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 Send to email | What Do Wal-mart, Larry Flynt, And The Republican Party Have In Common? Griping About Cafepress.Com in General |  By Silicon
el 30-Aug-2008 | CafePress.com has a fairly straightforward business. Customers upload a custom graphic to the company's servers and set up an online shop to put that image on everything from T-shirts to coffee mugs. CafePress and the designer split the proceeds.
But that same simple business model makes CafePress a magnet for claims filed by brands, businesses and other intellectual property owners who think someone's ripping them off. But it turns out it's a lot tougher to get things off the site than just sending an angry legal letter -- or even filing a lawsuit. Some greatest hits:
Wal-Mart Vs. Charles Smith:
Wal-mart demands critic Charles Smith and CafePress cease and desist from selling Smith's "Wal-Qaeda" and "Wal-ocaust" designs in December 2005. Smith wins in court in March 2008 when a judge rules "Smith's parodic work is considered noncommercial speech and therefore not subject to Wal-Mart's trademark dilution claims."
Larry Flynt Publications, publisher of HUSTLER magazine, sues CafePress for hosting designs that allegedly violate the HUSTLER trademark. CafePress and Flynt reached an "amicable resolution" in June 2008: CafePress agrees to remove some "Hustler" designs from the site, but others, like the one below, remain for sale.
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In February 2008, the Republican National Committee demands that CafePress cease and desist from hosting designs that use the terms 'GOP,' 'Grand Old Party,' 'Republican National Committee,' 'RNC,' as well as elephant designs. CafePress and the Republicans reached an interim agreement in July.
We're calling this one a win for CafePress. The site agreed to send a notice to users using the term "GOP" or the elephant symbol they should contact the RNC to obtain a license. But, the site "reserves all of its rights in the event that our shopkeepers have problems obtaining licenses to use the RNC's trademarks," setting the stage for more legal wrangling. We somehow doubt the design on the right, still on sale on CafePress (click the image to visit the store), will receive the RNC's blessing.
cafepress-gop1.jpg: Paste this image in your site, Myspace, Facebook, Ebay copy this code...
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 | Thoughts From Kansas |  Blogger | Weblog of a University of Kansas ecology and evolutionary biology student, fighting for progressive politics, evolution, and endangered species.
Thoughts from Kansas You will notice that it lacks definiteness; that it lacks purpose; that it lacks coherence; that it lacks a subject to talk about; that it is loose and wabbly; that it wanders around; that |
| Kansas Republican Delegation not behind McCain | | Among the many Republican congresscritters not backing McSame, Todd Tiahrt truly stands out. Tiahrt claims to represent the Wichita area, and his refusal to back his party's nominee probably doesn't mean he backs Obama. He may well think McCain is too nice to immigrants, or is insufficiently Bush-like, or perhaps he's looking for a candidate who shares his anti-mother sentiments.
Th [..] Read complete article | | Published 12-Jun-2008 by Thoughts in Policy and Politics
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| Joystiq | Blogger | Covers video game news from an independent, unbiased perspective
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| Thoughts From Kansas | Blogger | Weblog of a University of Kansas ecology and evolutionary biology student, fighting for progressive politics, evolution, and endangered species.
Thoughts from Kansas You will notice that it lacks definiteness; that it lacks purpose; that it lacks coherence; that it lacks a subject to talk about; that it is loose and wabbly; that it wanders around; that |
| Thoughts From Kansas | Blogger | Weblog of a University of Kansas ecology and evolutionary biology student, fighting for progressive politics, evolution, and endangered species.
Thoughts from Kansas You will notice that it lacks definiteness; that it lacks purpose; that it lacks coherence; that it lacks a subject to talk about; that it is loose and wabbly; that it wanders around; that |
| In which I pick on another Ryun |  Drew Ryun, twin brother of equally clueless Ned Ryun, discusses:
the feeling that a vast majority of Americans share. The Democrats are not good on national defense.Hmmm. "Next, please tell me if you think the Republican Party or the DEMOCRATIC Party could do a better job in each of the following areas:
Making wise decisions about foreign policy: R=40%, D [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-Mar-2008 by Thoughts in Planet Earth
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| Wal-Mart Goes DRM-Free! *Yawn* |  Wal-Mart is moving to DRM-free mp3s for their download store, and they've lost Sony BMG and Warner Music Group (WMG) along the way. But nobody really cares.
Why? Partly because no one cares what kind of media Wal-Mart sells online. [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-Apr-2008 by Silicon in WMG
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| Colin Powell Endorses Obama, Blasts Republican Party | | Colin Powell explains why he will not be voting for his friend of 25 years, John McCain. An eloquent, thoughtful speech, one that should make a lot of centrist Republicans even more unsettled by what the party has become.
See Also: Obama's Web Donation Engine Raises Shocking $150 Million in September
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| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Wal-Mart Launches 'Operation Main Street' [Wal-Mart] | | 'Operation Main Street' is not - as you may have suspected - a sinister mash-up of the Rainbow Six and SimCity franchises, but is in fact Wal-Mart's Holiday Season price cutting bonanza.The supermarket chain reckons it can sa [..] Read complete article | | Published 06-Nov-2008 by Stuart Houghton in Wal-Mart Bargains Discounts Gifts Holidays News PS3 Xmas
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