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Fall Out Boy Is Sued for Overuse of Llama Puppets in Videos, Marketing

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  1. Melody Bot Mar 18, 2019
    Melody Bot

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    Jonathan Stempel, writing at Reuters:


    Fall Out Boy was sued on Friday by a stuffed animal company that accused the rock band of illegally exploiting the wearable, life-sized llama puppets it made for a music video by featuring them in other videos, a tour and an extended-play album.

    In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, seeking damages its lawyer said could reach millions of dollars, Furry Puppet Studio Inc said Fall Out Boy did not have permission to use the puppets anywhere other than its 2017 video for its song “Young and Menace.”
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    Now that’s a title I never expected I’d write.

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  2. Kuri44 Mar 18, 2019
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    @Clockwork lol wow, after having just made a comment about them last night
     
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  3. Clockwork Mar 18, 2019
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    Oh wow lmao. Maybe I’m Furry Puppet Studio Inc.
     
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  4. Bayside 182 Mar 18, 2019
    Bayside 182

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    I excepted this to be some ridiculous frivolous law suit based on the headline, but this is actually somewhat legit. If they agreed to use them for only one video and used them in many, it does make sense for them to have a beef.
     
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  6. heymattrick Mar 18, 2019
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    Sending my love

    Got a picture with Frosty at the MANIA Experience the day of the Wrigley show.
     
  7. DandonTRJ Mar 18, 2019
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    Here’s the full article for the non-lawyers in the back (because why would you ever have a Westlaw account?):

    For those who don’t know Malofly, he’s a hot mess. Dude had over 100 objections sustained against him during the Led Zeppelin trial and was suspended from practicing law for a time over some truly stupid legal ethics violations (if I recall correctly, it involved tricking a witness on a case into giving him information by misrepresenting who he was). Not to say this claim has no merit — it could be an interesting indirect profits case — but I question the choice of counsel.

    Also, focusing on/extrapolating from Llamania’a jokey legal disclaimer is super petty.
     
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  8. DickyCullz Mar 18, 2019
    DickyCullz

    I create content for some of your favorite artists

    on first reading of the first sentence I thought this was going to be some PETA-level stuffed animals have rights too kinda bullshit
     
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  9. Yellowcard2006 Mar 18, 2019
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    When it comes to Llama puppets it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
     
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  10. [removed] Mar 18, 2019
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    My llamas know what you did in the dark
     
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  11. Matt Metzler Mar 18, 2019
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    Our Lawyers Made Us Change The Look Of Our Llamas So We Wouldn't Get Sued
     
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  12. joey-wan kenobi Mar 18, 2019
    joey-wan kenobi

    Happiness is a warm gun mama

    Regardless, they’ll have no probllama paying a lawsuit, I’m sure
     
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  13. kelseyleigh Mar 19, 2019
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    Very happy to know Furry Puppet Studio Inc. is a thing that exists.
     
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  15. JulieLynn Mar 19, 2019
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    hahahaha omfg is this for real?

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  16. DerekIsAGooner Mar 19, 2019
    DerekIsAGooner

    So assuming that this weekend...

    You were the last good thing about this llama town.