They probably have a case but still lol

Embarrassing money grab.

FM have used the club's name since the 90's and now they have an issue with it? Going after the mod packs as well is a cant move.

I believe cringe is the term.

Its what big organisations have to do to protect their brand. Apple is notorious for it, and so are others. You cant just let every man and his god run amok with your brand.

Pretty low of Utd to break loads of childrens hearts. Just a company now, their soul is in the gutter.

That's what copyright is all about - preventing others from using your name or brand and thereby losing you income or damaging your reputation eg by producing an inferior product that detracts from your reputation. A company of the magnitude of Sega should have been well aware of this. Guilty as charged Your Honour. I'm rethinking the launch of my new video game where I have a fat, blond, yellow-haired American politician blob going round a maze eating up senitive embarassing documents. I think Trump-Man would have been a success but for political reasons I'll leave that on the back-burner for now.

comment by Robbing Hoody - tell me I can't and I'll show you I can (U6374)
posted 13 minutes ago
Pretty low of Utd to break loads of childrens hearts. Just a company now, their soul is in the gutter.
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Fair.

But at least our club would rather take the hit financially than use tax payers hard earned in a global pandemic to furlough non-playing staff to save a couple of quid.

Real club of the people you lot are.

Sega went after kids uploading on YouTube... Fair game... F**k them

comment by Keano's Magic Hat (U10101)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - tell me I can't and I'll show you I can (U6374)
posted 13 minutes ago
Pretty low of Utd to break loads of childrens hearts. Just a company now, their soul is in the gutter.
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Fair.

But at least our club would rather take the hit financially than use tax payers hard earned in a global pandemic to furlough non-playing staff to save a couple of quid.

Real club of the people you lot are.
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Sure - ensuring that their staff are kept on with 100% salary and their job secure is really bad isn't it. It would have been much better to just get rid of all those staff in redundancy of course...

comment by Keano's Magic Hat (U10101)
posted 50 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - tell me I can't and I'll show you I can (U6374)
posted 13 minutes ago
Pretty low of Utd to break loads of childrens hearts. Just a company now, their soul is in the gutter.
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Fair.

But at least our club would rather take the hit financially than use tax payers hard earned in a global pandemic to furlough non-playing staff to save a couple of quid.

Real club of the people you lot are.
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They listened to the people and absolutely no-one was furloughed. Utd really should take aleaf out of pur book really. Suing FM

They listened to the people and absolutely no-one was furloughed. Utd really should take aleaf out of pur book really. Suing FM 
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Ffs that explanation is as bad as bojos recent charge to nhs workers then changing his mind a day later after the backlash, no backlash=original decision would gave stood in bath cases

Yes that's what listening to the people is. I fail to see how doing what the people want wouldn't make you a club of the people. That's literally what they're doing. What are you talking about?

Yes that's what listening to the people is.

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It should never have come to that though.

Yeah poor decision. Amercian aren't they, pure capitalists. I like the fact they listen, did it with the ticket prices too.

comment by welshpoolfan (U7693)
posted 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by Keano's Magic Hat (U10101)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - tell me I can't and I'll show you I can (U6374)
posted 13 minutes ago
Pretty low of Utd to break loads of childrens hearts. Just a company now, their soul is in the gutter.
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Fair.

But at least our club would rather take the hit financially than use tax payers hard earned in a global pandemic to furlough non-playing staff to save a couple of quid.

Real club of the people you lot are.
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Sure - ensuring that their staff are kept on with 100% salary and their job secure is really bad isn't it. It would have been much better to just get rid of all those staff in redundancy of course...
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United kept all their staff on and didn't consider trying to rob the tax payer to ensure they got full pay tbf

comment by Robbing Hoody - tell me I can't and I'll show you I can (U6374)
posted 30 minutes ago
Yeah poor decision. Amercian aren't they, pure capitalists. I like the fact they listen, did it with the ticket prices too.
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More likely that, as pure capitalists, they realised the damage it would do to goodwill, to their brand image etc. All it shows is how out of touch with the fans they are and how a humiliating back down was the better long term financial strategy. Let's be honest about it

I'd say it was more humiliating to go through with. Your comment seems contradictory as a result but all's well that ends well.

Think you're being a bit emotional about it tbh. Made a business decision, fans didn't like it, reversed decision, done. Great club and that's the difference.

Our badge is a symbol of hope and protection, Utd are suing a cornerstone of childrens happiness, that's spanned generations, because they can't have their picture of the personification of evil on a computer game. Typical.

🙏

They've used it for nearly 30 years without problems. Apparently, over that time Manchester United staff would receive copies of the game and post excellent review in the media about what good job they're doing etc.

