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« Reply #80 on: October 09, 2008, 08:11:57 AM » |
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I don't think you can copyright a person. I mean, tv shows use celebrities and politicians as characters all the time, and I'm sure they don't get permission.
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« Reply #81 on: October 09, 2008, 08:20:01 AM » |
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You can't copyright a person. But there is an intellectual property right that celebrities have in their names and likenesses called the right of publicity. Which means that technically, Charles Barkley could still totally sue you if he wanted to.
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« Reply #82 on: October 09, 2008, 09:14:49 AM » |
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Well, if anyone here knows Charles Barkley, ask him for permission. Otherwise, we'll have to do without (and if he didn't mind SUaJ: Gaiden, he should be fine with this).
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« Reply #83 on: October 09, 2008, 12:17:51 PM » |
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Well, if anyone here knows Charles Barkley, ask him for permission. Otherwise, we'll have to do without (and if he didn't mind SUaJ: Gaiden, he should be fine with this).
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« Reply #84 on: October 09, 2008, 12:28:11 PM » |
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I'd think someone would have told him.
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« Reply #85 on: October 09, 2008, 03:54:38 PM » |
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If tracking down Barkley and asking his permission is what needs to be done before we can put him in the game, then I will do that.
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« Reply #86 on: October 09, 2008, 04:14:35 PM » |
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We can't honestly expect anyone to reach Barkley.
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« Reply #87 on: October 09, 2008, 04:16:55 PM » |
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Surely someone here has a membership at the same country club as him! Don't look at me though.  |
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« Reply #88 on: October 09, 2008, 06:15:49 PM » |
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Why don't you just use Hoopz Barkley or the Cyberdwarf? They're the only ones we know will be in the sequel anyway, so they might end up being more representative of the series.
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« Reply #89 on: October 09, 2008, 07:30:58 PM » |
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Why don't you just use Hoopz Barkley or the Cyberdwarf? They're the only ones we know will be in the sequel anyway, so they might end up being more representative of the series.
That would fix any legal issues, but each of those characters has different attack styles too. It's fine if you would rather use kicks and punches or Gunz, but if you want to Slam/Jam, your only choice is Barkley. |
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« Reply #90 on: October 10, 2008, 01:22:27 AM » |
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I think it would be pretty pathetic to have a representative from Barkley who isn't Barkley. There is very little chance of Barkley ever hearing about this game, never mind caring enough to sue us. If you're really worried we could ask Chef Boyardee about it, but I can almost guarantee he'll tell us that Barkley never contacted him about it. Also, I wasn't posting for a while, but I did make a few stealthy edits to the OP. You might notice that we now have permission from JTR (Death Worm) and Bay 12 (Dwarf Fortress).  Also, Cyber, have you emailed Yahtzee yet? Because if you haven't, I guess I'm not really scared of him anymore and I could do it. |
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« Reply #91 on: October 10, 2008, 03:47:28 AM » |
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Also, Cyber, have you emailed Yahtzee yet? Because if you haven't, I guess I'm not really scared of him anymore and I could do it.
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« Reply #93 on: October 13, 2008, 12:50:40 PM » |
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I checked with Fish, and this is his response: Federal Institute for Science and Honor says:
yes but only if he fights with a chainsaw
Federal Institute for Science and Honor says:
a yellow chainsaw So, uh... Gomez chainsaw, anyone?  |
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« Reply #94 on: October 14, 2008, 03:51:52 AM » |
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« Reply #95 on: October 14, 2008, 05:36:14 PM » |
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I think it would be pretty pathetic to have a representative from Barkley who isn't Barkley. There is very little chance of Barkley ever hearing about this game, never mind caring enough to sue us. If you're really worried we could ask Chef Boyardee about it, but I can almost guarantee he'll tell us that Barkley never contacted him about it. Also, I wasn't posting for a while, but I did make a few stealthy edits to the OP. You might notice that we now have permission from JTR (Death Worm) and Bay 12 (Dwarf Fortress). Also, Cyber, have you emailed Yahtzee yet? Because if you haven't, I guess I'm not really scared of him anymore and I could do it. I did, but maybe he ignored it because my name contained the word "cyber", or he just missed it. Give it a shot. |
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« Reply #96 on: October 17, 2008, 04:20:14 PM » |
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Yay, Yahtzee gives his permission!
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« Reply #97 on: October 17, 2008, 04:37:13 PM » |
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Yay, Yahtzee gives his permission!
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« Reply #98 on: October 17, 2008, 04:56:32 PM » |
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Yay, Yahtzee gives his permission!
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« Reply #99 on: October 17, 2008, 04:57:37 PM » |
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Yay, Yahtzee gives his permission!
We should get him to rate the game when it's finished. Heh heh. Vicious. That's awesome though. Hooray. |
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