Just A Heads Up

[KWOAOA]

You guys remember in the late 90's early 00's when WWE came down hard on efed/fantasy wrestling sites for using likenesses/trademarks of wrestlers?

I have a feeling that this sort of thing may be happening again, no I haven't been a victim of it but recently WWE lost the dumbest lawsuit I've read in the longest. So the long/skinny of it is this, some lady by the name of Catherine Alexander decided to sue WWE the reason for it is because WWE never asked Catherine to use her property. She's the tattoo artist behind Randy Orton's ink. Not sure if it's the tribal stuff or the skulls or everything but WWE never asked permission to use it in video games. When she first reached out to WWE about it, WWE more/less said "here's $450, shut up and go away" she wasn't happy with that sort of coin so she took WWE to court.

To make a long post considerably short, Catherine won the lawsuit on Oct 4th (she was awarded $3,750). So WWE 2k22 will no doubt be the last game to feature the superstar's ink which will suck cause from the pictures I've seen I think WWE 2k22 looks awesome for the graphics/tats that they have.
This isn't the first time that a tattoo artist has sued a developer: In 2016, Take-Two were unsuccessfully sued by artists for using basketball star LeBron James' tattoos in the NBA 2K games without permission

I can see WWE taking the tattoo options out of the game completely just to save further lawsuits about it. On top of that

So if WWE is getting sued over likeness rights, something tells me this is going to go down the chain if you will and they may start targetting efeds again

[jacklarkin]

Oct 6, 2022 20:42:16 GMT -5 KWOAOA said:

You guys remember in the late 90's early 00's when WWE came down hard on efed/fantasy wrestling sites for using likenesses/trademarks of wrestlers?

I have a feeling that this sort of thing may be happening again, no I haven't been a victim of it but recently WWE lost the dumbest lawsuit I've read in the longest. So the long/skinny of it is this, some lady by the name of Catherine Alexander decided to sue WWE the reason for it is because WWE never asked Catherine to use her property. She's the tattoo artist behind Randy Orton's ink. Not sure if it's the tribal stuff or the skulls or everything but WWE never asked permission to use it in video games. When she first reached out to WWE about it, WWE more/less said "here's $450, shut up and go away" she wasn't happy with that sort of coin so she took WWE to court.

To make a long post considerably short, Catherine won the lawsuit on Oct 4th (she was awarded $3,750). So WWE 2k22 will no doubt be the last game to feature the superstar's ink which will suck cause from the pictures I've seen I think WWE 2k22 looks awesome for the graphics/tats that they have.
This isn't the first time that a tattoo artist has sued a developer: In 2016, Take-Two were unsuccessfully sued by artists for using basketball star LeBron James' tattoos in the NBA 2K games without permission

I can see WWE taking the tattoo options out of the game completely just to save further lawsuits about it. On top of that

So if WWE is getting sued over likeness rights, something tells me this is going to go down the chain if you will and they may start targetting efeds again

Are e-feds really still a thing???

[KWOAOA]

Technically the circuit/promotion that you run with TNM is a efed so yes they are still a thing

[mkpunk]

Oct 6, 2022 21:06:55 GMT -5 jacklarkin said:

Oct 6, 2022 20:42:16 GMT -5 KWOAOA said:

You guys remember in the late 90's early 00's when WWE came down hard on efed/fantasy wrestling sites for using likenesses/trademarks of wrestlers?

I have a feeling that this sort of thing may be happening again, no I haven't been a victim of it but recently WWE lost the dumbest lawsuit I've read in the longest. So the long/skinny of it is this, some lady by the name of Catherine Alexander decided to sue WWE the reason for it is because WWE never asked Catherine to use her property. She's the tattoo artist behind Randy Orton's ink. Not sure if it's the tribal stuff or the skulls or everything but WWE never asked permission to use it in video games. When she first reached out to WWE about it, WWE more/less said "here's $450, shut up and go away" she wasn't happy with that sort of coin so she took WWE to court.

To make a long post considerably short, Catherine won the lawsuit on Oct 4th (she was awarded $3,750). So WWE 2k22 will no doubt be the last game to feature the superstar's ink which will suck cause from the pictures I've seen I think WWE 2k22 looks awesome for the graphics/tats that they have.
This isn't the first time that a tattoo artist has sued a developer: In 2016, Take-Two were unsuccessfully sued by artists for using basketball star LeBron James' tattoos in the NBA 2K games without permission

I can see WWE taking the tattoo options out of the game completely just to save further lawsuits about it. On top of that

So if WWE is getting sued over likeness rights, something tells me this is going to go down the chain if you will and they may start targetting efeds again

Are e-feds really still a thing???

I think so. I was involved in one until 2016-ish...

[mkpunk]

I don't see TNM getting slammed. It has been around for decades and WWE is far more friendly to the internet's now than it was back months ago. It is back to a similar spot that NXT was before COVID.

E-Feds that faced lawsuits and shutdowns by WWE we're blatant copies that would use the wrestlers currently in WWE or maybe another real promotion. I was involved in a number over the years before someone asks and yes, I feel bad about that. The whole thing would typically open to some fanfare and last four months top. Whether it was lack of interest or just lawsuits is beyond me as I never ran a WWF/E e-fed. If they got sued, they deserved it for IP theft.

I was more involved in creative for character e-feds. Those were ones where maybe you used a real life wrestler's picture, but the character and name were not. I never heard of any being shutdown due to a lawsuit though.