Apple tells moviemakers that villains can?t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says
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Apple does not let filmmakers show villains using iPhones on camera, movie director Rian Johnson said in a new interview with Vanity Fair."Apple, they let you use iPhones in movies, but—and this is very pivotal if you're ever watching a mystery movie—bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera," Johnson said. In other cases, movie studios might be cautious about respecting Apple's wishes in order to avoid lawsuits, even if the studios would be within their rights to have a villain use an iPhone in a movie scene."I'm comfortable saying that moviemakers don't need a license [from product makers] to have characters using everyday products in normal ways," Legal Director John Bergmayer of advocacy group Public Knowledge, who specializes in intellectual property issues, told Ars today.
As said here by Jon Brodkin