
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Tell who? If they go after one, they have to go after everybody
SO not true.  The police don't have to go after every speeder, the RIAA doesn't have to go after every illegal downloader.
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 I should clarify.

If they go after one, it makes sense to go after the others. Doesn't make sense to go just after one.

Point taken.
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« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2003, 03:35:04 PM »
Cool.  I heard once that Playboy had somebody in their legal department whose only job was to patrol the internet, look for copyright infringements (typically nudie scans) and threaten the offending webmaster.  

In the first place, imagine whispering THAT job to John Daly!  But more to your original point, I wonder where the break-even point for something like that is.  I mean, how does a company decide which copyright offenses are worth going after, and which are allowed to slide?  A few small-potatoes examples have been mentioned here at the Forum in the last few days, including that public-access Family Feud ripoff.  But where are the BIG-potatoes examples?
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« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2003, 04:26:33 PM »
I would think the Playboy job would involve big potatoes.

Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2003, 04:27:23 PM »
Is that what we're calling them now?
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« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2003, 05:31:52 PM »
[quote name=\'SplitSecond\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 03:26 PM\'] I would think the Playboy job would involve big potatoes.

(er, can we stop this line of questioning? Miss Francis?) [/quote]
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« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2003, 07:09:20 PM »
Uhm, I went to that link, and (call me stupid) I don't know which file to look at to see whats in question, someone care to direct me to the right file?

Thanks!

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« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2003, 07:26:20 PM »
[quote name=\'NicholasM79\' date=\'Oct 1 2003, 06:09 PM\'] Uhm, I went to that link, and (call me stupid) I don't know which file to look at to see whats in question, someone care to direct me to the right file?

Thanks! [/quote]
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