LeBron James’ company says Alabama’s barbershop-based video is copyright infringement

Enfuego · Apr 4, 2018

LeBron James’ media platform Uninterrupted has sent a letter to the University of Alabama athletic department calling a planned video series copyright and intellectual property infringement.

Alabama Football’s Twitter account released a trailer last week for a video series called “Shop Talk,” in which head coach Nick Saban and former Alabama football players Julio Jones, Eddie Jackson and Ryan Anderson (the latter of whom plays for the Washington Redskins) having a discussion while getting haircuts in a barbershop setting.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/2/lebron-james-says-alabama-athletics-barbershop-bas/

StevieRay · Apr 4, 2018

He’s an idiot.

festeringZit · Apr 4, 2018

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Mobdeeper7239 · Apr 4, 2018

StevieRay said:
He’s an idiot.

Why?

This is a great analogy/lesson for a poster like varkey.

Mobdeeper7239 · Apr 4, 2018

Why would people not have an issue with this but think it is okay for a poster to take other peoples ideas and plays and portray them as their own? I don't get that.

Willie99 · Apr 4, 2018

reminds me when Spike Lee thought he owned the rights to the name "Spike"

Mobdeeper7239 · Apr 4, 2018

Willie99 said:
reminds me when Spike Lee thought he owned the rights to the name "Spike"

Go to a car dealership. Look at cars and talk. Doesn't need to be the exact same thing in a barbershop. Fuck Alabama

Enfuego · Apr 4, 2018

Did Lebron get the rights from the movie "The Barbershop?"

Willie99 · Apr 4, 2018

Mobdeeper7239 said:
Go to a car dealership. Look at cars and talk. Doesn't need to be the exact same thing in a barbershop. Fuck Alabama

I couldn't care less about Bama here, it's the principle. As Enfuego already mentioned, there have been tons of themes and movies and commercials and comedy skits involving barbershops. Using a barbershop as a setting is just not the intellectual property of Lebron James, his argument is not very intellectual

Enfuego · Apr 4, 2018

Didn't LeBron say the word "posse" is racist?

Mobdeeper7239 · Apr 4, 2018

Willie99 said:
I couldn't care less about Bama here, it's the principle. As Enfuego already mentioned, there have been tons of themes and movies and commercials and comedy skits involving barbershops. Using a barbershop as a setting is just not the intellectual property of Lebron James, his argument is not very intellectual

I don't know about a movie because all movies are taken from ideas and such. But this is a platform. It's different. I'm not a lawyer but seems to me they are different

Enfuego · Apr 4, 2018

I think LeBron either has a very dumb lawyer or LeBron is being ridiculously dumb and directing his lawyer to pursue this.

Enfuego · Apr 4, 2018

Mobdeeper7239 said:
I don't know about a movie because all movies are taken from ideas and such. But this is a platform. It's different. I'm not a lawyer but seems to me they are different

Take a show like PTI on MSESPN. There have been shows like PTI way before PTI was created. PTI doesn't own the format of that particular show.

PoundFoolish · Apr 4, 2018

Mobdeeper7239 said:
Why?

This is a great analogy/lesson for a poster like varkey.

Why? Because Lebron didn't invent talking about sports at a barbershop. Cmon man.

Mr_Mark · Apr 4, 2018

Where have you guys been the past 25 years??? It is 2018 and people sue over ANY & EVERYTHING the reason or logic doesn't even matter and they will win way more often than they should. This case being sports players talking in barbershop while getting haircuts is probably enough for it to be valid. Yes it is ridiculous but the world is ridiculous and reality is he has a case based on everything else that is happening in the court system.

PoundFoolish · Apr 4, 2018

Enfuego said:
Didn't LeBron say the word "posse" is racist?

yup of course. He also claimed someone sprayed the N word on his house in Cali. That was proven to never have happened, but no one called him out on it as far as I know. Can't stand him.

PoundFoolish · Apr 4, 2018

Mr_Mark said:
Where have you guys been the past 25 years??? It is 2018 and people sue over ANY & EVERYTHING the reason or logic doesn't even matter and they will win way more often than they should. This case being sports players talking in barbershop while getting haircuts is probably enough for it to be valid. Yes it is ridiculous but the world is ridiculous and reality is he has a case based on everything else that is happening in the court system.

no shot. none.

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