Amsterdam Hotel Pissed off at Activision for usage of property in game
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The Goose
So they get free advertising in a game and they`re pissed off... what a world we live in.
Pryme
Attention seekers.
ThermaL1102
a game producer doesn't Need permission to artistically make a approximation of a building that Looks like this ...
i don't think they'll stand a chance in court with That one ...
it's a game , stop crying , grow up , make some money out of it ???
TheDeeGee
This is the airport level all over again.
It's pretty clear activision doesn't give a crap, they even ship the disc version with DRM only.
Zooke
Most of us had probably never heard of the Conservatorium Hotel until reading this story.
Yesterday it was just some location in a game, today it is advertising across numerous media outlets.
It's great PR spin from the hotel and I bet you dollars to doughnuts bookings are being made as I type this reply.
0blivious
It's neat that Activision can turn your benign business/building with incredible architecture into a virtual shooting gallery and gamers just gleefully support it like "wat?". sigh
DarkQuark
They complained so that you knew who they were because until they did there was probably little connection between their likeness in a game and the actual location.
KissSh0t
The disc version doesn't even contain the game.
Horus-Anhur
This could become interesting in a legal sense. There might not be a precedent for a case like this.
H83
If Activision didn't ask, or payed, for permission, then they have reason on their side.
Imagine if they decided to create the main villain with your face and name, without your consent, would you be okay with that?
anthos
Terrible argument considering that the building in the game has a different name.
fantaskarsef
I actually walked past that building, and stayed close to this once for a week. I'd have no idea the name's of an existing hotel, even if I played this particular cod game.
Oddly enough, they usually take names that are not used just for the reason to avoid having to pay for that. I guess somebody did not check.
fry178
@anthos
doesnt matter.
past has shown changing the name is not enough to be legally fine.
would you be if your face would be shown on house sized ads with the name "$hole" below it?! (you know, they changed the name..)
geogan
Yes 100%, they are A $ t $ t $ e $ n $ t $ i $ o $ n seekers...
Valken
Hotel says don't copy me, gamers all laugh at them.
Ikea tells game dev to not copy them, gamers all laugh at them.
Sony copies Kim Jun Un in Team America movie, the west laughs at them.
China creates 5G, everyone bans them... WTf...
Kaarme
Companies aren't happy to be randomly presented in games, unless they specifically agreed to it in a formal deal, because they are protecting their narrow and very cafefully maintained corporate image. This is not that different from Youtube mistreating weapon/war related channels, for example, because Youtube's first priority is to please the advertisers' every whim. In a full circle, the advertisers try to maintain their narrowly defined image, so they don't want their name to appear in anything they deem even 1% suspicious in the eyes of 1% of potential customers.
On the other hand, if you don't defend your intellectual property, you eventually lose it.
NewTRUMP Order
Their trademarked name is not being used in the game. What grounds are they going to sue Activision on on? It kinda looks like my hotel but isn't actually and the name isn't used. What damages are they suffering?
Loobyluggs
I'm actually on their side on this: if my property or place of business was in a f'king CoD title, I would want it immediately removed.
They could put a sexual reassignment surgery there if they want, as a replacement 3D model, no problemo with that, but not my properties or, place of business.
The blazes with that notion.
GTA = fine, that's just fine by me, because it's a satirical game, poking fun at the establishment (even though RockStar became the very thing they were poking fun at) and that's hunky-dory/funky-monkey in my mind.
A Call of Duty game? Hell's no 'bro, hell's no.
Horus-Anhur
The name is not the only thing that can be used to identify a whole building.
Maybe they can sue for damages for reputation and brand name. Or there might be some art unique to the building, or it's interior.
Brasky
Everywhere is plagued by clickbait titles unfortunately.
