22-01-2011, 01:42 PM
well i missed out on the event but i have just read in another forums that many youtube users are geeting caught in copyright enfringement. I geuss this means they are watchin much more closely than usual. So just a fair warning to put that you dont own any copy rights to somthing that you dont. Ie: doing video guides. Put rips of game music. And anything similar.
Here is the link to the "Pikachu I sue you!" article.
http://www.patentarcade.com Wrote:Pikachu may be cute, but he’s got teeth. The Pokémon Company. I hope this isnt old news to any one. Should i adda a link?
Int’l. Inc. (“Pokémon”) filed suit last Friday against Beckett Media
LLC (“Beckett”), accusing Beckett of copyright infringement.
Specifically, Pokémon alleges that Beckett’s monthly publication of
the “Beckett Pokémon Unofficial Collector!” magazine unlawfully
reproduces copyrighted images of Pokémon’s cards without
Pokémon’s (or Pikachu’s) consent. According to the complaint,
Beckett’s guide lists price values for the various Pokémon cards
(the cards are valued as collector’s items, based on rarity and
awesomeness), and reproduces full images of selected ones of the
cards each month.
The complaint further alleges that when Pokémon previously
asked Beckett to stop reproducing the images, Beckett responded
by alleging that Pokémon had granted an implied license and/or
consented, based on the fact that Pokémon had actually
purchased advertising space in the monthly publication after
seeing the publication ’s format (and by extension, the occasional
image reproduction), and that they did not complain about it
before. The complaint also notes that Beckett ’s more recent
responses appeared to back down, with offers to stop the
reproductions.
Time will tell how this one turns out, and we’ll keep you posted.
The case caption is The Pokémon Company Int’l, Inc. v. Beckett
Media LLC, No. 3-10cv1392 (N.D.Tx, filed 7/16/2010)
Here is the link to the "Pikachu I sue you!" article.