There could be an argument that United are estopped from now turning around and saying their rights have been infringed. Sega have used these images adversely for 30 years with the full knowledge and perhaps implied approval of Manchester United.

While knowing for 30 years that Sega were using their property, and having never indicated to Sega in all that time of any objection to said use then perhaps they can control future use of said property going forward, but compensation for past use should be hard to obtain.

If anyone linked with Sega is reading this, tell them my fees are reasonable. Should be a piece of cake.

Get sonic to pay for it in rings!

Seems a bit petty on the face of it but I wonder if there’s a wider PR stunt going on here.

The headlines would act as a handy threat to companies using the trademark without permission.

Ha fans of a club run by some of the biggest cheats in the US sports world who tried to use UK tax payer money like robber barons until a media furore is comical trying to mock United over this.

Same owners who denied wrongdoing when an elevator failed in their stadium seriously injuring a woman, or then their cheap a$$ nature removed deteriorating protective shields behind home plate and no doubt were hoping the government would lend them a buck to replace them when a fan was seriously injured.

Meanwhile over the m62 United kept all their workers on, the players were first to start making donations while captain hendo was desperately making a play for England captain & are now protecting their IP from copywrite infringement. I’d be very curious if Konami started copying the exclusive rights EA has with Liverpool if Liverpool would be like that’s fine go ahead...

Also, now that I think about Fenway, there’s a certain intrigue in that Fenway sports own two sports teams; Boston Red Sox & Liverpool.

They spent heavily and forst World Series used vaseline and other substitutes on atleast two of their opening pitchers in 2013 which was settled after their World Series win in hush hush dollar dollar terms and then more recently and relevant technology to cheat to get their 2018 World Series only to be discovered as huge cheats in a massive scandal exposed recently as the coach of the Houston Astros who was caught doing basically whistle blew with many others to say “we learn it in Boston during 2018”....

Now here we are they’ve spent truckloads, Liverpool with their first Premier league table aided by a technology which has undoubtedly raised certain suspicions.....

Deja Vu? Get ready for VAR gate

comment by Robbing Hoody - tell me I can't and I'll show you I can (U6374)
posted 6 hours, 15 minutes ago
I'd say it was more humiliating to go through with. Your comment seems contradictory as a result but all's well that ends well.

Think you're being a bit emotional about it tbh. Made a business decision, fans didn't like it, reversed decision, done. Great club and that's the difference.

Our badge is a symbol of hope and protection, Utd are suing a cornerstone of childrens happiness, that's spanned generations, because they can't have their picture of the personification of evil on a computer game. Typical.
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Twice made business decisions that went in the face of fans and the people that keep the club going on a day to day basis. Twice had to back down due to huge media and public backlash. Shameful. But glad you're happy with their antics and how they run the club. Until the next time 👍

comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - tell me I can't and I'll show you I can (U6374)
posted 6 hours, 15 minutes ago
I'd say it was more humiliating to go through with. Your comment seems contradictory as a result but all's well that ends well.

Think you're being a bit emotional about it tbh. Made a business decision, fans didn't like it, reversed decision, done. Great club and that's the difference.

Our badge is a symbol of hope and protection, Utd are suing a cornerstone of childrens happiness, that's spanned generations, because they can't have their picture of the personification of evil on a computer game. Typical.
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Twice made business decisions that went in the face of fans and the people that keep the club going on a day to day basis. Twice had to back down due to huge media and public backlash. Shameful. But glad you're happy with their antics and how they run the club. Until the next time 👍
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What do you expect they’re all hypocrites

Klopp will never break transfer records apparently..

The craziest irony here is they’re in love with owners who have demonstrated time and time again they don’t take Stadium safety of match going fans seriously.

comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 6 hours, 52 minutes ago
comment by welshpoolfan (U7693)
posted 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by Keano's Magic Hat (U10101)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - tell me I can't and I'll show you I can (U6374)
posted 13 minutes ago
Pretty low of Utd to break loads of childrens hearts. Just a company now, their soul is in the gutter.
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Fair.

But at least our club would rather take the hit financially than use tax payers hard earned in a global pandemic to furlough non-playing staff to save a couple of quid.

Real club of the people you lot are.
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Sure - ensuring that their staff are kept on with 100% salary and their job secure is really bad isn't it. It would have been much better to just get rid of all those staff in redundancy of course...
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United kept all their staff on and didn't consider trying to rob the tax payer to ensure they got full pay tbf
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Just considering sueing other companies other something that they have allowed for over 30 years until now, which might put the jobs of the people working at that company at risk. That's much more moral than using a legal government programme that you yourself have helped to fund.

Also, all football clubs are registered and pay tax in this country. Why should they not be eligible for the programme that they are helping to fund? Why the outrage when a football team tried to use a programme but not when other companies have used it?