The Stupidest Video Game Lawsuit | Universal vs. Nintendo | History in the Dark
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- Donkey Kong the arcade game was a smash hit in the arcades of the early 1980's. Nintendo saw a massive profit from the game, but this attracted the attention of Universal Studios, who felt that Donkey Kong infringed on their trademark claim over the movie: King Kong. What followed was a series of insane corporate bullying at the hands of Universal, but in the end, they would torpedo their own case because, as it happened, they never owned King Kong in the first place.
0:00 - Intro
1:37 - Background
9:02 - The Case
21:16 - Aftermath
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“I view litigation as a profit center”
-universal lawyer guy
No, that was Sid Sheinberg himself.
@@connormclernon26 ah, right.
Still scummy though
9:00 I love the addition of the surprised Pikachu face
This video is now in my favorite video folder, you go into great detail instead of summaries and your humour makes it entertaining instead of boring. You clearly realized that history doesn't need to be boring and I am proud of you as a youtuber. Good job and I will be watching more content like this!
I remember the Netflix docu-series High Score actually interviewed John Kirby, Nintendo's defense lawyer before he passed for the episode on early Nintendo. Also he is the namesake of Kirby!
Interesting fact: Sid Sheinburg also tried to meddle another future blockbuster: Back to the Future as he thought the title with the word future wouldnt sell and wanted it be changed to get this "Space Man from Pluto" the comic that one of the peabody kids had been reading when marty crashed in their farm in 1955. The creators were confused on what to do but Spielburg made a joke about it at Sid expense and sid drop the change.
Which goes to show you that Sid Sheinburg was a greedy prick.
Warner Brothers tried to sue the Marx Brothers over the name "A Night in Casablanca" as an infringement on "Casablanca." Groucho countersued, as Warner Brothers has "Brothers in their name. The case was dropped.
Well this is different
Funny how the most powerful character in all the Nintendo franchises was named after a lawyer.
This is the first time I've ever heard about this case and what I find rather interesting and hilarious about it all is the fact that Nintendo approached Universal Pictures to distribute the 2023 Super Mario Brothers animated movie all these years later which included Donkey Kong as a character. It's like it all came full circle and both companies benefitted in the end. Yes, Universal and Nintendo are very different companies today than they were back then, but the irony behind it all is just perfect. xD
"Donkey, does that mean king?"
Fun fact about king Kong:
The director of King Kong Lives (1976) wanted to make crossover with a movie of him , Orca The killer whale (1977) this sadly , only was a thought that the director had
THE MORE YOU KNOW
It was the NES that got me into gaming.
The train man strikes again!
Another thing other than trains I’m interested in life, is video games. Primarily Mario and Sonic.
Wow... this is... a change, and I like it! also, um, Universal? You're, uh, a little wacko here, so, just, uh... chill, okay? I didn't think DK would get such a notoriety because of his bigger, badder cousin... Plus, i laugh at their whole ploy, since recently the movie Space Jam: A New Legacy FEATURED KING KONG in a cameo and I saw no lawsuit from them, so.... yeah...
Did you miss the part where this happened in 1982 or
Enjoying the different content
Great video!
Funny how Nintendo was the one being bullied and now it's the bully.
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Wow talk about making yourself stupid due to either lack of research or just being greedy. Love the way they recognised Kirby.
Was it Midway or Tiger or Nintendo? Those were the big game names for the gen x kids. I have no memory of universal of being a game maker
Hey, my guy. You need to do a video on the Rock-n-Roll vs PMC. This was an attempt by Congress (in the 80s, no less) to ban certain types of music, one that failed SPECTACULARLY, btw.
The 3 BIGGEST reasons why this assault on Free Speech failed MISERABLY was their choices of musicians: Zappa, who called them out on their hypocrisy, Dee Snider, who they believed was a braindead imbecile (he's very much NOT stupid, btw) and John Denver (who they THOUGHT would side with them. News flash, he didn't side with them. And he ended up comparing them to the Nazis, which is kinda funny).
do video on Uss New Mexico. New Mexico class battleship BB-40 your videos on these ships will not be complete without her story
OML - The garbage B roll!
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