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Mikael Bergkvist
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| Posted: 12 November 2007 at 4:39pm | IP Logged | 1
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It's just that the whole affair looks a bit suspicious.
Personally, I don't think it's a rip off, but I can see why it is being debated, and why someone would think that.
- If you are to 'steal' something, it's usually something that has already proven it has a commercial value, and that's just not the case here.. so the motif is less than clear why Dark Horse would steal this in the first place.
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Scott Sackett
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| Posted: 12 November 2007 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | 2
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2) even if plagarized, they would need to prove to a court financial loss. The courts don't hand out demerits!
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Yes, they do. It's called punitive damages.
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Mikael Bergkvist
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True.
Just to clarify my post, I mean that the likelyhood of this being an actual rip off kinda depends on wether there's a proven or obvious value associated with the concept already that would motivate such an action, and I dont see that.
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BT Wilders
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""They need to prove that Dark Horse negatively impacted their finances. Since they made no money on the project to begin with."
No, they don't. The successful party in a copyright infringement suit would be awarded DH's profits in the infringing book. Only the copyright holder has a right to exploit the copyright.
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Dan Burke
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they don't have a copyright...
to my point, the courts don't hand out demerits.
they would award damages if they could prove financial loss... can they?
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Matt Hawes
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Dan wrote:
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Uh, yeah... Matt Billman does own the copyright to "Living With Zombies."
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Dan Burke
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right. not zombies in general or zombie comedy in particular though
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Michael Heide
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They also somewhat look like this Swedish horror movie made by some friends.
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Why does it have a German title?
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Lars Johansson
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Why does it have a German title?
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In the movie Gothenburg is invaded by zombies and they have to call for help from Germany.
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