John Kirby | |
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Died | October 2, 2019 (aged 79) |
Occupation | Attorney |
Known for | Defending Nintendo from Universal Pictures Namesake of Kirby |
Spouse(s) | Susan Cullman ( m. 2004) |
The courts also pointed out that Kong rights were held by three parties: 1 RKO owned the rights to the original film and its sequel. 2 The Dino De Laurentiis company (DDL) owned the rights to the 1976 remake. 3 Richard Cooper owned worldwide book and periodical publishing rights.
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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive arcade gaming directed by Seth Gordon. It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from Billy Mitchell.
In the original film, the character's name is Kong, a name given to him by the inhabitants of the fictional "Skull Island" in the Indian Ocean, where Kong lives along with other oversized animals, such as plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and various dinosaurs.
John KirbyJohn Kirby, the longtime Nintendo attorney and the namesake of fan-favorite character Kirby, died on Wednesday. He was 79. Kirby was given the honor by famed designer Shigeru Miyamoto when the blobby pink character was created for 1992's Kirby's Dream Land.
Shigeru Miyamoto stated that "Kirby" was chosen in honor of American lawyer John Kirby, who defended Nintendo in the Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. case in 1984 and that the guttural-sounding name contrasted amusingly with the character's cute appearance.
Kirby is named after an American Lawyer Beloved Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said that the name was chosen because it reminded them of American lawyer John Kirby, who had represented Nintendo in court during a dispute with Universal City Studios over Donkey Kong.
Thankfully, he only demands tributes of sandwiches and tomatoes. Open your books. It's time to learn Nintendo Theology.
Basically, Kirby is a boy. In the original English manual for Kirby's Dream Land (from 1992) Kirby is described as such. Players only seem to get confused because, generally, Kirby is pink.
The most common thing Kirby says in the anime is "Poyo", which is meaningless, but it allows him to use his voice in such a way that it conveys his emotions without actually saying anything meaningful, as illustrated here.
—Kirby, Super Smash Bros. Kirby is an inhabitant of Planet Popstar and the protagonist of the Kirby series....KirbyFirst appearanceArcana (1992, cameo) Kirby's Dream Land (1992, Kirby series) Club Nintendo - "Super Mario: Mario im Wunderland" (1993, Mario-related media)3 more rows•May 7, 2022
Sakurai has indeed said that Kirby's was genderless. However, I believe HAL has used "he" (彼) on post Sakurai games (in instruction manuals and websites), and it was used in the anime.
It originated in Northern England or in Southwestern Ireland from the Old Norse word "kirkja" + "býr" meaning "church" + "settlement". Notable people with the surname include: Abner Kirby (1818–1893), mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Adam Kirby (born 1980s), jockey.
John Joseph Kirby Jr. (October 22, 1939 – October 2, 2019) was an American attorney. He was most notable for his successful defense for Nintendo against Universal Studios over the copyrightability of the character of Donkey Kong in 1984, from which Nintendo subsequently named the character Kirby to honor him.
Kirby is a given name, and may refer to: Kirby Ian Andersen, Canadian musician. Kirby Ann Basken (born 1985), Norwegian model. Kirby Bentley (born 1986), Australian rules footballer.
Kirby's most well known case was representing Nintendo against Universal City Studios following a lawsuit in 1984, during his time at Mudge Rose. Universal Studios claimed that the character Donkey Kong was an unlicensed version of their character King Kong.
In his first appearance in King Kong (1933), Kong was a gigantic prehistoric ape. While gorilla-like in appearance, he had a vaguely humanoid look and at times walked upright in an anthropomorphic manner.
In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis produced a modern remake of the original film directed by John Guillermin. A sequel, King Kong Lives, followed a decade later featuring a Lady Kong. Another remake of the original, this time set in 1933, was released in 2005 from filmmaker Peter Jackson .
In the 1960s, Japanese studio Toho licensed the character from RKO and produced two films that featured the character, King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) and King Kong Escapes (1967). Toho's interpretation differed greatly from the original in size and abilities.
In 1982 Universal filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, which had created an impish ape character called Donkey Kong in 1981 and was reaping huge profits over the video game machines. Universal claimed that Nintendo was infringing on its copyright because Donkey Kong was a blatant rip-off of King Kong. During the court battle and subsequent appeal, the courts ruled that Universal did not have exclusive trademark rights to the King Kong character. The courts ruled that trademark was not among the rights Cooper had sold to Universal, indicating that "Cooper plainly did not obtain any trademark rights in his judgment against RKO, since the California district court specifically found that King Kong had no secondary meaning." While they had a majority of the rights, they did not outright own the King Kong name and character. The courts ruling noted that the name, title, and character of Kong no longer signified a single source of origin so exclusive trademark rights were impossible. The courts also pointed out that the Kong rights were held by three parties: 1 RKO owned the rights to the original film and its sequel. 2 The Dino De Laurentiis company (DDL) owned the rights to the 1976 remake. 3 Richard Cooper owned worldwide book and periodical publishing rights.
RKO sent a memo to Cooper suggesting the titles Kong: King of Beasts, Kong: The Jungle King, and Kong: The Jungle Beast, which combined his and Selznick's proposed titles. As time went on, Cooper would eventually name the story simply Kong while Ruth Rose was writing the final version of the screenplay.
Cooper's friend Douglas Burden's trip to the island of Komodo and his encounter with the Komodo dragons was a big influence on the Kong story. Cooper was fascinated by Burden's adventures as chronicled in his book Dragon Lizards of Komodo where he referred to the animal as the "King of Komodo".
While creator Merian C. Cooper envisioned Kong as being " 40 to 50 feet tall ", animator Willis O'Brien and his crew built the models and sets scaling Kong to be only 18 feet (5.5 m) tall on Skull Island, and rescaled to be 24 feet (7.3 m) tall in New York.