EA takes over another sports league
01-10-05, 05:44 PM
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EA takes over another sports league
Well, in an attempt to bury ESPNs football engine, EA bought up the rights to the Arena Football League... how microsoft of them.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/578/578507p1.html
http://pc.ign.com/articles/578/578507p1.html
01-11-05, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by gr8fuldave
Next they will buy the rights to the word "football" from Merriam Webster and then get ESPN even more. It will have to be called ESPN ball 2k6
01-11-05, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by fujishig
Much like how Monster Cable bought the rights to the name "Monster" (and it's purported that Disney had to settle with them over Monster's Inc.).
01-11-05, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by fujishig
Much like how Monster Cable bought the rights to the name "Monster" (and it's purported that Disney had to settle with them over Monster's Inc.).
01-11-05, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Mordred
I think you're wrong about that as I haven't heard that before. However, there was a movie that came out in 2001 starring Sarah Polley that was to be called "Monster". Disney sued the production which was a pretty low budget indie film directed by Hal Hartley and they production company could not fight it in court due to a lack of funds. Disney's reasoning was the name was too similar to Monster's Inc. and would create consumer confusion (despite the fact the film didn't come out at the same time and only played art houses). The films name was changed to "No Such Thing". Apparently by the time Monster came out starring Charlize Theron came out, enough time had passed that Disney wasn't concerned about it.
Actually, the most annoying thing to me is that when you use the term "Realtor," you are supposed to capitalize it, because the National Association of Realtors had the term trademarked. How obnoxious is that? Of course, you can get around it by using "real estate agent."
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