Just FYI: That Vin Diesel movie "El Diablo" that Kali had and we talked about here is being released in a week or so as "A Man Apart". It's really not worth the money, more of a rental

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Just FYI: That Vin Diesel movie "El Diablo" that Kali had and we talked about here is being released in a week or so as "A Man Apart". It's really not worth the money, more of a rental</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>is that the movie that Blizzard sued the snot out of because it was originally called "Diablo" ?</div>

[Shellie]

<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>I dunno..he looked pretty hot in that goatee ;) But the story has been done before...</div>

[Flip]

<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>thats the one ^_^</div>

[Shellie]

<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>The devil should sue Blizzard.....that shit pisses me off...you know what, Im gonna copyright my name...no one else can be named Shellie, or I will sue!!!</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>uhm...but they specifically copyrighted Diablo for movie name rights and no one here can disagree that when you hear the word Diablo more people will think of the Blizzard game than not.</div>

[Shellie]

<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Maybe its different in this case, but Im tired of hearing about lawsuits on name infringement Windows, Diablo..hell a long time ago Radio Shack sued a site I used to go to because they had the work Shack in their name.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I want to create a fund to defend against big companies on trivial copyright suits.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Max Payne: The Movie, any one?</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Uhhh...yeah, maybe among gamers. If you udder the word "Diablo" elsewhere, they picture fiery demons and the number 666.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Sorry, no. "Diablo" is Spanish for "devil." I think most people think "Devil, but in Spanish."</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yep. Looks like they won</div>

[Shellie]

<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>I dont care, he's still hot ;)</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>I know tehre are plenty of acinine cases-- Friendly's at one point kept going after little mom & pop restaurants that used the word friendly in their restuarant's name</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>I may be mistaken but isn't Diablo (and Diablo II) by far one of the best selling games in the world?</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Sure, but the word was around for a millenia before the game came out</div>

[Lox]

<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yet, I've never played it. How many people do you think then have never even heard of it?</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>They were allowed to copyright the name for a movie title in the future-- simple as that</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>It was done, but that does not mean that it should have been done.</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>just because it can mean other things? Bitch at the gov't not Blizzard-- Diablo has a whole new meaning thanks to them and I salivate at the thought of a Diablo movie...</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Yes, it's a copyright issue that needs to be resolved, but Blizzard also made the choice to pursue the issue. Copyrights are not patents; they do not have to be protected in order to be maintained. Diablo the PC game is not as ubiquitous as you seem to think it is.</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>of course they pursued the issue-- they want to eventually make their own damn movie. I've had a recent fiasco with copyrighting when a friend found one of my websites copied wholesale elsewhere...luckily Yahoo! was very cooperative</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Tough. Movie titles that simple (a single word, plus or minus an article) should be be copyrightable.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>"should not be"</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>tough? No...tough for you, not me. They wanted to so they tried and they were allowed to so they did. Apparantly the courts don't agree with you on this one</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Tough towards the companies - I don't care if they can't protect something that simple. Obviously, I think copyright law should change. Your appeal implies to me "They can, therefore they should."</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>When are you two gonna get married? =8^)</div>