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Apr 17, 2016
4:03:04pm

shimmy All-American

Well what would I know, I just do this for a living.

If you advertise a "Harvey Unga" figurine, and have the figurine look like Harvey Unga, with Unga on the jersey, in the position of Harvey Unga in a famous picture, using Harvey Unga's number and every BYU fan could identify that figurine as a depiction of Harvey Unga despite the generic face ... then I don't see the judge tossing the case out on an MSJ.

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shimmy

Previous username: AFCoug83
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Last login: Nov 17, 2024
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I'm going to try to put everything about the FutureAD fiasco all together in one post:

El Jefe Evil Genius

4/16/16 10:24am

TLDR

TNT

4/16/16 10:25am

Shouldn't that be TMBW;DR?

Referee

4/16/16 10:36am

You're a big word!

TNT

4/16/16 10:45am

Well you just took all the fun out of that controversy. Now we can't speculate.

blueaussie

4/16/16 10:28am

What is the nerd equivalent of a mic drop?

shimmy

4/16/16 10:29am

I'd say Wookie drop but nobody wants a bent Wookie.

kimchicoug

4/16/16 10:33am

RE: What is the nerd equivalent of a mic drop?

southernfriedcougar

4/16/16 10:33am

Unsubscribe.

BE-WHY-YOU

4/16/16 10:37am

One thing I forgot to mention:

El Jefe

4/16/16 10:48am

So U of U tried to sue him for putting Steve Tate in the dirt?

darkcoug

4/16/16 10:50am

You should let him back on the condition he changes his name to FutureLitigant Or FutureDefendant

byuTX

4/16/16 10:52am

C&D_Coug

shimmy

4/16/16 10:55am

I think you should add the classifieds back. Especially now that the user base

Superkid

4/16/16 10:59am

I get it, but I also feel like part of this is your bitterness for FutureAD

Supercoug

4/16/16 11:04am

Now that is funny.

Cougarclaw

4/16/16 2:25pm

I wondered if he had paid licensing fees.

Brigham

4/16/16 11:28am

Congrats Brigham. You have been promoted from Gumshoe to Jr. Detective.

shimmy

4/16/16 11:35am

Thanks. I've never been promoted before!

Brigham

4/16/16 11:36am

I would love a similar summary about "NJerseyCoug and Friends"

ataylor

4/16/16 12:08pm

I miss that guy. He was a riot.

SuperTank

4/16/16 12:12pm

What you meant to say was "I miss those guys. He was a riot."

ataylor

4/16/16 12:15pm

Here's a link to the real future AD discussion:

CrimWalCoug

4/16/16 12:19pm

* "for sell"

deja-blu

4/16/16 1:15pm

Isn't it illegal to sell trademarked merchandise? He shouldn't be allowed to.

Sherlock

4/16/16 1:27pm

I don't know, but FutureAD posted this to his facebook page that indicates that

cheezedawg

4/16/16 4:06pm

i also find it ironic that the schools can sue, but not the players?

ds7

4/16/16 8:42pm

The player could definitely sue, but the players don't have licensing watchdogs

shimmy

4/17/16 2:54pm

i doubt it...it isn't a "likeness" of the player...it's just a generic face...

ds7

4/17/16 3:44pm

Well what would I know, I just do this for a living.

shimmy

4/17/16 4:03pm

what if you left the name off the jersey?

ds7

4/17/16 4:31pm

Are you really breaking down cyberpiracy and adwords precedent? That is some

shimmy

4/17/16 4:35pm

ok, i'll spell it out for you...if you leave the name off the jersey...

ds7

4/17/16 4:44pm

Is that what FutureAD is doing? Generic photos of non descript BYU players?

Runs With Scissors

4/17/16 4:46pm

Of course not, but ds7 has to pretend he knows what he is talking about and he

shimmy

4/17/16 4:56pm

yes...he's taking pieces from NFL figurines and painting them up to look

ds7

4/17/16 5:07pm

My word. This is a parody, right?

shimmy

4/17/16 5:13pm

GUYS GUYS GUYS, COME LOOK AT THE TISSUE BOX HE USED AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING

shimmy

4/17/16 5:15pm

Yeah, he actually did post a link to some details on the case.

El Jefe

4/17/16 7:31pm

it basically gets into the minutia of selling on ebay...

ds7

4/17/16 7:38pm

He posted a link to a motion in support. Of course they are saying they

shimmy

4/17/16 7:43pm

It was a motion by the plaintiff, posted in the "hall of shame" on the defendant's site.

El Jefe

4/17/16 10:08pm

It was an opposition brief from the Defendant (MLB). The case settled.

shimmy

4/17/16 10:20pm

Oh, I get your problem. You're focussing just on the number. Good thing that

shimmy

4/17/16 4:51pm

Trademark attorney you are not.

benny1982

4/17/16 5:01pm

I just saw you put up the KVN and Unga pictures. Do you think that them both

shimmy

4/17/16 4:46pm

yes...i'm saying...no matter what something is advertised as...how could

ds7

4/17/16 5:00pm

Wait. Are you saying that listing the item as Harvey UNga or KVN wouldn't matter

shimmy

4/17/16 5:11pm

RE: Wait. Are you saying that listing the item as Harvey UNga or KVN wouldn't matter

cougfanblue

4/17/16 5:16pm

i'm questioning whether harvey unga "could sue" for misuse of his likeness...

ds7

4/17/16 5:17pm

Oh. You think the futureAD figurines aren't in the likeness of the players? Well

shimmy

4/17/16 5:21pm

are they enough of a likeness where the player could sue?

ds7

4/17/16 5:24pm

Oh my gosh. Have you read any of his posts? Are you just trolling now?

cougfanblue

4/17/16 5:25pm

I'm sure he read the posts. He just didn't comprehend the posts. It's a

shimmy

4/17/16 5:33pm

Harvey doesn't own BYU #45. The only one who said anything about that was you

shimmy

4/17/16 5:32pm

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

benny1982

4/17/16 5:23pm

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Cougazul

4/17/16 5:22pm

EA literally used the exact same image to represent thousands of players in some

shimmy

4/17/16 5:26pm

and that's probably the issue...if anyone was making a lot of money off of

ds7

4/17/16 5:46pm

It is amazing how much you aren't grasping in shimmy's replies.

LiveCoug

4/17/16 5:47pm

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Cougazul

4/17/16 5:53pm

they had to stop doing that...it unfolded a few years ago about johnny manziel

ds7

4/17/16 6:01pm

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Cougazul

4/17/16 6:12pm

they "had to" or they "chose to"?

ds7

4/17/16 6:17pm

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Cougazul

4/17/16 6:29pm

Why are you so caught up on the number?

cougfanblue

4/17/16 6:18pm

Except the ea sports games weren't necessarily likenesses either.

blueaussie

4/17/16 8:12pm

POTD for the epic mic drop.

Tequila Mockingbird

4/16/16 3:35pm

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snowbird

4/17/16 3:33pm

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