The Three Stooges: Believe it or not, C3 has in no way been messing around when it comes to the Three Stooges brand. They've been protecting it since it was set up by the Stooges themselves more than 50 years ago. You might remember that a new movie recently came out, though to judge by the box-office numbers, the odds that you actually saw it are slightly less than my odds of flying the space shuttle.
Still, Will Rhyder wasn't worried when he put out Not the Three Stooges XXX. He should have been. C3 made with the cease and desist letters, and Rhyder did exactly what any one of us would do in this situation. He leaked the letters to TMZ because suing someone over a porn parody is just stupid enough to be mocked on TMZ.
Super Mario Bros: In 1993 the world got one of its first real professional video pornos in the form of the two-part epic Super Hornio Bros, starring the one and only Ron Jeremy. The film remains very hard to get a hold of because Nintendo actually did the smart thing rather than the dumb thing.
Why beat 'em when you can join them? Nintendo owned a string of "love hotels" in Japan before becoming the creator of childhood fun, so they weren't necessarily shy about sex. Instead of suing Midnight Entertainment, they just bought up the rights to distribute the film. Which they then proceeded to absolutely not freakin' do, of course, but they faithfully renew the copyright whenever it comes up so they have the grounds to successfully sue anyone who would try and release the parody.
Doctor Who: Here's something that you may not know about the BBC and Doctor Who... they care way more about the Daleks than pretty much every other aspect of the show. It's true, and it makes sense if you look at how well the monsters have done for themselves. On the other hand, it sort of says something about the BBC, doesn't it?
So while there are already two Doctor Who porn parodies out there that the BBC doesn't seem to care about, when Abducted By The Daleks came out showing three women kidnapped and sexed up by the denizens of Skaro, they swung into action and sued the ever-loving crap out of everyone involved until copies were blasted off eBay with more force than a Dalek laser.
Dalek creator Terry Nation's estate responded with "The reason the Daleks are still the most sinister thing in the universe is because they do not make things like porn," which I believe I will get printed on a T-shirt. BBC has also won a lawsuit over whether or not they own the images of police boxes despite those being an actual thing that predates the show, so if they send lawyers, make like The Doctor and run!
We've covered the sex industry and Doctor Who before in case you're wondering, and also the magical world of steampunk dildos. Neither of those links is SFW.
Jef with One F is a recovering rock star taking it one day at a time. You can read about his adventures in The Bible Spelled Backwards or connect with him on Facebook.
