Maybe we didn’t think about copyrights and things like that when we were playing FIFA 2001. But in recent years, players have insisted on protecting not only their rights, but also their brand-name names. That’s why we often share interesting events from the FIFA community.
This time it’s about Diego Maradona, a legend of the green fields. Diego Maradona, one of the “Icon” cards of the FUT world, was forced to step down to the bench due to copyright problems. Players will no longer be able to access Maradona cards from the packages.
It’s alleged that the situation wasn’t actually caused by EA. Argentina’s competent courts, unable to decide who owns Maradona’s rights, say EA shook hands with the “wrong beneficiary.” Until the problem is resolved, it will not be possible to see Maradona’s face in EA games.
So who’s this way? First, let’s talk about Stefano Ceci, whom EA rightly shook hands with. Ceci claims he has the rights because he is the player’s former manager. But according to the court order, Ceci is not in a position to reach such agreements.
Maradona’s lawyer, Matias Morla, claims the star left the “Diego Armando Maradona” brand in the arms of his own company, Sattvica. Then there’s Morla and Maradona’s daughters, who are suing his company, and things get really messy.
Perhaps instead of keeping alive the memory of a legend we will never see on the pitch again, I’m sure falling into a conflict of interest causes Maradona to “rematch in the coffin”…