Dragon ball copyright implications

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jurassicparklionkingfan

BUR #42135 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

create implication dragon_ball_minus -> dragon_ball
create implication dragon_ball_z_dokkan_battle -> dragon_ball
create implication dragon_ball_legends -> dragon_ball
create implication dragon_ball_z_kami_to_kami -> dragon_ball_z
create implication dragon_ball_z_fukkatsu_no_f -> dragon_ball_z
create implication dragon_ball_multiverse -> dragon_ball

Some dragon ball copyright tags I found that for some reason don't imply dragon ball the series. Unless there's a reason these don't imply dragon ball.

(let me know if I did anything incorrect about this BUR).

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jurassicparklionkingfan user 1350253 Damian0358 sinapp Blookryynnn voiceofthecold notfrontloaded
Damian0358

Lyren said:

I don't know about this copyright, but with this logic shouldn't Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle also imply Dragon Ball Z instead then rather than Dragon Ball like this BUR did?

You'd think that, but unfortunately, it's a gacha game that includes everything from Z, to GT, to Super, to even the original Dragon Ball, so uh, no. The logic isn't based on name, it's based on franchise context. To this day, the two canon Z movies are still considered part of Z in the franchise even when its events have been incorporated into Super, which is why Fukkatsu no F has that third paragraph; meanwhile Dokkan Battle just used the name of the most prominent DB installment at the time of its release back in 2015 - the game even has both versions of Kami to Kami represented in it via different events.

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