EA SPORTS responds to Zlatan Ibrahimovic\u2019s FIFA 21 licensing threats EA SPORTSThe developers of FIFA 21, EA SPORTS, has responded to threats by AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his agent to sue the publisher over the licensing of his \u201clikeness.\u201d EA claims that \u201cit\u2019s not their fight,\u201d saying FIFPro should step in. Zlatan might be sitting pretty on top of the Serie A with AC Milan, netting 10 goals in six games to help the Rossoneri remain undefeated, however, he was seeing red at EA using his \u201clikeness\u201d in FIFA 21. The Swedish star, who has featured in numerous FIFA titles, challenged EA over the rights to use his image. He claimed EA did not seek his permission, and because he wasn\u2019t a member of FIFPro, he wasn\u2019t covered by their license. Who gave FIFA EA Sport permission to use my name and face? @FIFPro? I\u2019m not aware to be a member of Fifpro and if I am I was put there without any real knowledge through some weird manouver. And for sure I never allowed @FIFAcom or Fifpro to make money using me\u2014 Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 (@Ibra_official) November 23, 2020 \u201cWho gave FIFA EA Sports permission to use my name and face? I\u2019m not aware to be a member of FIFpro and if I am I was put there without any real knowledge through some weird maneuver. And for sure I never allowed FIFA.com or FIFPro to make money using me,\u201d he said. \u201cSomebody is making profit on my name and face without any agreement all these years. Time to investigate,\u201d he adds in a follow-up. Ibrahimovic\u2019s stance was backed by his agent Mino Raiola, who told British paper The Telegraph that over 300 players were considering legal action. However, EA has responded to Zlatan\u2019s claims, stating the fight isn\u2019t meant to be fought with the developer, but with FIFPro themselves. \u201cThe licensing arguments being played out in social media for effect are not an issue for EA or EA Sports. This is between FIFPro, the players within their association, and their representatives. FIFPro has told us this is their issue, and they\u2019re handling it \u2014 we expect a statement to that effect imminently,\u201d the developers told Forbes. \u201cThis isn\u2019t our fight. This isn\u2019t about EA Sports or video games, players or fans. It\u2019s a battle between football agents and FIFPro.\u201d Read more: FIFA 21 Team of the Week 9 live – EA also stated they had worked with Raiola to help market FIFA 21 using Erling Haaland, one of his clients. EA also said they have \u201cenjoyed a great working relationship\u201d with Ibrahimovic, AC Milan signed an exclusive agreement with EA SPORTS in 2020 to allow the developers to use accurate face scans for the entire team. Other partner clubs, such as Real Madrid and Inter Milan, are also part of this agreement. Ibrahimovic is yet to respond to EA\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EA SPORTS responds to Zlatan Ibrahimovic\u2019s FIFA 21 licensing threats EA SPORTSThe developers of FIFA 21, EA SPORTS, has responded to threats by AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his agent to sue the publisher over the licensing of his \u201clikeness.\u201d EA claims that \u201cit\u2019s not their fight,\u201d saying FIFPro should step in. Zlatan might […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}