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More copyright woes: Marvel Comics shutting down LittleBigPlanet costumes

Posted Jan 5, 2009 at 3:52AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Deadpool, Marvel Comics, Marvel Entertainment, Sony

D'oh! It looks like Marvel Comics is joining the bandwagon in fortifying their defenses against copyright infringement in LittleBigPlanet. Apparently, Marvel has been hounding Sony to start moderating user-created customized Sackboy costumes that take from the Marvel universe.

We're not sure if this already applies in-game, but as far as the LittleBigWorkshop is concerned, some people have already gotten some emails from Sony stating that they had to mod some users' creations.

Over at the LittleBigWorkshop forums, one guy by the name of MuffinMan71 talks of his plight. Turns out that the Sackboy in question was one based on the Thing (like, Fantastic Four, Thing). Here's part of the email he received from the Workshop:

We received a notice from Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (Â“MarvelÂ”) that materials that you posted on LittleBIGWorkshop.com infringe MarvelÂ’s copyrights. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Little Big Workshop Copyright Policy, we removed and disabled access to these materials.

Though this is not in-game, it's still related to the many issues we've been hearing about with regard to copyright infringement in LittleBigPlanet. I know it's a bit tough hearing this - I myself want to see a Deadpool Sackboy eventually - but, sigh, rules are rules, no matter how unfair they seem.

Via LittleBigWorkshop

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Still is bull*****, I can design my own marvel costumes and run around in them all I want at home, I don't see a marvel representative knockin on my door saying they will sue me.

they cant go trying to ban everything which could, if arranged correctly, resemble one of their characters...

boo @ marvel, let them be the new metallica. (reference to their sturggle agains digital music )

# Boo! — SonnySoul 2009-01-05 07:40

Spoil-sports!

Just because Marvel's friends over at Capcom didn't come up with this great game..!

Go and eat a you know what!

# Count me in... — Matt-N 2009-01-05 09:11

BOOO!

# count me in!!! — trigger 2009-01-05 12:13

BOOOO MARVEL.

sigh. to think i've had so high regard for marvel! (despite the silly ret-cons, they're still cool.) but now this? i mean. can't the same argument be posed on other media?

look at all those webcomics out there. they always have references to characters from books, movies, video games, tv shows. and do the copyright owners take explicit measure to try and snuff those out? no.

every time a big game gets released, some webcomic like vgcats will have some character from the game appear on the comic. and then there are shows like SNL or madTV or even family guy or robot chicken or south park! do the video game companies go out of their way to have those episodes pulled out? no.

why marvel? why?! you're starting to become like square enix, snuffing out fans who are clearing worshipping your franchises! remember what happened to the chrono trigger hd project? guh.

# BOO — landon05 2009-01-05 12:52

I add my boo to the pile.

BOOOOOO

# this is not cool — Link75e 2009-01-05 15:51

Littlebig planet is supposed to be like how a drawing pad is to an artist. If they do this then my Link sackboy and my ash catchem from pokemon will get removed too and thats the only reason i play LBP. Im almost done making my Nintendo gang of sackboys

# This Pisses Me Off — PimpFriedRice 2009-01-05 22:22

It makes me want to boycott Marvel as well as any of the other parties that are threatening legal action. Where's the damage being done? It's not like Marvel or anybody else is losing any revenue because of this, unless they were planning to have some DLC on the PS Store which I doubt. It's not the developers fault for making a game that allows such creativity or Sony's for publishing it. To hell with all of these companies. They should look at it as some sort of free promotion especially since user generated content cannot be sold under the PSN terms of service.

# dear sonny — xche78x 2009-01-05 22:53

Marvel is not with good terms with Capcom too.

for years fans have been hounding Capcom to make a new Marvel VS Capcom game aka MVSC3 but to no avail, Capcom simply cant because Marvel sold all their game rights to EA.

Hence Capcom resorted to old japanese anime's which resulted in a super AWESOME game called Tatsunoko VS Capcom for the Japanese Nintendo Wii exclusively.

# typical morons — NakedFaerie 2009-01-05 23:19

This is jsut typical these days. Apple are sueing everyone for anything to do against the iphone/ipod so someone sueing about a costume in mbp is just typical.

It proves the big companies these days dont give a ***** about anyone but thier own pockets full of cash.

Dont they realise its better to put thier characters in other games. Give them more free publicity for the better. Instead they are shooting themselves int he foot. No marvel comic skins for lbp? That just means there will be more from thier rivals.

How about everying do a superman outfit. lets see them sue everyone. when they realise its ONLY A GAME and NOT REAL then they might realise sueing is really stupid.

# Superman — chloe 2009-01-06 09:23

is from DC comics =))

# oh nooo — mr420toki 2009-01-06 14:05

micheal jackson should sue too... he has a sackboy...... wtf has marvel givin us?????????? NOTHING!!!!

# RE: More copyright woes: Marvel Comics shutting down LittleBigPlanet costumes — guest 12354 2010-10-14 04:53

wouldn't it be under the label of "fan fiction?" If i drew characters from marvel and put it on an art forum are they going to come to me and sue me? no because it's fan fiction. This is the same thing. But now marvel must have givin the ok to sony because sony has made dlc for marvel

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