This is...interesting
Apr. 19th, 2012 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marina_bonomiAs some of you know, a short time ago my husband opened a Zazzle shop, one of the reasons was the possibility to offer for sale prints of his 'A Game of Thrones' works in sizes which we aren't able to print at home.
Well, we received an email from Zazzle saying that all those works are in violation of policy and will be removed, we pointed out that that is official game art, that the client is the owner of the license for the game, that the contract allows T. to sell prints and that the pieces have no relation whatsoever to the HBO show, so there was no infringiment of copyright.
They answered today that HBO asked them to remove offending materials (well within their rights) and hubby's prints will stay out of Zazzle until HBO tells them they are OK.
As if...
So an official license from the owner of the I.P. doesn't matter...unless the owners of a totally different license say so.
BTW, we do understand Zazzle's position, they are plaing it as safe as they can to avoid the possibility of legal consequences, what I can't stand is a company setting a blanket ban on an I.P. even though the products in case have noting whatsoever to do with their share of the license.
Well, we received an email from Zazzle saying that all those works are in violation of policy and will be removed, we pointed out that that is official game art, that the client is the owner of the license for the game, that the contract allows T. to sell prints and that the pieces have no relation whatsoever to the HBO show, so there was no infringiment of copyright.
They answered today that HBO asked them to remove offending materials (well within their rights) and hubby's prints will stay out of Zazzle until HBO tells them they are OK.
As if...
So an official license from the owner of the I.P. doesn't matter...unless the owners of a totally different license say so.
BTW, we do understand Zazzle's position, they are plaing it as safe as they can to avoid the possibility of legal consequences, what I can't stand is a company setting a blanket ban on an I.P. even though the products in case have noting whatsoever to do with their share of the license.
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Date: 2012-04-19 07:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-19 11:19 am (UTC)We'll see what happens .
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Date: 2012-04-19 09:26 am (UTC)you mean unless the greedy mega-entertainment corp says so, right? This is disgusting. It's not like they're exactly lacking money within HBO...
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Date: 2012-04-19 11:22 am (UTC)Yes, those were pretty much my words as T.read the email to me. I'm rather curious to see Fantasy Flight Games' reaction to this since HBO is pretty much infringing on their rights and those of their artists.