once again Gene Upshaw has screwed the retired player, but what does he care? he is dead now!
Good thing all the players are wearing those Gene Upshaw memorial patches, huh?
posted by wfrazerjr at 10:42 AM
Yeah, fraz, but at least it is a little sticker on the back of the helmet instead of the big GU patch on the upper left front of the jersey. Much easier to ignore.
I wonder if we will be seeing more, if any players copyrighting their images, or having exclusive license for their likeness, signature, name, etc., etc. like Dale Earnhardt did. Then wouldn't EA have to deal with each player individually?
I assume that they would steelergirl, but if any other games are any indication they either don't do it very often or some players just don't sign a deal. In an MVP baseball game the Giants' best player was named John Dowd and not Barry Bonds. Similarly, in recent editions of Madden neither Parcells or Belichick have been named, rather they have been called names like NE Coach.
Thanks for that bit of info YYM.
So I guess that is a double edged sword. If you have your name/image copyrighted, EA just works around you. Hmmmmm. IDK if Bonds, Parcells, and Belichick have trademarked themselves, but that would be why they aren't mentioned in the games, right?
If you have your name/image copyrighted, EA just works around you. Hmmmmm. IDK if Bonds, Parcells, and Belichick have trademarked themselves, but that would be why they aren't mentioned in the games, right?
It's not a copyright or trademark issue, it has to do with rights of publicity -- basically, a right to control use of your name, likeness, and image for commercial purposes that arises under state law.
I always just assumed it was because they were such jerks that EA just didn't want them in their games.
