“In this issue… Will Dave Grohl join… THE AVENGERS?”

Probably not.

this is so ridiculous. I cant believe Marvel or whoever did this, was so unprofessional to think about copyright issues with music. thats insane.

I mean, heck i do a podcast, and even I am aware of not using peoples music in production.

Maybe this sounds weird, but when I saw the trailer last week something seemed off about the Foo Fighters being in it. I almost felt like I was watching a fan-made trailer.

Who associates Foo Fighters with X-Men anyway? Odd choice for Marvel. And pretty unprofessional.

I thought the trailer was put together by the animation studio that’s doing the new show. I first saw it on their website.

I have a feeling the trailer was never meant to be used publicly, and to be only used internally and to shop the show around to networks.
I just can’t see a large company doing this… though FOX used clips of the Arcade Fire in their superbowl broadcast and it was never oked, so it clearly does happen.

Deadsmurf is likely correct. Entertainment companies put together “sizzle” pieces all the time that are only intended for internal use, and incorporate copyrighted music. Videos to get shareholders, execs, etc. excited about a product. This was probably released accidentally. Let’s take it easy on the “Marvel is so unprofessional” accusations…

Dave Skrull?!

Seriously, why did Marvel do this?

Between this and the whole Silver Surfer coin fiasco, Marvel’s kinda been falling behind on due diligence. Surprising.

First of all…considering this toon isn’t coming out for a bit over a year from now, this was never meant to meet the publics eye so no this is not official or it would have been plastered all over the Marvel site.
Second of all i think its so sh!tty when a band does something like this. I mean come one, wouldn’t you want someone putting you music out there to a big audience?…its not like they are selling it. Thousands of kids could see this and love the song, therefore look around for the artist and possibly buy there stuff…or dear god, that would just be horrible.

Jeebus, people are just determined to blame Marvel no matter what, eh? The video was made by the animation company making the cartoon, not by Marvel. The Silver Surfer coin was put out by the Franklin Mint, not by Marvel. Oh, well. Facts be damned, I guess.

A band has a much right to protect its IP as anyone else. If the Foo Fighters used Marvel characters in a video without permission I am they would be speaking with lawyers too.

The FOO FIGHTERS ROCK!!!

I will be seeing them in concert soon!!!

god why do the foo fighters even care, its not even a commercial airing on tv or anything its a stupid internet trailer. theyre not making anymoney off the damn songs why do people careeeeee god damn im so sick of the overly litigous society,so much more important shit to occupy your time with.

Explanation is quite simple, actually. Just take a look at Pi’s comment:

“I’m quite surprised that a huge corporation with its own massive copyright and trademark interests would have made that trailer and used FF’s music without obtaining permission first.”

It’s pretty obvious that whatever exec took care of clearing the rights for this just saw “music by the FF” and thought: Hey! Music by the Fantastic Four! What a lucky break, we own them too! We don’t even need to pay for that!”

;-D

Jesus, lots of lawyers on this site, huh?

To poster #17 (“J”): I would love to know what TV show you dislike. Say it’s “Las Vegas” or “CSI: Miami” or “Ghost Whisperer.” Anyone of these shows could potentially (and likely) have a bigger audience than this cartoon will likely have. If they were to promote, say, Ghost Whisperer using a Foo Fighters song against their blessing, is that better or worse in your opinion, J? If Foo sued the people behind Ghost Whisperer is that OK, because that’s not The X-Men?

This is a comic newsite. Don’t be so narrow minded when some outside artist is protecting their efforts because it’s in opposition of something you like.

This is why people make fun of the dense fanboy mentality. They’re the first one’s to hit the “Say It” button, but never stop to think about how ignorant they sound.

Johnny Park said:

“This is a comic newsite.”

Sorry, Johnny, it isn’t. This is not Newsarama, this is Blog@Newsarama. Same ownership, different atmosphere. The news is reported there, the rumors and tidbits reported here—and snarked upon, if we so choose.

This isn’t a victimless crime when you consider Marvel is ultimately using this to promote their wares.

Foo fighters are very much in their rights to go after Marvel for this.

I can’t fault the Foo Fighters for sueing. Let’s face it, the music was the best part of the trailer.

This incident shows a great deal of unprofessionalism. The idea for this trailer could have been some new guy who has experience with new media, and didn’t have the expertise or common sense to get permission to use the songs. Heck this guy probably slaped the songs in the trailer to jazz things up. Guess that would explain who the songs did sound slightly off.

But getting back to my main point if I were an music artist I would be pissed to have my music be assicated with this trailer, and I would never give permission unless compensated.
I would feel a hundred bucks, a guided tour of Marvel Comics, a marvel character supporting me in an issue, and free slap in the face to Joe Q for events of One More Day, would be more than enough compensation.
On Second thought have them keep the hundred bucks. I don’t want to take money from the people who allowed Spider-Man 3 to be made. No shit money for me. If the money came from what the series Supreme Power made than i would take it.

The Foo Fighters suck and have never been relevant. I’m sure it was stupid on Marvels part, but who cares? Please post some real news.

