Case dismissed! Discovery and Tardigrade game "not similar"
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With engineer Welsh and Dr. Hatfield?So I’m thinking of creating a TV show with a pointed-eared character from the planet Haephestus (his blood would be teal) and he would serve under the command of Captain Tim Perk.
Should I be concerned about legal type stuff?
I'd watch it.So I’m thinking of creating a TV show with a pointed-eared character from the planet Haephestus (his blood would be teal) and he would serve under the command of Captain Tim Perk.
Should I be concerned about legal type stuff?
You'd be surprised what you can get away with when it comes to parody:So I’m thinking of creating a TV show with a pointed-eared character from the planet Haephestus (his blood would be teal) and he would serve under the command of Captain Tim Perk.
Should I be concerned about legal type stuff?
https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Barry_Trotter
Can't see anything to be concerned about. You might want to think about some sort of faster than light drive - perhaps a "morph drive" and perhaps a teleportation device - like a "transferrer" so people can quickly "stream" from one point to another.So I’m thinking of creating a TV show with a pointed-eared character from the planet Haephestus (his blood would be teal) and he would serve under the command of Captain Tim Perk.
Should I be concerned about legal type stuff?
I hope it also includes Mr. Rock, Space Adventurer from Another Planet in the main cast.Can't see anything to be concerned about. You might want to think about some sort of faster than light drive - perhaps a "morph drive" and perhaps a teleportation device - like a "transferrer" so people can quickly "stream" from one point to another.
I was assuming Mr Rock was the "pointed-eared character from the planet Haephestus"
Will your show have a funny robot character that wants to be human?
I'm not a lawyer but it'll be interesting to see where this goes. I certainly don't think the lawsuit is frivolous, but it could be without merit. Elements surrounding the tardigrade are very similar (both creatures are gigantic tardigrades surrounded by fluff), but the other elements seems so and so. What comes to mind is Selle v. Gibb in 1983, though that was about music of course, but...
Even if I doubt that plagiarism occurred, the tardigrade and spore drive were among the dumbest and most inane concepts of the show and the competition is fierce...
Even if I doubt that plagiarism occurred, the tardigrade and spore drive were among the dumbest and most inane concepts of the show and the competition is fierce...
There's a few posts in this thread that posters have done a good job at explaining how this case is without merit. I'm not sure who posted and where they are in this thread, but I'm not sure if you are privy to all of the information out there and what has already transpired in this case. Obviously. you can still have a differing opinion, but there are plenty of background that isn't totally apparent from first glance. Maybe another poster will be able to point you in the right direction.
This thread is mostly filled with nonsense and ridicule. As I wrote, I'm not a lawyer (nor an American) and I wrote that it's probably (or rather almost certainly) without merits. However, that doesn't make it frivolous as there are elements closely resembling each other and I can understand that the creator was suspicious. But that sure doesn't mean that there's been any copyright infringement as work on Disc must've went on for quite some time before the show was announced (and how can a tardigrade be copyrighted?). Similarities doesn't mean copyright infringement I. also gave an example with Selle v. Gibb which does share some similarities (though it's a case involving music).
I know there's plenty of extraneous stuff in here, which is why I hoped that someone who posted some of the good information would be able to point to where it is in here, because I don't want to look for it.
Fun fact:Can't see anything to be concerned about. You might want to think about some sort of faster than light drive - perhaps a "morph drive" and perhaps a teleportation device - like a "transferrer" so people can quickly "stream" from one point to another.
Contrary to popular belief, Captain Perk never actually said "Stream me up, Welshy."
So I’m thinking of creating a TV show with a pointed-eared character from the planet Haephestus (his blood would be teal) and he would serve under the command of Captain Tim Perk.
Should I be concerned about legal type stuff?
You should, in a fair world. Filing off serial numbers is creatively unethical, which is the one big issue I have with The Orville.
Saving that for the sequel.
The robot should be named Info.
So how long has it been since the last update? A while, I think.
Hopefully this thing will die on the vine and we can get back to the really important stuff. Like the shade of teal on TNG uniforms.
Hopefully this thing will die on the vine and we can get back to the really important stuff. Like the shade of teal on TNG uniforms.
I was going to go with Byte.
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