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Does anyone know if alluding to another film's character in your film (such as James Bond) would be considered infringement? Such as having the character mimic 007 or having someone say "your father thinks he is James Bond"?
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Re: infringement
Mon, June 4, 2007 - 9:19 AMI am not a lawyer.
But nobody would consider a popular-culture reference to be infringement.
That being said, as a warning, that sort of thing is usually far less entertaining than the writer thinks it is. -
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Re: infringement
Mon, June 4, 2007 - 9:58 AMAgree that it is the least entertaining. I write adaptations from fiction for a film company, and the first thing I take out is the pop culture references. It dates the work, and the story needs the ballast of authentic details to work. -
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Re: infringement
Mon, June 4, 2007 - 9:23 PMWow, I'm so comforted to hear others say this because sometimes I feel like I'm living in my own world when I watch whatever and they are making references left and right to other movies or even current events which will be totally forgotten by the time the movie come sout.
By the way - www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/
This will help understand copyright laws and it's not painful to read. -
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Re: infringement
Mon, June 4, 2007 - 9:33 PMRe: pop topics -- I think tv can get away with it where movies can't.
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Re: infringement
Fri, June 8, 2007 - 12:43 AMI don't think using James Bond will date any modern piece as he's pretty much a classic and doesn't seem to be losing steam. This is the first time I've considered using such a reference and it is in a very special circumstance--that said, it's still just an idea at this point.
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