“Controversy Surrounds Unauthorized Broadcast of Super Mario Bros. The Movie on TV”

Super Mario Bros. The Movie continues to break box office records around the world and, despite only having been released for a few weeks and being rated harshly by specialized critics, the animated production of Nintendo e Illumination is on track to be one of the biggest hits in cinema in 2023. It is precisely this popularity that has caused the broadcast of the film on television and for free to cause so much commotion on social networks.

On April 16, the Argentine public television channel GenTV broadcast the film, perplexing all the people who had the opportunity to witness this event. Over the Internet, dozens of memes and clips from users who were able to capture the film when the channel broadcast it soon went viral and even the chain itself mocked the situation through its social media accounts.

According to what some users of Argentina and the same company in their accounts, GenTV it works like a television network that the audience can contact to request the movies they want to see. Previously, the channel aired movies from Marvel and some others that were released recently.

Is a new lawsuit coming from Nintendo?

What is most surprising about this situation is that the fact that the television channel has decided to broadcast Super Mario Bros. The Movie can bring you serious legal problems with Nintendowhich is widely known for quickly suing those who violate its intellectual property.

While this has not yet been confirmed, the nature of the posts by GenTV In social networks they indicate that the Argentine channel did not have the authorization of the Great N to make this transmission. It is important to remember that recently released films have a lifetime on the billboard and then, the production companies behind them negotiate their licenses for streaming platforms and television channels. Definitely this process is not done in just a few days and even less when the film has been on the bill for such a short time.

Nintendo won’t be happy about this

for now, Nintendo He has not made a public statement regarding the unauthorized transmission of his film on television, but the truth is that, if it is confirmed that the respective permission was not obtained, GenTV would be facing a lawsuit from the video game company.

As we well pointed out, Nintendo is one of the most suspicious companies with its copyrights and, in the past, has been involved in controversy for sending cease and desist letters or outright suing content creators or others for carrying out projects with their franchises without authorization .

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