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Re: Is this legal? :|

personally i don;t think it looks like the same logo,however i could be
wrong. But in any case they could have asked permission to use it. even
if they don't i don't know,but if he can get away with parodies easier
nowadays,i would think a lot of people would get away with similar
stuff like shirt logo's etc.

--- In weirdalsstupidclub@yahoogroups.com, "Alycia Neun" <pf27@...>
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> I was looking through cafepress, and I ran into this:
>
> http://www.cafepress.com/nerdywhite
>
> Somehow, I don't think they have the rights to use that image. Does
> anyone know if they can legally do this or not? I don't want them
> profiting off of Al's fame! D:
>
> Alycia
>





Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:57 am

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I was looking through cafepress, and I ran into this: http://www.cafepress.com/nerdywhite Somehow, I don't think they have the rights to use that image. Does ...
Alycia Neun
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Oct 15, 2007
1:17 am

personally i don;t think it looks like the same logo,however i could be wrong. But in any case they could have asked permission to use it. even if they don't i...
Paul
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Oct 15, 2007
2:57 am

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/PF27/compare.jpg That's definitely the same logo, except that the cafepress has a smaller &. D: That, and it came up...
Alycia Neun
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Oct 15, 2007
3:51 am

Hi Alycia et al, I don't think it's legal, but the internet sure has blurred lines as to what is legal and not. Is there any way to tell who posted it? Maybe...
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Oct 15, 2007
2:10 pm

I contacted Bermuda on that and he said it was not legal. do not know if they are planning on contacting them and forcing them to quit or what. guess we'll...
Paul
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Oct 15, 2007
4:15 pm

I contacted Bermuda as well. I figured that a few of us probably did. I don't want anyone to get in tons of trouble, but I want Al to get paid for his talent...
Fuzzy Logic
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Oct 15, 2007
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i e-mailed the company and told them that the same logo was at weirdal.com and showed them the 2 photos and they wrote back saying that "we only deal with 100%...
Paul
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