Making your own Batmobile violates copyright, according to new court ruling

digitaltrends.com — If you've been planning to buy a replica Batmobile, you should probably do it now -- because they might not be available much longer. Feb 1, 2012 View in Crawl 4

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Making your own Batmobile violates copyright, according to new court ruling

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casspa Feb 1, 2012

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Who wants to live in a world where they can't make their own Batmobiles?

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biofriendlyblog Feb 1, 2012

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Yeah, what's up with that?!

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inetroadkill Feb 2, 2012

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Greed.

ebennett Feb 1, 2012

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Headline is misleading. Making AND SELLING your own Batmobile is illegal. Just making your own batmobile is still fair use.

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leodin Feb 2, 2012

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Yeah, but fair use is being increasingly threatened. If the copyright industry had it their way, it'd be abolished, and the way things are going, it wouldn't surprise me if they got their way soon.

wjappe Feb 1, 2012

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What's next to be taken away that someone copyrighted? You can't make your own windows on your house maybe if you design it a certain way?

HoopDoctors Feb 1, 2012

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Damn, back to the drawing board then!

LongB Feb 1, 2012

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I guess this would fall inline with people who make Replica - Back to the Future cars as well.

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niceguyvan Feb 2, 2012

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I dont want to live on this planet anymore

mogwuy Feb 1, 2012

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Correction: next they will be sueing a 4yr old for distributing Mickey Mouse cookies...

Darn autocorrect

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leodin Feb 2, 2012

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From now on, all pancake-making will be monitored to ensure that no one puts mouse ears on their pancakes.

mogwuy Feb 1, 2012

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Next they will be during a 4yr because they distributed cookies that looked like Mickey Mouse.

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archerx Feb 2, 2012

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Unless they have the offical licence which can be bought from disney at $100 a year!

anomaly100 Feb 1, 2012

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Dammit! I was just working on one. Grrr!

adml_shake Feb 1, 2012

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So...what if I just paid the company for the parts and labor...and then paid 5-10k for a company logo'd T-shirt?

luisjdominguezp Feb 2, 2012

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You mean the Malvinas?

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luisjdominguezp Feb 2, 2012

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Wrong post :\

akron Feb 2, 2012

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I wish I could copyright the sound of a fart. I'd be rich!

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theglassguy4 Feb 2, 2012

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and if anyone farted you could sue them

craig1958 Feb 2, 2012

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Well, there go my plans for my mid-life crisis; I guess I'll have to go with the vette, gold chains, and 20 year old girlfriend.

alison49990000 Feb 2, 2012

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prettyy cool

tpettine Feb 2, 2012

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What if I give attribution to Wayne Industries or Morgan Freeman? Making an invisible jet is licensed under Creative Commons, why isn't the Batmobile?