TV show sued for portraying Paddington Bear as a cocaine-sniffing podcast host
TV show sued for portraying Paddington Bear as a cocaine-sniffing podcast host
Posted by Forward-Answer-4407
TV show sued for portraying Paddington Bear as a cocaine-sniffing podcast host
TV show sued for portraying Paddington Bear as a cocaine-sniffing podcast host
Posted by Forward-Answer-4407
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The deification of Paddington Bear is probably one of the most pathetic parts of British culture
To be fair, if someone told me they were making a comedy sketch about Paddington Bear being a coked up asshole, “Seems like a good way to get sued, mate” is probably how I’d respond.
> have sued citing copyright and design right concern
Likely will be dismissed because [parody](https://share.google/SA4C18M3hJtx4Vcku) is a protected exception to copyright.
I don’t think they’ve got a hope. If they did, Spitting Image wouldn’t have existed before now.
It’s clearly parody, besides the target audiences for the legitimate Paddington Bear and this show are far enough removed to not have a negative impact surely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
A TV show I had not seen has been brought to my attention.
Wow they are really taking any bit of enjoyment people have left. I have watched the program and seen the Paddington. It’s hilarious. It’s a joke ffs. People need to rediscover what a sense of humour is
Only the first seven words of this headline are true.
Tbh it’s an interesting one. Paddington has been absorbed into the zeitgeist, is seen as a national figure. But he’s also fictional, and therefore IP. Can’t see how StudioCanal come out of this looking like anything other than greedy corpos with no sense of humour, to be honest.
Is that prince Harry interviewing him?
Spitting image was great.
Superb advertising. Guess what I’m heading off to watch next
I didn’t know about the cocaine paddington. Now I do …
Suing not a good idea
And once again the Streisand effect will do its tbing.
Paddington Bear is the very essence of the twee middle class bullshit this country needs to kill if it wants to get anywhere. I cannot put into words just how much I hate what that cartoon bear represents.
Imagine someone suing South Park for their version of Buddha who was sniffing cocaine in front of Jesus
If anyone wants to know what show it is, it’s Splitting Image – you can find the episodes on YouTube – Parodies of various political figures
God damn it. They show how Donald Trump is duped by Netanyahu and this is how they get Spitting Image. Corporate shills.
Parody is inherently critical, and thus falls under fair use. However fair use is the US term, the UK uses fair dealing, which does not necessarily grant an exemption for commercial characters.
honestly the more surprising thing here is that apparently people are actually watching the new spitting image