| |
In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> [Stouffer's] web site is extremely self-serving. Perhaps she
> has a case, perhaps she doesn't. But based on what I saw, I'm hardly
> convinced. More must come out, and the only case she seems to have is
> trademark. She notes a half dozen name similiarites, but virtually nothing
> in the way of plot similiarities.
But might not the name similarity be sufficient? "Skywalker Records" was
forcibly renamed after George Lucas' legal action. If I write a fantasy
novel about a guy named Biblo Gabbins, wouldn't Tolkien's estate at the very
least send me a polite letter?
Dave!
FUT debate
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Disney actually did this with "Lion King"
|
| (...) As noted above, "perhaps she has a case, perhaps she doesn't." I'm just not going to condemn Rowling based on what Stouffer had to say. Plagiarism, which is what Stouffer is implying to get public sympathy and promote herself, and trademark (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Disney actually did this with "Lion King"
|
| (...) I rather take it that Anime company failed. Simba is simply Swahili for "lion". And if they mean Kimba the White Lion, the stories weren't similiar at all, beyond being animated lions. Anytime something makes a lot of money, people come out of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
|
62 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
