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DORIANCVS
Memberthe pigs are getting several concussions out of that
DonnyBrook
MemberWhat even happened to the fellow who made this?
I keep thinking they disappeared off the face of the Earth, but sometimes stuff I have never seen before shows up, like this one.
tubeku
Memberlast i heard was that Nintendo basically threatened them with a lawsuit.
my-stuff-account
MemberWow, is Nintendo seriously suing people because they make porn with their characters?
tubeku
MemberI think it was because the models looked so similar to the ones in the games. I have heard from a lot of artist's that they are refusing to do anything associated with Nintendo do to false DMCA flags on them.
Zorthax
BlockedI feel like, legally, porn parodies should probably be that area where you can't press charges until they try to sell merchandise....
I'd honestly chip in to lobby that.
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Wait, hold up, wouldn't going after pornographic material for misrepresentation, appropriation, or otherwise of a company that has nothing to do with that brand of "entertainment" fall against the laws of the FTC?
I feel like there's a really tricky way to kick Nintendo in the legal balls on this one.
For example, Nintendo is a company prioritized on advertising to children and teens, them trying to protect their "image" by legally attacking pornography, or models used for said pornography, would explicitly imply them to be represented in this format to their target audience via this method, in other words, they're explicitly stating that they are protecting their profits and rights by removing pornography from the web, directly implying that they profit off of that method in some way DESPITE advertising to children.
It might not even be a stretch to say they're against both the FTC AND the FCC in this case.
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tubeku
MemberI think its because the models they use look like an exact copy of the ones found in the game, except genital added. A good lawyer could probably argue that case. Idk I'm not in that field and could be completely wrong and I'm welcome to being proven as such.
But my other point is that I have personally seen a lot of artist that I support on patreon say they refuse to do any Nintendo characters because they are getting a lot of false strikes against them for the Nintendo character.
And what sucks is that I can't seem to find anything on where they went. Just 1 article on reddit that doesn't explain anything.
Zorthax
BlockedGood lawyers are expensive, I need funding to throw at a legal firm to take this case, and due to its controversial subject, it will probably need a decent amount of funding. Maybe I could start a legal kickstarter or something.
Radicalape
BlockedThat’s hot
Niskara
MemberIdk how true it is but I remember hearing a rumor that Sable is/was actually an employee at Nintendo because of the fact these animations came out not long after the game first came out, when it would've been more or less impossible to get the models and assets that quickly, but Nintendo found out and cracked down on them.
Again, just what I heard, not sure how true it is
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