aronoiiel Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 REALLY? ? ? FREAKING REALLY! ! ! This is absolutely disgusting coherent words fail me right now :mad: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17350103 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOST R1D3R Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 its an outrage and the company are thinking they can make some cash thats all. some club used the skyrim logo and used a name they had in the game and what did they do? they loved it and were very proud that a club would use there logo and name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 wow ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Thats mental and pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams Teeko and Keeta Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Beyond ridiculous. Poor woman. I'll be trying to hunt downn the facebook page and add a like. They shouldn't be able to do such a thing. Disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #5 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Well, here's my take on that, emailed to astenberg@warehamdevelopment.com who is the developer for the Zaentz Media Center where SZC is headquartered. Interesting to note that there is no contact email on *their* web site. For 20 years, according to the BBC article, the Hobbit pub in Southampton has been using the name and you've had naught to say about it. Now, *now* you're suing for copyright infringement. For six years, the Hobbit Cafe in Birmingham has used the name, now, with a new owner struggling to survive you demand that she phase out use of anything that might infringe on your copyright. This cafe is in the area where Tolkien grew up, it's also suggested that many of the local landmarks were used as a basis for locations by Tolkien - the Hobbit and Tolkien would seem to be an embedded part of the Birmingham area. What logical reason can you possibly see for depriving the owner of use of regional heritage? Mention of the Hobbit brings back memories of many evenings of enjoyable reading, now it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth because, it seems, that someone's legal department has decided to prosecute people whose memories bring back good times. There can be no doubt in any reasonable persons mind that there is not relationship between you multi-million dollar complex and the common man (and woman) striving to make a living, to even raise that flag makes you look ludicrous! If it offends you so greatly that people who have been using the name why don't you simply require that their advertisements, menus, etc carry a disclaimer - it's often enough done by others more reasonable firms. followed with my normal email contact information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams Teeko and Keeta Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Well, here's my take on that, emailed to astenberg@warehamdevelopment.com who is the developer for the Zaentz Media Center where SZC is headquartered. Interesting to note that there is no contact email on *their* web site. followed with my normal email contact information. Nicely said, Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 :eek: lost for words!!!! :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loops Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 what a load of cobblers, i bet theres loads of touristy things with references to lotr in parts of NZ .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aronoiiel Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Here's the page on fb if anyone is interested. http://www.facebook.com/SaveTheHobbitSouthampton Not sure if this breaks a rule or not mods feel free to delete or modify if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muska Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 that is pathetic! and loops there is things here referenced to lotr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loops Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 that is pathetic! and loops there is things here referenced to lotr yeah i know but i would hazard a guess that it would be more concentrated around the places where it was filmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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