tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5177491501664092461..comments2024-03-29T11:10:02.290+00:00Comments on The IPKat: IP cartoon in need of explanation or repair, please!Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-19031218203461405192020-11-16T04:28:48.053+00:002020-11-16T04:28:48.053+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Parvezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772624477698793200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-20024159029041221062020-08-19T15:11:30.157+01:002020-08-19T15:11:30.157+01:00So, here I will now explain the difference between...So, here I will now explain the difference between these two. Anime are Japanese animated production, that come in different formats like, television series such as dragon ball z, Naruto, one piece etc., animated short films, and full-length movies. But cartoons are two-dimensional illustrated visual art, non-realistic or semi-realistic drawings. <a href="https://kissanimes.tv/" rel="nofollow">kissanime</a>tike mikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646994462395287119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-41522100501428619652010-10-24T12:09:14.637+01:002010-10-24T12:09:14.637+01:00Could I suggest that the point of the joke, which ...Could I suggest that the point of the joke, which surmises that Hanna-Barbera would regard something that had been designed several thousand years ago as a breach of their copyright if it coincided with one of their own designs, is that the week before the cartoon was syndicated there had been some publicity for a lawsuit in which Hanna-Barbera sued a talk-show host for copyright infringement for having a hair-style which allegedly mirrored that of a cartoon character: according to Ninja Satire, http://ninjasatire.com/2010/10/15/hanna-barbera-files-lawsuit-against-rachel-maddow/ , she retorted “I’ve looked this way my whole life. The idea that I’m trying to look like a cartoon character who runs around with a over-sized dog is preposterous.”<br /><br />I suspect this illustrates the truth that neither parody nor satire is particularly funny unless one knows what is being parodied or satirised. There's a deeper point here about IP and humour than seems to have been appreciated above.Jonathan Mitchellhttp://www.jonathanmitchell.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-43053860473563445962010-10-20T16:14:31.126+01:002010-10-20T16:14:31.126+01:00I think that it would make more sense if the final...I think that it would make more sense if the final balloon said, "They've just designed a copyright invention."<br /><br />If only they'd registered their copyright, they wouldn't have passed off Hanna&Barbera's trade mark.<br /><br />Or did I miss something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1016830973047829892010-10-20T07:56:35.308+01:002010-10-20T07:56:35.308+01:00Sadly, this is only a meta-joke (based on what is ...Sadly, this is only a meta-joke (based on what is drawn) rather than a situation joke (based on the action that is shown). It is the fact that the Flintmobile has been drawn without permission that is the copyright infringement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-84569691287410946972010-10-20T07:31:19.465+01:002010-10-20T07:31:19.465+01:00Oh dear oh dear. Ever eloquent and extremely well-...Oh dear oh dear. Ever eloquent and extremely well-versed in all IP matters, the Kats seem to have a real problem understanding and appreciating cartoons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-20636315569919287242010-10-20T03:48:00.501+01:002010-10-20T03:48:00.501+01:00I think it's a reference to the car used in th...I think it's a reference to the car used in the Flintstones, a Hanna & Barbera cartoon. http://www.free-extras.com/images/flintstones_car-5302.htm. So it would be a copyright infringement to use the same drawing of a car. And when you have to work that hard for a joke, it's not funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-4282213643302444932010-10-20T02:59:17.422+01:002010-10-20T02:59:17.422+01:00Well, as a Yank, it was pretty funny to me... but ...Well, as a Yank, it was pretty funny to me... but I'll admit to a somewhat twisted sense of humo(u)r...<br /><br />[For those who are not necessarily animation fans, Hanna-Barbera produced the famed TV series "The Flintstones", which (like our equakky beloved "B.C.") is set in a decidedly Paleolithic age-- probably around the time that Joan Collins was still considered "fetching". But I digress.<br /><br />The car that has been invented by the B.C. characters is a dead ringer for the car that Fred Flintstone drives in the TV series, which (even in this pre-IP time period) no doubt spurred a call from H-B's attorney, Perry Masonary.]Kevin Seguranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-32264620262312404102010-10-20T02:33:21.954+01:002010-10-20T02:33:21.954+01:00The automobile that has been purportedly invented ...The automobile that has been purportedly invented is the famous Flintmobile from "The Flintstones". Hanna & Barbera are the famous Flintstones animators. This is actually a very funny cartoon, at least if you are a current IP practtioner who grew up in the US watching cartoon re-runs ad nauseum. I may have to ask Johnny Hart for permission to re-print!<br /><br /><br />Best,<br />Kelly MerkelKelly Merkelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-77006997913359478842010-10-20T02:12:36.035+01:002010-10-20T02:12:36.035+01:00The automobile "invented" by the B.C. ch...The automobile "invented" by the B.C. character is supposed to be the foot-powered vehicle used by Fred Flintstone in the Hanna-Barbara cartoon TV program, "The Flintstones." <br /><br />Insult to injury dept. (or H-B as troll): "The Flintstones" is modeled after the Jackie Gleason sit-com "The Honeymooners" so closely that one might call it a derivative work.DeadlyTangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10641514922808848034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-21113806645346648592010-10-20T01:51:32.059+01:002010-10-20T01:51:32.059+01:00I think the car he's just invented is a replic...I think the car he's just invented is a replica of the one that appears in "The Flintstones," a Hanna Barbera cartoon. Still not that funny, but at least not completely random.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-79560023584921773582010-10-20T00:55:42.737+01:002010-10-20T00:55:42.737+01:00my last post on this topic: this cartoon reminded ...my last post on this topic: this cartoon reminded me I hadn't visited http://www.emcartoons.com a semi-autobiographical strip, recently. The last entry for Oct 2010 "iq test" also contains the recursion idea. Perhaps IP lawyers are too literal (or is that actual)?Gentoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063939954837162413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64353204025350832392010-10-20T00:27:07.889+01:002010-10-20T00:27:07.889+01:00While I'm thinking about it, I realise that th...While I'm thinking about it, I realise that the James Watt sketch from Monty Python might just be prior art for the concept expressed in the strip.Gentoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063939954837162413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-62194413430351654972010-10-19T23:57:47.784+01:002010-10-19T23:57:47.784+01:00Just as a follow up on the auto design:
http://ww...Just as a follow up on the auto design:<br /><br />http://www.free-extras.com/images/hanna_barbera_the_flintstones-5299.htmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13660833865313171377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-9092657708234009292010-10-19T23:56:18.020+01:002010-10-19T23:56:18.020+01:00The answer is found in the Flinstones TV program. ...The answer is found in the Flinstones TV program. Their autmobile was designed as the auto you see in the BC strip.<br /><br />Hanna Barbera were the producers of the Flinstones and, voila, a copyright infringement in the automobile.<br /><br />Those in North America of a certain age (i.e. growing up in the 1960s) would readily understand the connection from the auto design.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13660833865313171377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-23848799555150562972010-10-19T23:52:28.731+01:002010-10-19T23:52:28.731+01:00The drawing in the cartoon is of the car from Hann...The drawing in the cartoon is of the car from Hanna/Barbera's <i>"The Flintstones"</i>.Dereknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-91519266802415914602010-10-19T23:31:02.911+01:002010-10-19T23:31:02.911+01:00- Who was that?
- Mastroianni and Hart...they...- Who was that? <br /><br />- Mastroianni and Hart...they've just patently destroyed cartoon humour.Gavin Ward, WardblawGhttp://wardblawg.comnoreply@blogger.com