Look what I found!

[Hector Garfria]

Ok guys, I know I rarely post here but I HAVE to share this with you.

I got a new job and with it a new daily commute. On my way home I drove past a church with the funniest ad I've seen in a while.

I almost crashed laughing so hard.

 

[SplashChick]

Leave it to a church to utilize popular logos in combination with misleading advertising text to get people to come in.

 

[Tim Static]

that has to be photoshopped. it doesnt even look real

 

[Mr Roguelike]

that has to be photoshopped. it doesnt even look real

And yet it's on their front page http://westsidecommunitychurch.com/

 

[Hector Garfria]

It's only like 3 blocks from my home. I'll go again tomorrow to prove it. There's like 3 of them all around their field.

EDIT: Rogue Ninja'd me with other proof!

 

[Tim Static]

It's only like 3 blocks from my home. I'll go again tomorrow to prove it. There's like 3 of them all around their field.

EDIT: Rogue Ninja'd me with other proof!

oh my bad i must have misread your thread

 

[Konqrr]

Smells the lawsuit now.

 

[eksyte]

Smells the lawsuit now.

Thought the same thing, but I doubt they'd pursue it. It's not as if the church is gonna make a gigantic profit off of it and suing them would look pretty bad if the media made a big enough deal about it.

I like the irony of a church using a logo from one of the most notoriously violent games in history.

 

[Shock]

From the looks of the condition of the frame holding the sign, I'd say that church's wealth was spent entirely on that sign.

 

[SplashChick]

Thought the same thing, but I doubt they'd pursue it. It's not as if the church is gonna make a gigantic profit off of it and suing them would look pretty bad if the media made a big enough deal about it.

I like the irony of a church using a logo from one of the most notoriously violent games in history.

Midway has been pretty chill about that kind of thing anyways.

 

[Lucky Day]

Well Midway doesn't exist anymore. But yeah, there's no way WB is going to care about something as small as this.

I do love the humor of a church group using a logo from a game that is based around over the top violence and gore.

 

[marv]

Except with trademarks, you have to defend them or they can fall into the public domain.

 

[Lucky Day]

Developing and marketing a game while clearly posting that it's a trademark on the bottom of the official site will do that just fine.

They would have plenty of grounds to defend the image if they ever decided to go after somebody for using it.