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Is this fair use?

Jason Prates · 2015-04-12T19:53:22

Hello all, Haven't been on in a while. Still working on my game. I'm not sure if my team would be protected by fair use if we parodied things. If you think about it, Family Guy and numerous movies have made fun of Hulk, Iron man etc. We've heard of parody protection laws look here. We might profit off of it. So if we were to make money off the game, to what extent would we be protected? Give example of what we can and can't do so we can get a better idea. We wanted to add Pewdiepie into the game to make fun of him. (I'm a fan. Just for laughs..) , and a character in our game, which pokes fun at Sonic. The game will reference numerous companies and characters which we will parody.

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Started by ArcticWolf April 11, 2015 11:16 PM

9 comments, last by Brain 9 years, 2 months ago

Brain

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April 12, 2015 07:53 PM

We wanted to make a Youtuber named Sammyclassicsonicfan be a boss. Keep in mind, this game is nothing but stupidity and jokes. A giant joke.
Is your legal strategy also a huge joke? Because it sounds like you're baiting a harassment lawsuit. Keep in mind you're going to be using the image and likeness of a 12(?) year old with autism. If he self-harms (And any part of his depression was caused by your game), you'll be found to have a criminal responsibility. Not just civil.

I hadn't even researched this far when I gave my advice to be careful that this was the truth of the matter.

I am not a lawyer but anyone with common sense can see that this is just thinly veiled cyber bullying and not acceptable. I suggest you go back to the drawing board.

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