Can we all agree then that if this was FAN made video then no one should be sued?

The association makes perfect sense. Using a super-hero band for a super-hero movie, it’s perfect !

Yes – they fight FOO – isn’t it obvious ?

AmishJoe said: “It’s a completely victimless crime unless you want to go out and say the FF are entitled to damages because the cartoon is obviously only popular because of their music.”

I am not implying that that is why FF are entitled to damages. I’m saying they can sue because their product was used without permission to promote someone else’s product. And yes, Marvel SHOULD be sued for “what fans do every day” because — pay attention now — MARVEL MAKES A PROFIT WHEN THIS GETS PROMOTED.

The trailers raise awareness. Fans get interested. They buy or rent the DVD. Marvel cashes in. If they use Foo Fighters in said trailers, they would need the Foo Fighters permission.

Whether this was leaked or not is alleged at this point (going off this webpage). Marvel has to keep closer reins on their internal footage if that’s the case, making them libel.

This is business. Business means money. Hence the lawsuit.

Also Roswell Records is not an entity outside of the Foo Fighters. Roswell is actually Dave Grohl’s company. As the first line in this piece says “Foo Fighters are suing Marvel Entertainment.” This is not a case of douchebags in suits collecting cash for someone else’s work they happen to own. This is the artists themselves protecting their work.

Normally, I’d say they have a case…

but let’s face it, they’ll never be Nirvana, no matter how long they’ll be around.

As you AREN’T!

D’oh!

Sweet, I’m going to be Fighting Foo twice in the next month at two Canadian shows, maybe I’ll find a Wolverine / X-Men t-shirt I can wear just to see if it’ll piss off Dave Ghrol. That would RULE!

Also, the Foos made an album better than any Nirvana album, and that album was “The Colour And The Shape”.

Kurt Cobain, you have been owned and you are also dead to boot.

How in the world did this happen?
Wouldn’t Marvel’s Legal people have acquired the proper rights for music?

Okay everybody saying this wasn’t ment to be an official teaser trailer. Your wrong. I saw the trailer on the animation studio’s official website.

In fact, here’s the website: http://www.cyber-animation.com/wolverine/wolverine.htm

Though the trailer has since been pulled off that page.

Also not really sure why Marvel is getting sued. The animation studio is the one making the cartoon and thus were the ones who made the trailer.

So Foo Fighters. Go ahead and sue the animation studio, but everything else is just a greedy cash grab.

Pyleg, while I would never wish ill-will on someone, I’m right there with ya. I’m a little miffed with the title, it makes the Xteam seem like only supporting characters for Wolverine. I know I’m thinking that largely because I’ve never cared for the Wolverine character. I think rather than create a new series destined for failure, they could have revitalized the x-men evolution series with new story arcs.

Brandon, if you have a problem with the way the Newsarama forums are operated — and apparently you do — there’s a “contact” page on the main site. That’s the appropriate avenue for your complaints.

Then I don’t know what to tell you. This is a thread for discussing the above story, not for hashing out your grievances. I’ll delete further comments on the topic.

oh no poor foo fighters as if they dony=t have enougth money, on the other hand what were marvel etc thinking using their music, i mean they could of picked somthing alot lot better.

I’ve been out of the industry for awhile but companies used to be able to license the use of music through corporate entities ASCAP and BMI. If Marvel and/or the animation pay the appropriate fees and the Foo Fighters’ music is licensed through one of those entities, this is a non-issue.

Actually Billy, I’m a comic professional and fan… I just chose the screen name because I also dig the Foo. I came across this story because I read newsarama daily.

Sorry to make your point completely moot there buddy.

So,the Foo Fighters sue Marvel over a song?
Can we sue Marvel over Civil War?

Hahahaha, take that, Marvel.
Remember what they did to Freedom Force and City of Heroes? And that, my friends, is divine justice.

Man, this is just another in a long line of reasons to hate the Foo Fighters and their built-by-numbers, identikit-stadium-rock musical banality.

I mean shit, their songs are all so middle of the road and samey maybe they just got some generic ad music mixed up with their own?

I can hear Grohl now; “Guys, did you hear them play quiet, then loud, then back to quiet? I FUCKING INVENTED THAT!”

The Foos have every right to sue, they and their company have full rights to decide where, when and how their music is used. That’s the law.

I think the thing which people have the problem is, is that the Foos have a lot of money already and some people might see this as motivated as greed.

A good way to resolve this would be… Foo’s sue Marvel, Foo’s give money to charity selected by either the Wieringo or Gerber family.

It’s not a big deal. and I’d stand for Marvel right there in the court room just to put those dicks in their place.

Marvel should know better.

Doesn’t matter if you like Foo Fighters or not, doesn’t matter if you think their music sucks or not, the bottom line is, using someone else’s work without permission is theft. Plain and simple.

If I created a comic book called The Amazing Spider-Kid, they would sue my ass off.

The Foo Fighters have every right to file suit and should win too.

Marvel effed up.

Period.

The Foo Fighters have this one in the bag. How did Marvel not see this coming?

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