{"id":1438,"date":"2024-10-30T15:54:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:22:35","slug":"shazam-productions-limited-v-only-fools-the-dining-experience-limited-and-others-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2024\/10\/30\/shazam-productions-limited-v-only-fools-the-dining-experience-limited-and-others-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Shazam Productions Limited v Only Fools The Dining Experience Limited and Others, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shazam initiated legal action to stop the performance of an interactive dining show called \u201cOnly Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience.\u201d This show featured Del Boy and other main characters from the comedy using their traits and backstories in an interactive pub quiz format. The defendants did not seek Shazam\u2019s approval, leading to a lawsuit for copyright infringement and passing off, as many people might have believed the show was an authorised spin-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The claimant, Shazam, was a company owned by the family of John Sullivan (d.2011), the creator and writer of the award-winning British TV sitcom \u201cOnly Fools and Horses\u201d (1980s and 1990s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defendants argued that their use was fair dealing, particularly for parody and pastiche. &nbsp;Although this exception has been widely discussed, this case was the first time a UK court tested the defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><code><code><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-15\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"15\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Only Fools and Horses\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/code><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>Ibbetson, S and Ryan, M. (2022). Why do only fools and horses write original material? UK court finds copyright infringement of \u2018Del Boy\u2019 character. Kluwer Copyright Blog. Available from <a href=\"https:\/\/legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com\/copyright-blog\/why-do-only-fools-and-horses-write-original-material-uk-court-finds-copyright-infringement-of-del-boy-character\/\">here<\/a>.<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:9px\">The author takes no responsibility for the content of this page, which is not intended as binding legal advice. The views are about copyright in the UK Higher Education sector context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shazam initiated legal action to stop the performance of an interactive dining show called \u201cOnly Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience.\u201d This show featured Del Boy and other main characters from the comedy using their traits and backstories in an interactive pub quiz format. The defendants did not seek Shazam\u2019s approval, leading to a lawsuit for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[70,78,80],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz","tag-exception","tag-parody","tag-pastiche"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions\/1547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}