LOL !!! - Just Watched A Movie Ad On MSNBC, 'The Kids Are Alright'

[WillyT]

Obligatory promo reviews that suggest a great family film... or maybe, it's a great film about family.

The difference???

Rated R

:rofl:

We live in a truly weird world.

:wtf:

Looks like a great movie though...

:bounce:

[sufrommich]

1. I wonder how they got away with using the same title as

The Who movie from the 70s? Aren't titles copywrited? Sorry, don't mean to wander off course, just curious if anybody knows.

[WillyT]

2. You Are Not Alone

I wondered that too.

Maybe they're running out of titles?

:shrug:

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Maybe Pete sold it to them

After the CSI themes, and all the commercials, it really wouldn't surprise me.

If so, his excuse (as always) would be "Roger needs the money")

[sufrommich]

9. I wonder if that could be true. Someone down thread said that

movie titles can't be copywrited, but The Kids Are Alright is a song title. He may have had to sell them the right to use his song title ( cause Roger needs the money, of course).

[dana_b]

11. LOL

I LOVE The Who but that part always has cracked me up about Pete. He's so full of shit! He blames everything on Roger.

[Richardo]

5. Titles are not copyrighted.

In the 30's Robert Benchley had a collection of stories titled: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or David Copperfield' :rofl:

http://www.librarything.com/work/794516

[Speck Tater]

7. Ture. Go to IMDB.com. There are dozens of movie titles that have been used over and over. nt

[sufrommich]

8. That's hilarious. nt

[Atman]

10. No, mere words cannot be copyrighted.

If The Who had created a trademark of "The Kids Are Alright," and defended that trademark over the years, there could be a case.

The creative content of the movie IS copyrightable, and it was certainly copyrighted. However, the only way there would be an infringement would be if this new movie ripped off all or part of The Who's movie. It didn't. There is nothing similar about them, therefore there is no copyright infringement. Check out song titles, for instance. Lots of songs by different artists bear the same name, but they aren't remotely the same song.

I think you could probably find that the phrase "The kids are alright" was used long before The Who wrote a song or a movie. Again, you can't copyright words. You can trademark them IF they identify a particular, unique product, but even then, someone else can sell a product with the same name as long as it is shown that there would be no confusion among consumers. For instance, a camera company can sell a camera called the "Focus," while Ford sells a car called the "Focus," because no rational person would confuse a $100 camera for a $20,000 car. But either way, the mere word "focus" cannot be copyrighted.

(edited for typos)

[sufrommich]

12. Got it. Thanks. nt

[msanthrope]

4. Teh gay is frightening. Very frightening.....n/t

[WillyT]

6. I Did Not Know That Teh Gay Was Rated "R" !!!

Explains a bunch ya know.

:shrug:

:evilgrin:

[dsc]

13. I still remember living Ellen going from TV PG to TV PG13 after she came out

even episodes that had previously had the lower rating were rerated post the Puppy episode.