Sony VS Knee Deep

[coldstorage]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sony-sues-brewer-breaking-bud-beer-1103620

FT: out of print Breaking Bud
ISO: Lambic

 

[jammery]

Knee Deep should get North Korea to hack them again.

Those emails re: Angelina Jolie were most enjoyable

 

[ASUBeer]

 

[Josh2]

They're what, 4 years late on this lawsuit?

 

[litheum94]

Isn’t there some sort of parody clause in situations like this? Seems like this would fall under that umbrella.

 

[AndresR]

Haha. Hey, no such thing as bad publicity. Bad move my Sony. Cool for Knee Deep.

 

[AndresR]

Isn’t there some sort of parody clause in situations like this? Seems like this would fall under that umbrella.

Unless Sony can argue that someone might buy the beer and try to stick it in their bluray player and it doesn't work. Thus causing irritable harm.

 

[FoudreGuy]

Isn’t there some sort of parody clause in situations like this? Seems like this would fall under that umbrella.

I've always wondered about the breweries doing Star Wars parodies. You'd think Disney's lawyer group would be chomping at the C+D bit.

 

[Josh2]

I've always wondered about the breweries doing Star Wars parodies. You'd think Disney's lawyer group would be chomping at the C+D bit.

It happened to NEBCO over Imperial Stout Trooper. Hence the groucho glasses on the label now

 

[nanobrew1]

I've always wondered about the breweries doing Star Wars parodies. You'd think Disney's lawyer group would be chomping at the C+D bit.

Like when this transition happened (though i don't think it was Disney owned at this point)

Edit:

It happened to NEBCO over Imperial Stout Trooper. Hence the groucho glasses on the label now

Beat me to it

 

[FoudreGuy]

Yeah, I remember the Imperial Stout Trooper situation. There's been a lot of Star Wars beers lately since the release of The Last Jedi and I figured Disney would be all over them.

Here's a local example. I know there was a California (?) brewery that did ones with Rey and Kylo on them, too.

Maybe since they're one offs that don't hit retail breweries figure they're fine.

 

[stupac2]

Unless Sony can argue that someone might buy the beer and try to stick it in their bluray player and it doesn't work. Thus causing irritable harm.

Sony could argue that the irreparable harm is someone drinking Knee Deep's beer and expecting it to be good.

 

[AndresR]

Sony could argue that the irreparable harm is someone drinking Knee Deep's beer and expecting it to be good.

You make a very solid point.

 

[Lutter]

I noticed Austin Beerworks changed their Heisenberg can this year to a lot more generic. Maybe they saw this coming down the pipeline or got a call?

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There's literally no references to the show on the new can besides the green color of the logo and the name now.