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Relabelling and rebranding shit is called White-Labeling
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-label_product
It's a super common practice in EVERY industry. From Economy Brands like Great Value, America's Finest, Kirklands, and Similar, to Luxury brands such as Leica, Cartier, or Hasselblad

White-Labeling is totally fine.
But using an endorsement you don't have is pretty damn illegal.
Even from a dead person.
You'd probably be better off finding an old washed-up has-been, and trying to talk them into a business venture, by piggy-backing off their success. But you'll have to convince them you can make money, first.
This happens a lot in the Audio world. Someone will make a decent chunk of change with some trash headphones/earbuds that look great or have a gimmicky feature, then shoehorn in a celebrity musician's endorsement for the 2nd release of things.

That girl looks kinda Jow Forums.

>t. marketingfag
Not OP, but I have a legal question.
I want to make one of those shitty prerendered 3DCG slideshow porn VNs.
I want to make it about an old TV show, because borrowing cartoon show IPs is popular and nobody seems to be getting in trouble for those.
However I want to make it about a live action TV show and the star in it is dead now.
Could I possibly get in legal trouble for it?
I wouldn't depict the actor, but his character. The actor's name would never come up. His post mortem personality rights shouldn't apply, right?

what are some niches that are selling well now?

is that shopped or is she really that thicccc

>I want to make one of those shitty prerendered 3DCG slideshow porn VNs.

Urgh.

>I want to make it about an old TV show, because borrowing cartoon show IPs is popular and nobody seems to be getting in trouble for those.

Which doesn't mean it's legal; most crime goes unpunished, however... not everyone's lucky.

>However I want to make it about a live action TV show and the star in it is dead now.

What are the copyrights on the parts of the show which you want to use?

What are the rights their estate has to them?

Could your product be considered defamation, in bad taste, or in any way negatively affect the rights-holders of those concerned?

>Could I possibly get in legal trouble for it?

Possibly. You ought to talk to an actual lawyer. I've no experience with porn, but if you frame it as a parody, you should be good; part of why porn studios do things that way.

>I wouldn't depict the actor, but his character. The actor's name would never come up. His post mortem personality rights shouldn't apply, right?

Depends. For example, there are actors who are immediately identifiable with certain characters -- for instance, Keanu Reeves and Neo, Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones/ Han Solo, etc. In some jurisdictions, they might well have strong rights to these characters by virtue of the person being deemed 'inseparable' from the character.

All niches sell well if you're decent at selling. The goal isn't to find a niche where nobody is. It's to completely outclass the competition, buy them out, and monopolize an entire market.

>thicc
No. She's normal. Your tastes have been degraded by your constant exposure to the internet.

well id like to do keyboard/mech keycaps and shit but I think that is filled with to many people already

Of course it's legal.
Could you not think of a single example of that?

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You're thinking like a techie. Stop it. When in business, think more along the lines of "how many new people can I get in on my product". Ideally people who don't want to do their own research, they just want the new cool flashy shiny thing.

Like... Apple. Hate them or not (I personally do), they built their brand specifically by appealing to the lowest common denominator, presenting their solutions as the most reliable and 'good' (which, let's be honest, brainlets can't break an Apple computer on the software side), and appealing to non-technical aspects of computer use.

I'd personally consider targeting typists, content writers, people who use keyboards on the daily, and who want to improve their typing comfort.

My reason for switching to a mechanical keyboard was that I fell in love with the tactile feel of a keyboard I touched at a store. Two days later I had bought an MX Blue switch keyboard, and am still MASSIVELY enjoying typing.

It, in a very real way, reinvigorated my will to work; every keystroke is pleasure, compared to the old membrane keyboards I used to use. I can *feel* the response, and that makes things so much more immediate and sensory, which is a massive benefit for me personally.

TL;DR: don't sell to people who are smart, unless you're doing that *on top* of selling to people who have no awareness of the problem in the first place.

