Actual question: would that even be something in court? I would imagine the filmmakers of this Snow White could say her design is “inspired” by Disney’s take on Snow White, but otherwise say it’s “original”.
No. I think that anybody can make a spin of Snow White if they want to which is why Disney spent a lot of their 90s in making unique IP that simply “borrowed” plot elements from famous plays. (The Lion King, for example.)
Holy shit that is long. I’ll give it a watch while I’m working.
I looked at the similarities at university studying animation 17 years ago, so I’d be interested to see what been dug up!
Unfortunately not anymore. I joined the course in the hope that I could get a career in 3D modelling and sculpting.
They didn’t really talk about 3d until the second year when they hired a new tutor, and that tutor was just no help at all. I remember asking him all year to help me model a car, I really wanted to make a Nissan GTR and a Lamborghini Gallardo in 3D, and showed him my progress and what I was stuck on. His only advice was ‘do it in NURBS’, and nothing else. The cars never got finished.
Then in the 3rd year, I was promised a work placement and even a student exchange program in Japan. Instead, I got the email address of a busy 3D modeller who didn’t reply to me once.
The university didn’t care about me or my goals or my education, they just wanted my money. It really killed my dream and my passion for the job. I still keep tabs on all the cool things people are doing in the industry, but the prospect of joining them died with that course.
Snow White… they can get away with as long as it’s not the same basic outfit. I know they can’t use the names of the dwarfs. Those are Disney created. They would have to come up with new names and identities.
They probably never read the original story so they may not know that. Could get sued if they have incompetent creators and lawyers who don’t check up on that, then use the same names.
Courts definitely make decisions like that. There’s a news story every few years about a court ruling that some big name musician ripped off a more obscure one, usually followed by music experts explaining why it’s not at all unlikely for different musicians to independently come up with the same baseline, chord progression, etc.
Actual question: would that even be something in court? I would imagine the filmmakers of this Snow White could say her design is “inspired” by Disney’s take on Snow White, but otherwise say it’s “original”.
No. I think that anybody can make a spin of Snow White if they want to which is why Disney spent a lot of their 90s in making unique IP that simply “borrowed” plot elements from famous plays. (The Lion King, for example.)
Like kimba the white lion?
The longest “well, actually…” about this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G5B1mIfQuo4
Holy shit that is long. I’ll give it a watch while I’m working. I looked at the similarities at university studying animation 17 years ago, so I’d be interested to see what been dug up!
That’s what I did: watched/listened to it at work. It’s not so much about the animation but rather the stories themselves.
So you still do animation? I’ve always thought that was really cool skill.
Sounds good! I’m going to start now.
Unfortunately not anymore. I joined the course in the hope that I could get a career in 3D modelling and sculpting.
They didn’t really talk about 3d until the second year when they hired a new tutor, and that tutor was just no help at all. I remember asking him all year to help me model a car, I really wanted to make a Nissan GTR and a Lamborghini Gallardo in 3D, and showed him my progress and what I was stuck on. His only advice was ‘do it in NURBS’, and nothing else. The cars never got finished.
Then in the 3rd year, I was promised a work placement and even a student exchange program in Japan. Instead, I got the email address of a busy 3D modeller who didn’t reply to me once.
The university didn’t care about me or my goals or my education, they just wanted my money. It really killed my dream and my passion for the job. I still keep tabs on all the cool things people are doing in the industry, but the prospect of joining them died with that course.
Snow White… they can get away with as long as it’s not the same basic outfit. I know they can’t use the names of the dwarfs. Those are Disney created. They would have to come up with new names and identities.
They probably never read the original story so they may not know that. Could get sued if they have incompetent creators and lawyers who don’t check up on that, then use the same names.
Courts definitely make decisions like that. There’s a news story every few years about a court ruling that some big name musician ripped off a more obscure one, usually followed by music experts explaining why it’s not at all unlikely for different musicians to independently come up with the same baseline, chord progression, etc.
I have no idea, I’m just spitballing, IANAL, etc. Just something I’ve noticed is to never fuck with the mouse.