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52 November/December 2020
J
ohn Savage is a marine researcher based in Norfolk UK.
In 2000 he published 2000 copies of an illustrated children’s
book, ‘Captain Pottie’s Wildlife Encyclopaedia (now out of print).
Taking many years to compile it was a collection of crazy creatures
‘discovered’ by a fi ctitious mad Victorian explorer. Most of them were
word games inspired by biologists of the 19
th
century who often got
their illustrations and descriptions of real living creatures completely
wrong.
Four years later, in 2004, Ricky Gervais published his Flanimals book
which appears to have directly lifted his text, images and ideas.
A court case is planned to dispute
copyright over bulbous graphic
creatures
By Suzie Mélange
The encyclopaedia was accessible via a published version bought
from the high street post-2000 or from an earlier manuscript which had
been circulated to publishers in the late 1990s, one of which was sent
to Peters Fraser Dunlop, an agency Ricky Gervais was managed by.
In March 2020 an application was submitted to register Flanimals as
a trademark. Savage is opposing the application on the grounds that
Gervais is attempting to pass off Savage’s goods as his.
He is now seeking funding to continue a potentially expensive legal
action against Gervais for copyright infringement.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/ricky-gervais-copyright-infrin/
MEDIA
Ricky
Gervais’ scam
flanimals
SAVAGE:"The Von, the Volan Terrasaur
and the Vool are all exactly the same apart
from two small things. Apart from this
there is nothing much else to say about
them because all they do is just sit there
stuck to a rock all day."
SAVAGE:"The worst thing about
Puff oons apart from the smell.."
SAVAGE:"Its udder is on the other side"
SAVAGE:"one biggish eye on a stalk"
SAVAGE: "Eastriches never stop running in the direction of EAST"
SAVAGE: "Hamselots always live in large groups"
