Got this album order offer in email from a local record shop. I noticed it has a Marvel character on the cover.


How does that work? Do they just slap it on there and hope they don't get caught? Or do they reach out to Marvel and see what the going rate is to use their images?

You might recall that Satriani ended up changing the cover of Surfing With The Alien over licensing fees.

How much money are we talking here?

I'm not a lawyer, but looking at the difference between the two, I'd say that the MF Doom one seems more of a parody in nature, while the Satriani one seems like a direct copy.

I'm guessing these days there is zero chance to just use it and hope you don't get caught

C@LAg said:

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satriani's use was licensed.

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And along time ago before the MCU became a giant thing.

C@LAg said:

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MooreTrucker said:

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C@LAg said:

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satriani's use was licensed.

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And along time ago before the MCU became a giant thing.

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disney still licenses out marvel stuff for other uses.

it does not have to be MCU.

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It was released in 1987. that's what I meant.