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Abercrombie & Fitch Loses Domain Name Suit
An anonymous reader writes "Abercrombie & Fitch has lost a case against the owner of a parody web site, Aberzombie.com, who sells t-shirts."
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"Umm...who confuses "cr" with a "z"??? I don't think people are that out of it."
Welcome to the legal world. Actually, they probably shouldn't have brought up the whole zombie thing. If they had chosen cn instead of z, then they would have had a case. Abercnombie.com would definitely have been an attempt to confuse people. Instead, by making it say 'zombie', they reinforced the parody defense.
You're right, the claim that 'Aberzombie' wouldn't confuse anybody is ridiculous, especially considering they have it in big letters on their site. Chad did all the right things in making this parody site. I was particularly impressed that he bought his own stock photography.
"Derp de derp."
In the United States, courts usually rule that parody is a form of free speech. That hasn't stopped big companies from bringing slapp suits, and fighting them is very expensive. The little guy will usually back down. Larry Flint could afford to fight Jerry Falwell because he is rich, and he had to go all the way to the Supreme Court to win. A clearer law could be made to prevent these slapp suits by clearly stating that parody is free speech, not copyright or trademark infringement, but the same corporations that bring slapp suits also bribe -er, ah- donate to our lawmakers.
How ya like dat?
If you're old enough to go to war and die for your country, then you're old enough to get a fucking beer.
In European nations and many other nations, the legal age for drinking is 18, and the age of sexual consent is 16. No, the sky isn't falling.
Fucking XXX-tian zealots need to get with the modern times.
social sciences can never use experience to verify their statemen
Why waste hundreds of dollars on clothes that are essentially made out of the same material, look the same, as other clothes, the only difference being they have an abercrombie logo on them? It's like those fucking morons in the 70's and 80's who'd pay 40 dollars for those stupid fucking alligator shirts.
Same thing goes for Nike, Reebok, Addidas, and lots of other "brand name" products, that sell for hundreds more than other products, but aren't any better. Only a fucking moron would buy them. Even in the business world, there are morons spending 10 times more for a 1000 dollar suit, when that suit is only maybe 10% better than a 100 dollar suit.
I'm not a parent, but if I was, I certainly wouldn't waste money getting my kids fucking crap like Nike or Abercrombie because "it's in". It is not cool to be a fucking moron and waste money on crap.
social sciences can never use experience to verify their statemen