SL Exchange account deleted - Disgruntled and DISGUSTED

I'd agree with this. I've always assumed that brand names get shown in films and on TV because they pay to be there. And the reason brand neutrality happens is because no company has paid for placement, and the producers don't wish to give free advertising.

I'm really not sure how it works when it comes to vehicles. I think that game developers have to license vehicles in order to use them in their games, which is why a lot of racers use generic vehicle designs and not brand names. Vehicle makers are reluctant to allow their vehicles in games where vehicles take heavy damage, like the Burnout games for instance.

I'd have to agree that Jungle Explorer by itself should in no way infringe on Ford's Explorer brand, but Explorer as the name of a vehicle that looks just like an Explorer would almost certainly be trademark infringement.

As suggested earlier in this thread maybe it's a trend or maybe your just unlucky.

After a quick search on SLX I see plenty of products that carry trademark names. Fender,Stratocaster,Gibson,Marshall to name just a few.

I would'nt be disgusted unless in the forthcoming weeks all these copyrighted brands also dissapear.

Actually, brand placement in movies and other media can cut both ways. If you use the item without permission, the companies lawyers can get you for infringing. So the producers hier lawyers that specialize in the field to make sure that no unintended copywritten or trademarked images get into the shot in any meaningful way. The most profitable way around the problem is to sell off the right to be in the shot, which is why the name brands are either very prominent or totally indistinguishable.

Let's clarify things a bit here. It's not copyright they're protecting; it's "trademark". Different set of rules from copyrights.


--- Rema

What the OP hasn't mentioned, is whether the vehicle was covered in Jurassic Park logos. The ones in the movie were. THAT logo is trademarked, copyrighted, and pretty much as locked-down as any iconic image can be. The studio went NUTS with licensing that thing. Compare it to the "Batman" logo for it's importance as a brand.

Definitely, the OP should be in contact with SLX.. but this thread won't help their chances.

Good Point, Winter.

I heard a funny story on the radio. It was an interview of an editor of Mad Magazine, and they were talking about the movie parodies. Well, they'd just done a parody of one of Speilberg's films (did I misspell that?) and got a nasty cease and desist letter from the studio.

Their reply was simple. They'd just received a letter form Steven, who'd just loved their parody, and so they copied them. Last they heard from that legal department!

Maybe if the OP can get Steve (or whoever made that movie, I don't remember) to come into SL and take a ride on the SL incarnation ....

nah, never mind!

Now, maybe if he could make a convincing velociraptor ...

SLX has been on some kinda power trip lately. ive had perfectly fine freeplay games removed without asking only to have them bring SOME of them back.. basicly ive left whatever leftovers i have on the site to make what they do but for the most part i have finished doing buisness on the site and recomend others focus on improving your exposure in world with your products.

SLX used to be a good alternative for exposure but now its become a shell of its former glory with a little double standard on the side.