South Park - sued over "Lolipop King" in their Imaginationland episodes
10-16-12, 02:25 PM
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South Park - sued over "Lolipop King" in their Imaginationland episodes
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South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are being sued by Exavier Wardlaw, who claims that character King Lollipop, which appeared in three episodes in 2009, was stolen from his own show "The Lollipop Forest," reports The Wrap.
Wardlaw says King Lolli is based on Big Bad Lollipop and is claiming financial infringement and claims that his "wholesome family show" was appropriated by "South Park," which is not so much a wholesome family show.
The complaint reads:
The "South Park" television show and its producers, directors and writers disregarded the public copyright notice and appropriated "The Lollipop Forest" for financial gain, without permission or attribution of authorship or compensation for use. The "South Park" television broadcast diminished/tarnished the value of "The Lollipop Forest" as a wholesome family show by association within the context of unwholesome language and sexual innuendo.
The "Imaginationland" episode that featured King Lollipop won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for One Hour or More. Below is a trailer for "The Lollipop Forest" -- we aren't sure we see the similarities.
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I don't get it - why isn't McDonald's suing, or the guy who created Raggigy Ann and Andy? Did they get permission from thems people?
South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are being sued by Exavier Wardlaw, who claims that character King Lollipop, which appeared in three episodes in 2009, was stolen from his own show "The Lollipop Forest," reports The Wrap.
Wardlaw says King Lolli is based on Big Bad Lollipop and is claiming financial infringement and claims that his "wholesome family show" was appropriated by "South Park," which is not so much a wholesome family show.
The complaint reads:
The "South Park" television show and its producers, directors and writers disregarded the public copyright notice and appropriated "The Lollipop Forest" for financial gain, without permission or attribution of authorship or compensation for use. The "South Park" television broadcast diminished/tarnished the value of "The Lollipop Forest" as a wholesome family show by association within the context of unwholesome language and sexual innuendo.
The "Imaginationland" episode that featured King Lollipop won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for One Hour or More. Below is a trailer for "The Lollipop Forest" -- we aren't sure we see the similarities.
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I don't get it - why isn't McDonald's suing, or the guy who created Raggigy Ann and Andy? Did they get permission from thems people?
10-16-12, 02:29 PM
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It's called satire. There's a lot of legal room in this arena. Doesn't mean one can't sue, but more times than not it'll be a waste of time.
10-16-12, 02:35 PM
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Lollipop Forest:
I think this is GREAT! As soon as Wardlaw gets his millions, he'll get sued by the desendents of George Smith who trademarked the name "lollipop" in 1930. And it'll keep on going, suit after suit, until there's nothing left but a bunch of paid lawyers.
I think this is GREAT! As soon as Wardlaw gets his millions, he'll get sued by the desendents of George Smith who trademarked the name "lollipop" in 1930. And it'll keep on going, suit after suit, until there's nothing left but a bunch of paid lawyers.
10-16-12, 03:08 PM
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Holy crap. They put together that episode packed with well known characters and it's King Lolli who gets them in trouble.
10-16-12, 05:19 PM
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The Imaginationland episodes are from 2007, and the Lollipop Forest videos on Youtube were uploaded 2009 and later.
It's even dumber, really, considering that Matt & Trey are notorious for attention to detail... if they copied that character, there would be no mistake what they were referencing. They drew exact outfit matches for every member of Kanye's entourage in the Fishsticks episode, for crying out loud. The lollipop people in that video don't even resemble the one from South Park.
It's even dumber, really, considering that Matt & Trey are notorious for attention to detail... if they copied that character, there would be no mistake what they were referencing. They drew exact outfit matches for every member of Kanye's entourage in the Fishsticks episode, for crying out loud. The lollipop people in that video don't even resemble the one from South Park.
10-17-12, 02:06 AM
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What's next, is Al Gore gonna sue over ManBearPig, since he created it?
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10-17-12, 04:10 PM
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Two things:
1) A crappy hand puppet that looks like (is, actually) a sock with a crudely painted disc on it is not the same character as the Lollipop King
2) I really, really want the Rifftrax crew to take a stab at Lollipop Forest!
1) A crappy hand puppet that looks like (is, actually) a sock with a crudely painted disc on it is not the same character as the Lollipop King
2) I really, really want the Rifftrax crew to take a stab at Lollipop Forest!
10-17-12, 06:10 PM
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