[ SECRET POST #2803 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2803 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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09. http://i.imgur.com/Qt9c60C.jpg
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[Kuroshitsuji - Black butler]


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[Professor Layton]


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13. [SPOILERS for Madoka Magica]



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16. [WARNING for underage, rape]



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Comments

[akacat]

It seems like they should be able to challenge this, on the basis that Tchaikovsky used the name first. I wonder if they chose not to?

(Disclaimer: I'll be the first to admit I may have no idea what I'm talking about, regarding trademarks.)

[elephantinegrace]

I think there's some ruling that says that if you don't make sure you protect your trademark (by not letting other use the it) then you lose it. I remember the guy who wrote Calvin and Hobbes wanted his characters to not be used in political advertisements, but the judge said that he didn't crack down hard enough before this, so he no longer had full control over his characters.

[(Anonymous)]

I get that.

But why is having control for 75 years after the creator's death so important, though? I mean at some point you gotta put it into public domain, especially when Disney's characters are just rip-offs from pre-existing fairy tales.

[(Anonymous)]

Money and control.

[(Anonymous)]

Because they are desperate to keep Mickey Mouse from going into Public Domain and losing money off of other people making money off of Mickey.

[(Anonymous)]

My understanding is that Mattel tries to push out at least 2 Barbie movies per year. The Barbie Sleeping Beauty movie was planned to come out in 2008, and Disney filed the trademark application in 2007 (it was actually granted in 2012). The Barbie movie was then pushed back to 2009, and then cancelled altogether. Instead of dealing with that legal headache (and going up against Disney) I assumed they figured the best course of action would be to just forge ahead and come up with a new film in order to keep to their schedule. They also probably decided it wasn't worth it since Mattel was planning on going in a "new direction" in 2010 with the Barbie films by straying away from adaptations of fairy tales/ballets/books.

I agree that someone should definitely challenge this. It just doesn't seem right, since Aurora is a preexisting character.