Capcom sued over Dead Rising
Apparently the whole Zombies-attacking-a-Mall thing has been done before. Much, much earlier in 1979 to be exact, by MKR Group’s George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. MKR have seen fit that a lawsuit is in order, despite the opening of Dead Rising clearly stating that “This game was not developed, approved or licensed by the owners or creators of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.”.
The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in New York on Monday, reads:
“Both works are dark comedies. In both, the recreational activities of the zombies and absurdly grotesque ‘kill scenes’ provide unexpected comedic relief. Both works provided thoughtful social commentary on the ‘mall culture’ zeitgeist, in addition to serving up a sizable portion of sensationalistic violence.
Capcom have declined to comment, who only two weeks ago filed a case against MKR, seeking a declaration that the game did not infringe on any of MKR’s intellectual property rights (read: Dawn of the Dead). Capcom also sought an injunction to prevent the situation we have now.
MKR are suing the Japanese company, as well as two US units for copyright and trademark infringement, amongst other things. Apparently the title is no longer being produced according to Capcom, likely because of this new lawsuit.
Dead Rising was originally released in August 2006 and has gone on to sell over one million copies. It’s a hugely popular game, with a sequel hoped to be in production somewhere. Even at the time people suspected this would happen, but nearly two years later seems almost pointless. Perhaps the rumours of a Dead Rising 2 prompted it? Either way, let’s hope this gets cleared up quickly so Dead Rising 2 can indeed be finished in a timely fashion.
I doubt this lawsuit goes anywhere …
They are attempting to claim that they can copyright the idea of zombies being in a mall. I have seen the film, and there are some similarieties. For instance, you end up laughing at brutal murders by zombies, and there is a lot of bludgening of zombies and using whatever is around to beat them off. But stil … this is a huge stretch. You can’t copyright laughing at zombies in malls.
omg that kid is wearing the same shirt and pants like me, they kind of are the same color, and they are kind of the same style, time to sue his ass.
It’s not the same.
Although I see the reason they are suing, I also see how stupid it really is.
What ever happened to “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”?? They should be happy that there old moldy movie is being talked about at all. Everyone’s looking for a quick buck these days. What’s next?? The Snorks suing Undertow?
Did anyone try to sue Capcom for releasing Resident Evil years ago? How about any other zombie based game over the past few years? How about any other zombie movie made since Night of the Living Dead? For instance, Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things, Children of the Living Dead to name but a few. Roger Corman came out with a movie called Carnosaur right after Jurassic Park was made. Everyone jumps on band wagons all the time. It’s either referential or it’s making a quick buck. Either way, I don’t really care. It doesn’t prevent people from doing anything other than wanting to seek out the originals if they haven’t already seen them. Boo-hoo! Other than zombies and mall situation, that’s where the similarity ends. The story is completely different and I don’t think the atmosphere or style of either production is the same. Sue this, sue that, where will it ever end?
Yeah, I think they’d get a better return suing over shawn of the dead.
LMAO, that film just makes my day…
Hey, does this mean the copyright holder for the film “The Longest Day” can sue Infinity Ward over COD2!?
And hey, I’ve had a garden for a long time before Viva Pinata came out! I may have been infringed here! I’m smelling money!
i play a x box
duz that mean a skeleton man will sue me coz of his x rays????
I have been highly ofended by all of your comments, You’ll be hearing from my lawyer!!!
romeo is dead to me
romeo did died in the last act of Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet, perhaps you meant Romero?
Thank heck for that too. Bloody sprout face dicaprio, hamming up the dialogue.
Medal of Honor : Frontlines vs Saving Private Ryan. The defense rests.
Medal of Honor : Rising Sun vs Pearl Harbour. The defense rests.
the guy in the picture is threatening me with his pointed finger ,ill sue for the stress its causing myself
your all retarted
*You’re
*retarded.
Nice one!