KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that the pink Nintendo character is named Kirby after lawyer John Kirby who helped Nintedo with their lawsuit against Universal about the usage of the name "KONG"share.googleexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the pink Nintendo character is named Kirby after lawyer John Kirby who helped Nintedo with their lawsuit against Universal about the usage of the name "KONG"share.googleKuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
I honestly thought he was named after the vacuum company because he sucks up stuff like a vacuum cleaner does.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoSo…RKO Pictures makes king kong. Universal pictures then gets sued by RKO, and Universal argues it’s in the public domain. Then universal tries sueing Nintendo to protect their IP. Nintendo then shows King Kong is in public domain. Soooooo…if I make Danky Kang, as a new IP, who wants to bet Nintendo would instantly sue me?
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoOne way to find out
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoMake it a donkey instead of a gorilla.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoNow Nintendo sues you if you call an ape in a video game “Kong”. Probably.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoAnd then there’s Chunky!..he’s dead…
So…RKO Pictures makes king kong. Universal pictures then gets sued by RKO, and Universal argues it’s in the public domain.
Then universal tries sueing Nintendo to protect their IP. Nintendo then shows King Kong is in public domain.
Soooooo…if I make Danky Kang, as a new IP, who wants to bet Nintendo would instantly sue me?
One way to find out
Make it a donkey instead of a gorilla.
Now Nintendo sues you if you call an ape in a video game “Kong”. Probably.
And then there’s Chunky!..he’s dead…