OT: Copyright Infringement goes Back to The Future

David L. Jones wrote:
Zazzle have just pulled all my Flux Capacitor blog mechandise from
sale due to Copyright infringement!
This is a T-Shirt I completely hand drew myself!

Here is my artwork:
http://www.eevblog.com/images/DaveFluxCapacitor.jpg

Here is the traditional image everyone rips off from a bit of promo
merch from the movie:
http://www.zazzle.com/flux_capacitor_tshirt-235779835903386546
There are still two differnt sellers on Zazzle with these type shirts.

So if I've got this straight, my original sylised and modified hand
drawing of a hand drawing from a scrap of paper from a scene in a
movie is somehow classed as infringing on someones copyright?

What's the world coming too?

Dave.

The reply from Zazzle:
Quote:
"Your product was removed because it contained an image and/or design that
infringes on the intellectual property rights of NBC Universal and Universal
Pictures. More specifically, Back to the Future.

We have been contacted by Legal representatives of NBC Universal and
Universal Pictures and at their request your product has been removed from
Zazzle Marketplace.

Zazzle have just pulled all my Flux Capacitor blog mechandise from sale
due to Copyright infringement!
This is a T-Shirt I completely hand drew myself!

Here is my artwork:
http://www.eevblog.com/images/DaveFluxCapacitor.jpg

Here is the traditional image everyone rips off from a bit of promo merch
from the movie:
http://www.zazzle.com/flux_capacitor_tshirt-235779835903386546
There are still two differnt sellers on Zazzle with these type shirts.

So if I've got this straight, my original sylised and modified hand
drawing of a hand drawing from a scrap of paper from a scene in a movie is
somehow classed as infringing on someones copyright?

What's the world coming too?

Dave.

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kreed wrote:
On Feb 6, 11:53 am, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:
On 6/02/2010 11:13 AM, a7yvm109gf...@netzero.com wrote:

On Feb 5, 5:01 pm, "David L. Jones"<altz...@gmail.com>  wrote:
Zazzle have just pulled all my Flux Capacitor blog mechandise from sale due
to Copyright infringement!
This is a T-Shirt I completely hand drew myself!
Here is my artwork:http://www.eevblog.com/images/DaveFluxCapacitor.jpg
Here is the traditional image everyone rips off from a bit of promo merch
from the movie:http://www.zazzle.com/flux_capacitor_tshirt-235779835903386546
There are still two differnt sellers on Zazzle with these type shirts.
So if I've got this straight, my original sylised and modified hand drawing
of a hand drawing from a scrap of paper from a scene in a movie is somehow
classed as infringing on someones copyright?
What's the world coming too?
Dave.
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Draw an equivalent delta network with flux inductors.
Perhaps.

But his problem isn't really that his T-shirt violates someone's
intellectual property rights, it's that Zazzle are intimidated by the
studio's legal department. Any design that the studio doesn't like is
going to be taken off Zazzle on the same basis, whether or not it
actually infringes anyone's rights.

Sylvia.

That sounds more like the truth of the matter.

It is a matter of who has the deepest pockets, and how much profit is
at stake.  In the scheme of things, and with all due respect to David,
I doubt Zazzle or David would make enough $$ from the shirts to even
consider justifying a defence even if in the right.

Justice is a commodity, and the one with the most $$ usually gets the
"justice" they want.

   That is what i said (about the Golden Rule).