SalDHS should not have fucked around with Nintendo
0x0Unless that slogan is trademarked (and even then)… dunno… ask Legal Eagle.
KelvarCherry [They/Them]The animation video clips sure are copyrighted. Ask Ketchum is Nintendo’s intellectual property. I’ve been in fangame spaces for years. The motto is - when the articles come out; the uploads go down.
Will the US courts side with the US government on the fair use of it?
MichaelIn what way is this fair use, though?
Regardless of the other criteria of fair use (which the DHS likely doesn’t meet), see factor 4:
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
This is immensely harming Nintendo et. al’s IP.
“It’s fair use because I think it’s fair that I get to use it.”
- Trump administration
Courts rule based on what benefits them not based on precedence.
Gotcha, thanks for responding.