Okay, so I already discussed those multi-game NES emulators that get sold in malls across the country. And I guess it turns out that they are illegal, but Nintendo isn't doing much of anything about it. Now to take on a more disturbing and annoying mall phenomenon....
...Hot Topic. They sell all those old shirts with NES sprites on them that say some lamewad phrase like "Don't make me go Zelda on you" (HYUCK HYUCK!). Are any of those retro-videogame shirts actually licensed by Nintendo? I kinda doubt it. Is there any sort of copyright loophole (fair use? derivative works?) that would allow them to swipe someone else's art and use it on a shirt? And is there any reason why Nintendo isn't on their asses?
I don't care so much about the emu-games, but if The Horde could manage to get Hot Topic put out of business I'd be kind of grateful. Not only do the rest of their shirts seem to revolve around the theft of copyrighted works (basically just reprinting one-liners from the Simpsons and such), but I really don't think our youth needs any more black giganto pants with 28 pockets and 15 chains attached.
...Hot Topic. They sell all those old shirts with NES sprites on them that say some lamewad phrase like "Don't make me go Zelda on you" (HYUCK HYUCK!). Are any of those retro-videogame shirts actually licensed by Nintendo? I kinda doubt it. Is there any sort of copyright loophole (fair use? derivative works?) that would allow them to swipe someone else's art and use it on a shirt? And is there any reason why Nintendo isn't on their asses?
I don't care so much about the emu-games, but if The Horde could manage to get Hot Topic put out of business I'd be kind of grateful. Not only do the rest of their shirts seem to revolve around the theft of copyrighted works (basically just reprinting one-liners from the Simpsons and such), but I really don't think our youth needs any more black giganto pants with 28 pockets and 15 chains attached.
