I find it hard to type because of the tears in my eyes — have you ever seen anything so horrific in all your life? It’s a cake — a cake for a child’s party, mind you — on which has been placed decorations depicting Disney’s beloved icon of intellectual property horrifyingly dismembered and scattered about. This mutilation of pure goodness was found on Coolest Birthday Cakes, and I will see its horrifying image whenever I close my eyes for months to come.
Not A. Lawyer Other cake, mouse ears
Cute, adorable, an abuse of all that is pure, and found at Splitcoast stampers.
Not A. Lawyer Book mouse ears
It is possible that this is two Disney copyright violations in one! The cake appears to be a cross between Mickey Mouse and Remy from Ratatouille. It was discovered on Coolest Birthday Cakes.
Not A. Lawyer Other cake, Mickey Mouse, Remy
Xeni Jardin claims in a Boingboing post that this photo was taken accidentally with an iPhone. Well, we might be able to believe that the photo itself was an accident, but — as we all know after many hours of intense, one-on-one corporate training — copyright violation is never an accident!
It takes just the smallest amount of thought gymnastics to mentally rotate the basket of foodstuffs until the unmistakable outline of Mickey Mouse’s thoroughly-copyrighted silhouette is visible. It’s a clever marketing gimmick, but though we are sure that the tortillas are delicious and healthful, they still appear to be an abomination of copyright violation!
Not A. Lawyer Other boingboing, mouse ears
Copyright-infringing vanilla ice cream treat revealed (along with a number of other dairy-related violations) on the Disneyland Linkage site.
Not A. Lawyer Other ice cream, mouse ears
Do these people really think they can get away with trying to convince the innocent that they have received a bonified holiday card from Mickey and Minnie? I think not!
This deceptive bit of holiday joy was found at Scott & Bev’s Homemade Greeting Cards.
Not A. Lawyer Documents card, Mickey Mouse
This painting, titled “Hi Ho in the Woods,” was created by artist, professional clown, convicted mass murderer, and copyright violator John Wayne Gacy. We found it on the Museum Syndicate Web site. Even posting this to the blog creeps us out beyond belief. Can you imagine how it must make Snow White feel?
Not A. Lawyer Artwork John Wayne Gacy, Seven Dwarfs
While browsing iTunes for television shows that I could legally and ethically purchase for my personal use, I discovered that the television show Rules of Engagement had an episode title so blasphemous and disturbing in its violation of a Disney/Pixar copyright that I dare not repeat it here. Parents, if your children are looking over your shoulder, I suggest that you ask them to avert their eyes before you read the text in the image above.
Not A. Lawyer Comics Rules of Engagement, Toy Story
This Web site shows how to create a Wall*E computer case in 110 easy steps. What it doesn’t show is how you go about getting permission from The Walt Disney Company before spending a couple of hours creating this delightful and functional display of Disney/Pixar’s intellectual property.
Just look at the picture. It’s as if Wall*E is asking, “What am I doing here? What has been done to me?” Depressing. Demoralizing. Horrifying.
Not A. Lawyer Other casemod, Wall*E
The Simpsons have gone above and beyond this time! In Simpsons episode #LABF12, there is a gigantic, blatant, obvious, background violation of the intellectual property of Disney/Pixar’s Up — a movie that isn’t even out yet! How did the Simpsons creators manage this? Given the huge lead time necessary to create an animated television episode, the Simpsons’ writers must have known intimate details of Up for many months — perhaps even for years!
Is there a Simpsons spy in the Pixar camp? It would explain so much…
Not A. Lawyer Television Simpsons, Up