/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14464544
show ain't that bad
here, I said it

>>14464544
It gets even worse

Alternatively, we could just have a "pop culture references in menus" thread.

>>14464544
A lot of IP holders ignore it if they don’t have plans to use the IP that way, but if you made a Beatles restaurant or a mucky mouse restaurant you’d probably get assraped

>>14464565
What if the restaurant was completely generic & themeless, but you had one drink on the menu named "John Lemon" or a dessert called "Mickey Mousse"?

Mahony's in New Orleans actually added "Homer's Crawfish Almondine" to their menu after that Simpsons episode aired.

>>14464544
>Any copyright lawfags here? How do restaurants get away with pop culture references & imagery on their menu?

because they are parodies.

kek'd a little, not gonna lie

>>14464616
I had nothing to spit out so I just regularly spat laughing at this

>>14464544
>>14464551
surely this show isn't that popular that many people would actually get the reference rather than just think the owner is a borderline retard?

>>14464544
>England
What makes you think that any american court has legal authority over bongland?

>>14464759
>what is international licensing

>>14464778
um... idk anon... what is it??

>>14464550
The show is fine but the fanbase is cringe.

>>14464861
I agree, I didn't read much of them, but it was lot of cringe in there

>>14464759
If the owners of the IP want to sue, why couldn't they just do it in a court in England?

>>14464921
they could but they'd loose because parody is protected in both countries.

>>14464594
What the fuck Simpsons episode is THAT?

What would you think that would happen if a big studio were to sue a small business? The money is not worth the bad PR, people will always side with the small business over the bigger one, and for entertainment, specially, maintaining a good image is important

>>14465383
"Lisa Gets the Blues", S29 E17, aired April 22, 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLFpTLEnrqU

I also could not for the life of me find any other instances of crawfish almondine, so I think the Simpsons made up the dish, and this one restaurant decided to make it a reality.

>>14465432
snort snort

>>14465432
Disney once issued a C&D order to a daycare that had their characters painted all over the building. To my knowledge, Disney didn't receive any major flak for this, but Hanna-Barbera caught word of this incident, and offered to let the daycare use their characters instead. Then again, even if Disney did catch any flak, they would be able to recover quickly, since they're so big.

>>14465589
don't they have to defend their copyright otherwise they lose legal control of it? Like they don't have to search out and take down every single occurrence they find, but if they are made aware of something they need to take action otherwise the knowledge of their inaction can be used against them later on

>>14465432
There's a driver's ed school in my city called "Roadrunner." Their mascot was literally a palette swap of the Roadrunner from Looney Tunes. They got away with it for a few years, but then they had to get rid of it. They're still called Roadrunner, but no mascot.

So I would surmise that lawsuits and cease & desists do happen, but not often. I highly doubt anyone gives a shit about the "Tom & Jerry Cafe" that I once saw when I was traveling in India.

>>14464544
Nathan Fielder got away with Dumb Starbucks (kind of) because every item on the menu was making fun of Starbucks, even though the names were practically identical

>>14464670
not to mention show's old enough now that ppl have already mostly forgotten about it, especially the pickle rick thing.
remember when Adventure Time was all over the internet and social media as this "DUDE THIS SHOW MAN *puffs weed*".

Not even 5 years on and the show is like a cringey relic of the past, of the crappy modern internet.

>>14465574
>season fucking 29
don't they realize everyone stopped watching the show around season 8 or 9?

>>14465717
that was a art peice tho, and I dont think he charged money in the traditional way either. fuck that show was good.

I really liked the moving company/fitness regiment one

>>14464544

for me, it's the Mr meatseeks and doughballs

>>14464544
Bangkok has a bar beer named Flaming Moe's with all the characters' blatant likenesses. Doraemon is also everywhere. Phucket even opened a Sneeds I heard...

>>14466179
The official Flaming Moe at Universal Studios looks nothing like its canonical counterpart. What's worse, the drink is non-alcoholic.

>>14464561
>$1.79 for a gluten-free roll

Um, what?

>>14464561
Does it bother anyone else that they refer to the fried chicken in so many different ways? First its buttermilk-fried chicken, then its buttermilk-battered chicken? then its fried buttermilk-chicken? Wtf?

>>14464544
>As cringey as that sounds
It's based though, you sound like an incel wanker
>>14464551
Based

>>14464544
Not a lawfag, but typically the ip holder could send a cease and desist if they care. In many cases, they don't know about it, or decide they like the free publicity rather than cause a stink about shutting it down. Possible they shake 'em down for a licensing fee or % for something to the level of this Rick & Morty cringeshop.

>>14464578
The lennon one would probably be fine since he was just a person, the disney one would probably get you assraped because it's disney and it references one of their characters.

>>14464861
same goes for literally any piece of media that gets really popular.
t. homestuck fan in 2012

>>14464544
>>14464544
fair use

>>14464544
>Pickle Rick finished with "dirty sauce"
umm

>>14464565
This may just be American law, but if you don't defend your IP with copyright lawsuits you lose your copyright.

>>14464544
You get away with anything the rightsholders don't actually sue you over. This is probably over the line because they use art clearly inspired by the show.

If they just referred to the show it would probably be okay.

They could probably be sued over this, though. It's close enough to the original to create the impression that it's licensed by the showrunners. None of this applies if they actually licensed it of course.

>>14467033
Wrong. That's trademark, not copyright. You can let a million people infringe your copyright and sue the next one.

>>14464561
There’s a donut place in California called Donut Friend and all the donut names are references to hardcore, emo, punk, indie and alt rock bands, mainly from the 90s. The place is owned by producer and Drive Like Jehu drummer Mark Trombino
https://donutfriend.com/wp3/menu/

>>14465671
Names, especially basic ones like that, are contextual. You only really win your case if you can claim someone is mistaking one company for the other. Since there is no relationship between cartoons and driver's ed it's fine.
There's a big Casino in my city called Crown and every time they try to sue someone they get blown the fuck out. The idiots opened business in 1994, and they act like they invented the word.

>>14467068
I figured they were able to keep Roadrunner as their business name, because there is an actual species of bird called a roadrunner which the Looney Tunes Roadrunner is based on. But getting rid of the cartoon mascot was more than understandable, since there was no way around that.

Satire
Commentary

>>14464544
>>14464551
>this is considered fine dining in bongland

>>14465574
>S29

>>14465574
>S29
Wait, they keep making more of this shit?

>>14467091
I wanna stick my finger in its mouth and rake its feathers backwards

Not a lawyer but I think it might fall under Fair Use of parody. Also I feel allusions might be different than straight-up using a name for your own brand or purposely causing confusion about someone else's product or something.

>>14465432
Sleep tight, porker.

>>14464551
This is one that's actually get a cease-and-desist. I'd be surprised if it hasn't already.
Mostly, C&Ds are the only thing that's going to happen 99% of the time unless you're dealing with a trademark schizo like the Edge guy. All they really need to do then is take down a sign or reprint a menu, not a big expense.

>>14464550
the show has one style of joke that has gotten old two seasons ago