Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | 21:59 GMT
BBFC may sue over ELSPA traffic light symbols
According to this Edge piece, the BBFC is taking legal advice over ELSPA’s newly announced traffic light ratings symbols.
“Our classification symbols have been colour-coded since 1982. They’re very widely recognised, and in fact they are trademark and copyright protected,” said a rep.
“We’re happy for ELSPA to make sensible improvements, but not if they encroach on the protection of the BBFC’s symbols. We have these symbols using colours, using circles and using numbers, so we are now taking legal advice.”
Whoops. More through the link.
6 comments
#1
Hunam
29/10/08, 10:01 pm
Can’t we all just get along?
#2
Syrok
29/10/08, 10:14 pm
Judge, they copied our colours! ;_;
#3
desiredtime
29/10/08, 10:23 pm
I hate self regulation, so I’m with the BBFC on this one.
#4
Shatner
29/10/08, 11:03 pm
That’s nothing. I invented blinking. I’m owed some major royalties. You lot better cough up.
#5
trav
29/10/08, 11:18 pm
It’s becoming a right slagging match now.
Should just stick with PEGI, publishers aren’t really going to want to pay for a third age rating body in Europe when they have to deal with PEGI and USK already.
#6
Blerk
30/10/08, 8:28 am
Oh dear.