Inappropriate usage...

[shikami]

For the moment, and for the sake of this post, let's put aside the all-too-real notion that fanwork of any description (fanfic, fanart, fan-whatever) toes, and sometimes even crosses the line of legality -- too big a can of worms... and while I look forward to studying intellectual property this year, I don't particularly want a precursor right now

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[tuowei]

Huge French (Carrefour) department store chains in China sell pirated DVDs. American shopping malls house fake YSL wallets. I'm not at all surprised that Chinese satellite TV is the same. And I don't think Sarah Michelle Geller knows she is the face (and body) of a condom brand found in pharmacies across China.

It's getting better. Shang-yang market (home of fake designer gear and popular tourist spot) is being shut down.

[shikami]

*L* You know, it's not actually the bootlegging/piracy/violation of copyright that I object to.

What galls me about this particular example is that in order to be broadcasting the Naruto anime, the TV station would have acquired a licence to broadcast. Along with that licence to broadcast, they should have been handed a stack of source images that could be used for promotional purposes

[tuowei]

I get you. I have to believe they bought the license, the potential stupidity of stealing and then broadcasting it on TV around the world boggles the mind. Not to mention the network lawyers and owners potentially going into fits :)
Not that any of this explains how that particular piece of artwork end up there...

(Are we talking Phoenix Satellite Channel? I think I might have seen the Naruto ad you're referring to)

[tuowei]

eek, forgot to log in! sorry :)

[shikami]

We're talking Xing Kong Satellite Channel's website... coz as far as I'm aware, they're the only ones who have been broadcasting Naruto. And the dub is so absolutely atrocious ^^;;;

[tuowei]

I bet - I don't know about anime dubs, but Chinese dubs of western movies always sound like such wankers.

To be fair, I can't stand American dubs of Chinese movies either :)