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by georgeecollins 1321 days ago
Maybe. Both cases you mention are songs, not video games. From a modern perspective you would think the laws about intellectual property for video games would be the same as for film and music. I think the long run that will be true. But some of the early precedent has treated video games more like "toys" with less speech protection.

If you are really doing this check with a lawyer who works in the area (admittedly few).
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bombcar 1321 days ago
Yeah, and this one is a bit more spicy because the whole point is that you're in a horror IKEA and so the fact that it's clearly an IKEA is part of the "sale value" of the game.

Compare to Carl & Phil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRJEN1pvZ60 - that's clearly a Costco/Sam's Club parody (and they also have FedUPS as a delivery company) but it's not being used to "sell".

It's very complicated and involves trademark AND copyright law, so it could go either way.

Also see Sosumi and BHA ;)

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