Re: Community Update!!! 11/30/05
No it uses audio from several movies and songs without written permission. It's the equivilant of a mashup. Since it's free and a parody, on it's own, no one's going to get in trouble (they wouldn't even if it went to court). But as soon as EA gave it's official blessing on the movie, it would be seen as free advertising of sorts.
Remember the F.E.A.R. videos? Hilarious. When I saw those I thought, "man, I hope the rest of the game is like that!" and it got me really interested in learning more about the game. They were free and funny but had nothing to do with what the game actually is. Quite the opposite in fact. But they were advertising.
Now if EA released MINE they'd get sued unless they had written permission from every source of the audioclips. Even by mentioning it, they link themselves to it and open a doorway to a slew of problems. I didn't know about MINE until EA mentioned it. I'm sure that I'm not the only one, so that means dozens/hundreds etc have now seen it as a result of EA's advertisement that hey like/condone it.
I'm not saying movies like MINE are bad. I'm just saying that as soon as EA encourages copyright infringement in it's name, it's just asking for trouble. Hell, that alone could be the reason they pulled it. They might not have put it back up because they're waiting to see if Google got a cache or if mirrors/screenshots start showing up.
No it uses audio from several movies and songs without written permission. It's the equivilant of a mashup. Since it's free and a parody, on it's own, no one's going to get in trouble (they wouldn't even if it went to court). But as soon as EA gave it's official blessing on the movie, it would be seen as free advertising of sorts.
Remember the F.E.A.R. videos? Hilarious. When I saw those I thought, "man, I hope the rest of the game is like that!" and it got me really interested in learning more about the game. They were free and funny but had nothing to do with what the game actually is. Quite the opposite in fact. But they were advertising.
Now if EA released MINE they'd get sued unless they had written permission from every source of the audioclips. Even by mentioning it, they link themselves to it and open a doorway to a slew of problems. I didn't know about MINE until EA mentioned it. I'm sure that I'm not the only one, so that means dozens/hundreds etc have now seen it as a result of EA's advertisement that hey like/condone it.
I'm not saying movies like MINE are bad. I'm just saying that as soon as EA encourages copyright infringement in it's name, it's just asking for trouble. Hell, that alone could be the reason they pulled it. They might not have put it back up because they're waiting to see if Google got a cache or if mirrors/screenshots start showing up.
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