pappilo: Much ado about nothing! Nigerians can make noise sha. It is a damn movie, no one can sue and no one will be sued. It is a movie...make believe...got it? comprehende? Will Mercedes sue a movie for portraying one of their cars as experiencing a catastrophic brake failure and it then kills a group of school kids? Has the NYPD sued any movie producer for portraying its officers as corrupt in movies?

I cant believe this is even being discussed.

Decryptor: Nigerians and their wahala! Una wey dey spray dollar for una music video nko? America don sue una? As if when govt sues them, you'll have a share ​I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ what ever compensation will be paid if any ​I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ the first place. Abeg make una go find beta work go do

VillageBoi:

No biggie. I get you don't know anything about films & copyrights. You cannot include a face or even voice without a release form & the copyright... most 'other types' of images are cool as long as 'slander, defamation of character +' is not involved.
Why do you think not one single Naija film that shows a TV screen with football or BBC or anything else playing does never go anywhere but illegal places?

nenergy: So i was watching a Hollywood movie titled ‘BAD A S S’ and the movie was indeed BAD A S S. But the most BAD A S S thing about the movie is that the Nigerian coat of arm was used twice in the movie. What appeared to look like the Nigerian coat of arm was first shown at a scene where the main actor was filling out a police recruitment form. The second was when he received a letter about his application. Nairalanders, make una follow look am o. Is that the Nigerian coat of arm and is that legal?

Bad A s s (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Ass_(film)

dominique:

I wikipediad the film btw, not one cast or crew member looked familiar. More like a z-grade movie. Even Razzies go reject them

nenergy:
The movie was set in the USA. The main character returned from war and decided to join the police force in the US. So why should a sovereign nation's coat of arm be used on a form for a movie set in the US?
I don't know what exactly to call it, so its 'forgery'.lol

BashToks:

As much as I feel your constructibe argumemt.. point is you stil have no point cos its blatant illegal to use an emblem or logo or mark associated with a body or in this case a nation in any franchise of any sort. Na because say na toothless dog Nigeria dat deyll go scot free with it. The only condition that can permit them to usr this is if they actually sought for permission which I highly doubt.

Okija_juju: [b]If it truly is a the Nigerian Coat of arms, then I believe that they can be sued..

The coat of arms is an internationally copyright protected symbol and any misuse of it especially a gross misrepresentation like they have done in this movie is an offence..

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if_i_hear:

Did you just type that

nenergy:
You must be a Togolese.lol

nenergy:
The movie was set in the USA. The main character returned from war and decided to join the police force in the US. So why should a sovereign nation's coat of arm be used on a form for a movie set in the US?
I don't know what exactly to call it, so its 'forgery'.lol

VillageBoi:

Nope! I'm just not daft.


Didn't same Nigerians rush to the cinema to give 'South Africa' money for their 'District 9' that blatantly said our 'ex' presido na dumb cannibal or was it persin wey dey use alien do suya? - wetin happen then? I beg we dey make mouth anyhow. So pls explain what exactly is wrong with this 'Easter Egg'?

pekelepekele: You guys should be happy that our coat of arm was used in an Hollywood movie .

pekelepekele: [b]You guys should be happy that our coat of arm was used in an Hollywood movie .

pekelepekele: You guys should be happy that our coat of arm was used in an Hollywood movie .

nenergy:
No wahala! But i'd love to see the look on your face when your facebook photo is included in a missing person's catalogue by a Indian film producer.lol.

Okija_juju:

the 'a' was obviously a typo.. Delete that and read it again..