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Is dotherightthing.com plagiarizing Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing?
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DoorFrame
about 1 year ago about dotherightthing.com
Spike Lee wrote, directed and starred in Do the Right Thing in 1989. Now, almost twenty years later, your website is trading on Lee’s good name and reputation to start this laudable website. Shouldn’t Spike Lee have a say in such things?
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submitted by ryanguill about 1 year ago
are you serious? You think spike lee was the first person to ever say do the right thing? Or that nobody between him and this website ever said it?
this also brings up an interesting question. If I rate the impact of this article, would I be rating the impact for your article, or for dotherightthing.com?
Uh-HUH
submitted by Veinor about 1 year ago
Because nobody has ever said ‘do the right thing’ before.
Big fat ZERO.
Doorframe, you're my hero
submitted by Pedrito4909 about 1 year ago
Hilarious. Please keep this up. The comments above are the most ridiculous things I’ve seen this side of ‘07.
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submitted by MagicGeekDust about 1 year ago
I don’t see a story here. 0
submitted by boboroshi about 1 year ago
I’m not sure if this is supposed to be a comedic post or not, but I’ll play the serious question card for a minute:
No they don’t need to talk to Spike Lee or obtain permission to use the term “Do The Right Thing” because under copyright law, you can’t copyright the title of a work. Hence U2’s “One” and Metallica’s “One” and I’m sure there are hundreds of other songs called “One”. Also, copyright/trademark law is heavily based around potential for end user confusion. I don’t think anyone would seriously confuse this with a site about a 1985 film.
So no, they don’t have to ask Spike Lee.
DotheRightThing.com is making Real Spike Lee Movie
submitted by skyking about 1 year ago
Its applying what Lee stated in movie. Hell LEE should be Happy. NO story. Id rather have more plagarizations like these than the other kinds. ITs like creating Star Trek on Earth via estding: 1. Star Fleet Academy 2. Klingon Language Courses 3. Star Trek Theme park To make Star Trek COME ALIVE. Same for this website. Its Real People doing the Right thing. Effecting Lives.
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