Oh and since I forgot, look into the concept of market sophistication. It should clarify a lot of these ideas.

while otherwise good example, suspect OP was trying to skip over the $3 billion licensing fee bit here tho

Oh, I misunderstood that. I thought he already has the celebrity. Nevermind then.

wtf she is an woman/female/XX

hes got a ded one in mind, I think:
>Beaters™ - As Endorsed by Tupac Shakur
Tupac sez: 'If I weren't shot, I'd be warin Beaters, Yo!'
well, prove he *didn't* endorse them then. kindofthing

>he's been on Jow Forums for years and still can't distinguish a woman from a trap from a feminist
How fucking casual can you get?

I'm pretty sure celebrities like Tupac have administrators that manage their "cultural inheritance".

What if it's a fictional person?
Like if just you made them up.

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Illegal. At that point you might as well lie about everything, never deliver the product and run with the money.

Not kidding. Making shit up *seems* like a good idea, until you realize that the FTC doesn't give a shit and will pin you for anything at all.

that’s a man

>Urgh.
I know.
>What are the copyrights on the parts of the show which you want to use?
>What are the rights their estate has to them?
I have no idea how to look that up.
>Could your product be considered defamation, in bad taste, or in any way negatively affect the rights-holders of those concerned?
I say I'd be as classy with it as possbile and it would be very vanilla porn mostly about the story, but who knows how boomer TV executives think at any given time? It's a long dead show now, I think nobody other than me and old people give a shit about it. I just like the setting and the MC and it'd be comfy for a game.
>Possibly. You ought to talk to an actual lawyer.
That's what I've been trying to avoid. It'll be such an awkward discussion, but I guess I have no choice.
>there are actors who are immediately identifiable with certain characters
Yeah, this one is a very iconic character too. That can absoltely be an issue.

I guess I'll lawyer up then. Though it doesn't help that I'm in an Eastern European shithole either. I don't know how much I could trust the local jerkoff lawyer's advice on this and I don't know how to find copyright lawyers in the US. It's a Hollywood TV show btw.

>Hollywood TV show
network will usually be the rights holder, esp. if old(er) show. Not that that would make them anymore inclined to lend said rights to rnd E. Yurope p0rn productions, but, no harm in asking.

>asking them directly
I'd prefer them not even knowing about it and flying under the radar to make just enough to get by around here.
If I went to them directly, then they'd know about me and if they refused to let me do it without giving them a cut, then they'd definitely be up my ass and would try to shut me down.
But hopefully the parody bullshit will work.

quads says, go ahead, can always ask permission afterwards. Would (srsly) look into disposable company tho, do everything under the auspices of that - Parody Productions XYZ Inc - then, you can ditch it later entirely if needed, maybe save yourself a shitload of personal hassle down the line. Its also cheap, theres no excuse.

Thanks.
>can always ask permission afterwards
That's a thing in american law? Here you can get sued for doing financial damages in old scams too.

>permission afterwards
more of a saying 'sometimes, its better to act, and beg forgiveness later' - dont take it too srs, they saf wouldnt give you permission anyway.
>getting sued
you EU? - a euro company can trade in any other EU land, and that limits your PERSONAL liability (financial, who gets sued, etc) entirely. Bong Ltd formation costs, as said, about $30 to setup. Its the difference between a scam (for which you can always get done) and a legal scam, for which making you personally responsible is more difficult. Blatant fraud is still blatant fraud tho, its not a magic cloak, but, you can always wind it up and be done with it. Its called 'doing business' - they all fucking thieves, end of the day.

>they all fucking thieves, end of the day
Sure, but I'd have a pretty severe disadvantage to start with.
I just want to make some silly fap games.
Oh well. Thanks for your help. I'll find myself a lawyer now and pester him with my autism.

I don't think so, only if you get an exclusive thing from Taobao or those chinese marketplace.
At least here in my country, even normies knows about Aliexpress and chinese brands like Xiaomi/Oppo/Doggee, so if it's the same where you live I don't think it's profitable.

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