How does gaia get permission for meme items?

[luv4manga]

I was on the blockland forums, and one person brought up the subject, when I showed him a link to some of the items from the Infinity hat, that it's wrong both morally and respectfully to make money off of online meme's. I thought about this for a while, and realized that yes, they really did put this in the cash shop and make money from it. But I was wondering, did they get permission for it? Did they really contact the person who created it and say that they were using it to make money? I would just like to know, I don't care that much, but I do think that it's a bit wrong to make money off of someone else's idea with out telling them.... but I think they probably did make copyrights. But do meme's like Epic Fail Man and Longcat really have an owner? Please answer some of these questions.

[AlredyTryed]

Phrases can't be copyrighted, only patented. At least, I think that's how it goes.

[luv4manga]

I'm not talking about phrases, I'm talking about characters.

[Phreshly Squeezed]

********?
Are you on acid?
rofl

[Ziggy Played Guitar]

People actually care? It's not like it's some creative brainchild or something, it's ******** pixels of a cat.

[fluffchild]

You won't be waiting for my return.

I thought Internet memes were public domain.

I promise, baby, you'll burn.

[herr_doktor.exe]

meme's are public domain- its been used freely over the internet without anyone asking for money, and no one copyrighting it. there's nothing wrong with it other than the fact lol's have been exploited by gaia to make money. </3 and it makes it unfunny.

seriously, no one gives a s**t about longcat, monorail cat, etc ever since gaia got a hold of it.

[AlredyTryed]

luv4manga

I'm not talking about phrases, I'm talking about characters.

Lack of copyright registration, then. It can't hold up in court if the copyright's not registered.

[Sarahsuke]

Ziggy Played Guitar

People actually care? It's not like it's some creative brainchild or something, it's ******** pixels of a cat.

You'd be surprised at how certain personages react to having their memes "stolen."

[luv4manga]

Sarahsuke

Ziggy Played Guitar

People actually care? It's not like it's some creative brainchild or something, it's ******** pixels of a cat.

You'd be surprised at how certain personages react to having their memes "stolen."

Especially blockland. THey saw the Infinity Hat possibilities, and were outraged. They SWORE that we were stealing them, and I told them that they really didn't matter because the meme's weren't theirs. Heres a link to the thread I created about it on the blockland forums:

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=50069.0

I'm L by the way. What do you think about what they said? I'm giving them the link to this thread, so let them know how you feel about it all.

[luv4manga]

Bump. Trust me, the people at blockland will find as many ways as possible to make a person look like a moron, so you'll need to say a lot to satisfy them, although they'll still be able to insult us. Usually by saying we're all fags.