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Started by jimmy olsen, July 02, 2009, 11:23:34 AM

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jimmy olsen

July 02, 2009, 11:23:34 AM
I just heard on the radio an advertisement for a new bar and grill called the Drunken Clam. Obviously a rip off of the bar from Family Guy. Is that copyright infringement?
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July 02, 2009, 11:24:09 AM
Depends. Is it a cartoon bar?
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July 02, 2009, 11:30:31 AM
And can PG Wodehouse sue for the blatant rip-off of "The Mottled Oyster"?
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July 02, 2009, 11:52:40 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 02, 2009, 11:23:34 AM
I just heard on the radio an advertisement for a new bar and grill called the Drunken Clam. Obviously a rip off of the bar from Family Guy. Is that copyright infringement?
You've gotta be kidding me.
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July 02, 2009, 11:56:43 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 02, 2009, 11:23:34 AM
I just heard on the radio an advertisement for a new bar and grill called the Drunken Clam. Obviously a rip off of the bar from Family Guy. Is that copyright infringement?

It wouldn't be copyright infringement.  A two-word phrase is not creative enough to qualify.

There might be claims the Family Guy owners could bring, but those would be much more tenuous IMO and based on the premise that patrons of the Drunken Clam would believe the Family Guy producers were involved or endorsing the bar in some way.

Warspite

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July 02, 2009, 12:32:26 PM
Yes, they can. In fact, I'm sure the B2s are taking off from RAF Lakenheath right now to deliver hundreds of thousands of pounds of ordnance to fix this wrong.
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ulmont

#6
July 02, 2009, 12:50:20 PM
There's one guy who does nothing but t-shirts based on fictional places or things, btw:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-consumed-t.html
http://www.lastexittonowhere.com/

A "Camp Crystal Lake" t-shirt might be nice.

Josquius

#7
July 02, 2009, 01:23:20 PM
I don't see why they would care even if they could have a case. Its free advertising.
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