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its just facade finally falling and revealing the rot

But if you call them fucking fascist pigs, you're the one inciting violence.

Yes, it's very fucked up.

Beyond fucked. I hate living here so much. Gotta bend the knee for my Billionare overlords I guess.

It's also always a winning situation. You might lose the lawsuit, but he is still dead in a week. The kid is clearly losing no matter what.

Imo:

1. No
2. It's people, but colloquially refering to a collection of board members making decisions by the company name they make decisions under is fine
3. Yes
4. They shouldn't, but they do for various reasons: it takes effort to find out who the specific people we should blame are, and what other companies they're associated with. It takes willpower for people to change their buying habits. It's easier (I'm guilty of this too) to moan and carry on than to make real change in our own lives.

What do you think?

Just because its permissible doesn’t make it proper. Nor does the fact that it’s legal make it ethical.

Unless Nintendo or the Pokemon Company actually says that the the Fascist Regime in the USA is not allowed to used their IP while making racist slop propaganda, then they are allowing it to be made by omission.

Nintendo is an infamously litigious company. If they do not take action against their IP use, it's a decision they made on purpose.

Politicians infringe on IP laws all the time in campaigns, and there are constantly repercussions for doing so. Nintendo could strike back, if they wanted.

This is amazing.

Im not entirely convinced this isn't a 4d chess maneuver. The guys a ultra right wing conspiracist shitbird, and unveils a hitlerstache? What if it's all been a bit to make ultra wing shitbirds look like shitbirds all along?

Pretty sure it’s in response to them using the theme song. Idk if Nintendo even owns the rights to that song outside of using it as the theme for their show though. Still people aren’t super happy with Nintendo going “we didn’t say they could use it but we are not taking it down like we would if it was a fan project.”

Literally, thank you. This is not the axe to grind with Nintendo. I don’t disagree with their stance here at all—am a lawyer. It’s absolutely fair use and would be a losing lawsuit.

Also, why the FUCK is ANYONE expecting a corporation to fight fascism? If you think that’s a corporation’s role in society, put down the phone and sprint to your local fucking library.

They could file a DMCA claim against use of the theme song. Corps have done it to videos before to get them taken down.

Nintendo has issued strikes over a wide variety of youtube content for use of their music, from dedicated fan creators using Legend of Zelda or Super Smash Bros music over Lets Play style videos, reviews, etc, to an entire channel that hosted just Nintendo music (GilvaSunner). 2022 saw over 2200 strikes in just that year.

They are famously protective of their IP, including in situations of fair use..

Edit: Just to mention, the copyright act still applies to the federal government, as well as the state government. This has been in place since 1990. The joke of a supreme court we have now muddied the waters in 2020, but its more about state sovereign immunity in federal court, not about federal agency & copyright.

Yes, claims can be brought, damages can be required, and not any use can be considered fair use. Notably, damaging the brand by negatively impacting market value through the presentation excludes as fair use.

Thank you for posting the links.

"We are aware of a recent video posted by the Department of Homeland Security that includes imagery and language associated with our brand," The Pokémon Company International said in a statement shared with IGN. "Our company was not involved in the creation or distribution of this content, and permission was not granted for the use of our intellectual property."

Idk, this doesn't seem to me like they are saying they don't condone it. It's more like a kid in class is caught writing something on the wall and the teacher asks another student what happened and the other student says they saw him do it but but they didn't help or tell him to do it.

(Sorry for reposting the reply from the other community)

None of that shit matters anymore.

What do you mean? It sounds like you're talking about trademark stuff where if the trademark holder doesn't defend it they can lose protections associated with it. If so, that's about trademarks, not copyright. This is copyright infringement. Disturbing the content (copying) without permission (right).

I think it's the hypocrisy of going after Palworld while being silent in the face of obvious evil.

At a certain point, when a government is objectively and quantifiably evil, its no longer just politics. Have you seen the video in question? I got the song stuck in my head and all I can think of as i hear it is people being sent to literal concentration camps.

The Fascist Regime in the USA is being allowed to use their IP while making racist slop propaganda to make it seem cool or funny while tossing people into concentration camps. Where is the line? If the Israeli government used the same IP assets in a similar way to show off how they are committing genocide and murdering children trying to get food aid, would that then be a step too far?

This is damaging to Nintendo, and if they allow it to continue unchallenged they are complicit and deserve a boycott.