Well they said “how do you say copyright infringement in Dothraki” not me…so either they were entirely joking or they were subtly saying cease and desist. Additionally, the copyright (assuming they were in any measure serious) doesn’t have to be about the photo of him. They may own the font type used, or perhaps the phrased of “X is coming” in that manner and could lay a claim to it.
The point here is that in the case of any political use of materials or song…unless there is clear cut “Fair use” or “express permission” then the authoring artist always has the legal leg to stand on and say “Don’t use that”.
I certainly don’t know the details anymore than you do. I just would be happy if HBO had any part in making Nostradumbass’ life even the tiniest more difficult is all.
Cool. Thank god we have you litigating the Internet for us all. By all means tell me more
Like I fucking said…I just think it would be nice if they made his life difficult in any way shape or form. But by all means continue to argue copyright law with me like I give a fuck.
OK - well - hypothetically let’s say they felt they had a case. A slim one, but they want to go for it. And they win. Then you have a case all future cases will cite when other corporations want to go after parodies. And the way US law works, the past decisions usually effect how the courts rule on future cases.
So that is why I am against pushing for copyright/trademark enforcement where there shouldn’t be, even if the target in this case is an asshole.
Your guess is awful. What trademark or copyright do you think was violated? It can’t be the word because {X} is coming couldn’t be copyrighted. Maybe you think it’s the font? If so, how in the world would a judge or jury agree that the use of the font causes “confusion with the show” to the extent that it caused HBO harm? Either way, it is clear parody and protected speech.
Stop with your baseless copyright BS and focus on the fact that he is a wannabe tin pot dictator trying to infuse our culture with propaganda like this.
Yeah, honestly to me this had the look of a poster that some intern or lickspittle cabinet member printed out at Staples to try to make Trump smile, and then nobody wanted to be the guy to actually take it away when they started filming the meeting.
