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Sesame Workshop plays itself by suing "The Happytime Murders"

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     –  Last edited by aceman67; Tue 29 May, 2018 7:50 AM.
    This made my night, and I had to share.

    Sesame Workshop, the creators and owners of the much-beloved Sesame Street children's TV show, is suing the producers of "The Happy Time Murders" because they used the tagline, and what is obviously a parody, "NO SESAME. ALL STREET." to promote the movie.

    Sesame Workshop alleges that this would lead to trademark confusion, whereby people would be confused that "The Happytime Murders" would be confused into thinking that Sesame Workshop and its property, "Sesame Street" is associated with the obviously R-Rated film that is targeted solely at adults.

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    Now, I'm not a lawyer, but I have taken copyright courses when I was in college pursuing a degree in Webdesign and Multimedia Production, and I immediately knew that this was a parody.

    It also falls under fair use as well, because, under Trademark law, you are allowed to make a comparison to the trademark in order to differentiate yourself from that trademark.

    If you want to see two actual lawyers, a Copyright and a Patent attorney, discuss this at length and thoroughly rip apart Sesame Workshops claim, watch the video below. (No seriously, this guy's channel is awesome, especially in his coverage of video game related lawsuits)

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