<![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> @NefariousNewt: Well, if the court decides the idea the writer is trying to send is satire (Social commentary that doesn't specifically need those characters) instead of parody (Commentary on those specific characters) then they would indeed be found to be infringing. See the 2LiveCrew song parody case.

@Huxleyhobbes: Different countries different copyright laws.

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> @Counterglow: They don't have a choice. Companies/corporations have to zealously protect their trademarks, regardless of how silly it might seem. If they don't do so it massively harms each and every single following attempt to defend their property.

Mister Adequate

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> The publishers caved too easily... it's parody, and I can't remember a court (at least in the US) saying that you couldn't parody something. It's not like McDonald's is run by Ronald McDonald, and I suspect the Burger King isn't true royalty.

And now the Internet is in play, and both fast food orgs would go bankrupt trying to take on everyone who would reproduce those comics. Copyright is slowly becoming an idea whose time came and went.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> @CMG: Now, now... not all clowns are evil... but when you get an evil clown... *shudder*

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> @Counterglow: Ditto. Clowns are evil.

CMG

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> This was published not knowing the fearsome power of Dave Thomas, whose TripleBot8000... ah fergit it, I'm just trolling for responses.

Mmm... what happened to Wendy's in SF (And by SF, I mean San Francisco. Although if William Gibson ever wrote about Wendy's, let me know!!!)

7Zark7 Iz In Ur Internetz

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> @Counterglow: I remember that... The MacDonald (note spelling) pointed out that his family had been using the name for hundreds of years, and speculated that he should perhaps be suing them.

Evil Tortie's Mom

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> "by the way...I always hated clowns..."

for that matter who doesn't,

and who was it that had the brilliant marketing plan to make your corporate icon a 'Clown'.

barnesm

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> McDonald's has a well-established record for scumbaggery in the UK. They brought suit against a tiny, very high-end restaurant in Scotland called McDonald's. It had absolutely nothing to do with fast food, and in no way endangered the chain's control of their trademark. Even when this was pointed out to them, they refused all attempts at accommodation.

The suit did, however, disappear very quickly when it turned out they'd have to use a Scottish court. The restaurant owner was "The" McDonald...head of the McDonald clan, and the restaurant was in his castle. Realizing they'd stepped right into the middle of a public relations nightmare, they took their stupid effing clown and went home.

By the way...I always hated clowns.

Counterglow

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> @capncalamity: Actually, I would think it falls under parody-fair-use.

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> OH come on. Linking to geocities? That's bandwidth-ban-hammer guaranteed

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Fast Food is Bad for Comics, Says Judge Dredd]]> "Who knew that Ronald McDonald could be so disagreeable?"

Ever seen McLibel?

He's downright testy.

CapnCalamity

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