Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:49PM8 comments ›
Fri Feb 22, 2008 — by Chris Ullrich
Foo Fighters Sue Marvel For Copyright Infringement
Dave Grohl and Co. take on Spider-Man and the X-Men
Today, Rolling Stone is reporting that the Foo Fighters are suing Marvel Entertainment, First Serve International, Toonz Animation in India and First Serve Toonz for copyright infringement. According to the article:
The band alleges that Marvel used “substantial excerpts” of their songs “Best of You” and “Free Me” as the music for the trailer of the new animated series Wolverine and the X-Men.
The trailer, which showed up online back at the beginning of February, has since been taken down from YouTube. However, as in most cases like this, that doesn't really help much because you can still get a look at it over at Movieweb. Well, at least you could have up until a few minutes ago. But now, "at the request of the studio", it's gone.
If you were able to watch the trailer, which I was able to do before it went bye-bye, its pretty obvious that the Foo Fighters songs were used -- a lot. Seeing this kind of thing makes me wonder how the people responsible thought they could get away with something like this?
Don't they realize that once something hits the Internet, this kind of thing can't stay a secret? Someone is going to get a strongly-worded letter in his or her permanent file over this, just you wait and see.
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Comments (8)
Esbat (4:05 PM on Fri Feb 22, 2008)
I thought it was a great choice of song, but I thought the rule was no more than a 10 second sampling?
mike weber (6:48 PM on Fri Feb 22, 2008)
There is no actual rule. There are "rules of thumb". If the judge has particularly small or large thumbs, someone can get screwed.
mike weber (6:49 PM on Fri Feb 22, 2008)
And then there's the Naked Cowboy suing over what he claims is the misuse (without permission) of his copyrighted image in an M&M commercial...
Esbat (12:00 AM on Sat Feb 23, 2008)
Because, of course, he is a large, rotund, candy coated figure of renown...
mike weber (12:16 AM on Sat Feb 23, 2008)
No, because he is a guy who stands outside in New York City in all weather in boots and white undershorts and cowboy hat, playing c&w music, and because he has copyrighted/trademarked that image.
And because the M&M ad featured an M&M wearing cowboy hat, boots and white shorts playing guitar and singing in NYC.
They're probably toast.
Check this article: http://media.www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/n...
Marilee J. Layman (5:32 PM on Sat Feb 23, 2008)
mike, that article is written by a college junior and makes weird assumptions. The facts are interesting, though.
mike weber (7:10 PM on Sat Feb 23, 2008)
There are other articles (including the one that oi opriginally read); that one had one of the better summations that i saw.
Santana (3:55 AM on Tue Mar 4, 2008)
Rock music excites me more than any other music. I listen to a lot of singers. But I have a special love for Foo Fighters band. Their style has really made its way to my heart and without doubt to a lot of other Rock music. Unfortunately, I’ve a chance to watch them on stage only once because tickets are always pricy. I’ve just discovered a site to compare ticket prices for free and I find it something important because this way I can look for the cheapest price offered. You may need to use it:
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I hope I can see them this summer!!!!