Thai company employs Spider-man to deliver cooking gas.
August 27, 2002 7:28 AM   Subscribe

Thai company employs Spider-man to deliver cooking gas. Marvel sez: "use monkey suits because monkeys don't have intellectual property rights." 'Nuff Said?
posted by mikrophon (12 comments total)
 
Nuff said!
(Sorry -- I'm thinking fondly back to '70s Marvel...)
posted by Shane at 7:39 AM on August 27, 2002


Gas powered swedish penis pumps?
posted by SpecialK at 8:33 AM on August 27, 2002


They should have gone with Speedball costumes. Not only would it imply rapid service, but Marvel wouldn't sue for fear people might remember they were associated with the character.
posted by yerfatma at 8:48 AM on August 27, 2002


Gas powered swedish penis pumps?

MetaSpeak for, "I think this post will be deleted"? Points for alliteration.

Milla is purty.
posted by Shane at 8:55 AM on August 27, 2002


Shane: he's referring to this. Put the Milla pix on the floor and back away slowly.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 8:58 AM on August 27, 2002


Shane: he's referring to...

D'oh! What do I know, I'm a newbie. 'Nuff said. Been looking forward to one of those deleted-post graffiti-fests, though...

posted by Shane at 9:07 AM on August 27, 2002


Can anyone say "parody"?

How can Marvel enforce comic-based copyrights on real people?

I'm pretty sure this would not hold in court.

Then again, given all the 1 buck PS one titles I've openly bought in Bangkok, I'm going to leave it at: users 100,000,000,000,000,000 / copyright owners 1.
posted by magullo at 9:17 AM on August 27, 2002


Intellectual Property Rights For Monkeys Now!
posted by nicwolff at 9:32 AM on August 27, 2002


There was no word on whether Marvel Comics, the owner of the Spider-Man copyright, would hire the Incredible Hulk for intellectual property rights protection. heh.

This sure is an odd claim. I would like to see the cease and desist on this one. I assume they are calling it a derivative (maybe even a public performance with a stretch).
posted by anathema at 8:05 PM on August 27, 2002


Can anyone say "parody"?

A parody of what? How is a guy in a Spiderman suit delivering gas a parody of anything? How, in fact, is it a work?
posted by kindall at 12:13 AM on August 28, 2002


The suit itself is a derivative of the copyrighted work, and like I said above they may even claim that it is a public performance but I need to look into that.

Although using the work for commercial purposes does not preclude it from being a parody I don't think a court would see it as parody. The use is not really commenting on the original, just appropriating it to sell gas. You could argue it though.
posted by anathema at 4:20 AM on August 28, 2002


I think there is an argument for a public performance but it really is a stretch. To me this whole thing sounds in trademark far louder than in copyright.
posted by anathema at 5:19 AM on August 28, 2002


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