[quote name=\'Shredder\' date=\'Nov 17 2004, 11:10 AM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 16 2004, 10:33 PM\']
So is it fair to say; that as long as the material is used in non-slanderous methods; the production staff is realatively loose about such matters?
By the time you have an answer to this question it could be too late. You could already dealing with the aggrieved party and very likely their legal counsel, hopefully not in a courtroom setting.
Most people don't realize that copyright infringement is not only a civil tort but also a criminal offense, meaning you can do jail time and pay a fine. When SNL did its Coneheads send-up of Family Feud, they called it Family Feud but they had first obtained permission from Goodson himself. Copyright is truly an area where it is easier to ask permission than forgiveness.
Parody all you want but as Randy says, change the title, the names of the games and characters, don't use the logo and heaven forbid don't use the music.
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Hmm... It's gonna be a bit tougher to make it work without the familair looking set, but I suppose I could come up with something different. Spinning a big tube shaped thing with a see through center rather than a solid wheel, or something in a hexagon shape...and fewer price numbers on it. Just so long as it's in a general shape with something that can roll around, the second joke would still work....
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I think you're OK if the set looks like the real set and the Big Wheel looks like the Big Wheel. If the doors have "The Cost Is Correct" on them it's not a true depiction of the real set. It would be parody, not misrepresentation.