# Warner Brothers Lawyers: (Spittake!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga, commercials-ads\ **Created:** [November 1, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164 "2022-11-01T19:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164/1 "2022-11-01T19:20:52Z")
Uhm…the fuh. I have a difficult time believing Diddy got permission for this because there would be creative control issues…etc…you can’t just call up DC and say “Yo im doing a tequila commercial, how many zeros do i add to the check for y’all to not ask questions?” Now I could be completely wrong and Diddy and DC were onboard from the gitgo, but I think it more likely Diddy just said “I got more money then God”. I can’t find anything about a collaboration or permission, but neither can I find anything about DC being upset. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqgL8hHoG7U) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164/2 "2024-12-13T02:46:41Z")
Could you explain how what you wrote applies to a ‘Video Unavailable’ message? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164/3 "2024-12-13T02:57:28Z")
They linked to a video two years ago, and in the meantime the video was pulled. What’s to explain? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164/4 "2024-12-13T03:01:01Z")
I know what ‘Video Unavailable’ means. I have no idea what the video was. Also, why was this thread and a bunch of others from 2022 showing up on the list without any new responses? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164/5 "2024-12-13T03:02:14Z")
_My_ guess is that some spammer/troll revived the thread, then got banninated. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164/6 "2024-12-13T04:10:14Z")
I don’t even remember what it was. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164/7 "2024-12-14T03:33:30Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > I don’t even remember what it was. I searched for the Youtube URL and found [this](https://bottleraiders.com/article/diddy-joker-tequila/). So it was Diddy dressing up as the Joker (specifically the Heath Ledger Joker from _The Dark Knight_) in a promotional video for his tequila brand. > [@Pavelb1](#): > > I have a difficult time believing Diddy got permission for this Seems like he didn’t, because [here](https://www.thefader.com/2023/11/01/diddy-dresses-as-the-batman-for-halloween-after-alleged-warning-from-warner-bros-over-joker-costume) he says Warner Bros. sent him a letter about trademark infringement (“Last year I was the Joker and I actually got a letter from the studio that I can no longer be the Joker”). ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164/8 "2024-12-14T06:54:36Z")
Thank you! On both things. I’m glad he got a letter, cause it (at the time) was breaking my brain a little to see him so willfully infringe on trademark. Of course these days it makes more sense he would so brazenly do that.