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Sanders Campaign Accused of Trademark Bullying By Web Site (buzzfeed.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the enough-is-enough dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Buzzfeed is reporting that "An online merchant has accused the Bernie Sanders campaign of 'trademark bullying'. after a Bernie 2016, Inc. attorney sent him a cease and desist letter regarding t-shirts, mugs, and sweatshirts depicting the candidate with historic communist leaders..." The t-shirt's designer tells Buzzfeed "He didn't seem to be the type of candidate, the type of guy, who would do something like this... I would think Bernie, or one of his staff members will step in and put an end to it. It appears to be pretty silly."
In January Ars Technica reported that lawyers for the Sanders campaign had demanded their logo be removed from pages on Wikipedia -- before later withdrawing that DMCA notice.

5 of 476 comments (clear)

  1. US election by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I's not very different from all the shit coming out of Hollywood. You guys need a civil war to get rid of a lot of idiots and weapons.

  2. Re: Slashdot's double standards strike again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    He's a trump supporter, so counting to two is really high for him.

  3. Re: Yawn. by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: -1, Troll
    It's important that stories like this are widely publicized so that the public can see the true face of Sanders before it's too late. Your reaction is worrying as well, instead of taking the opportunity to have a conversation about what's right and what's not, even when your own side does it, your first impulse is to deny everyone the ability to talk about it. If there's nothing wrong with what Sanders is doing, then certainly there's nothing wrong with making it public.

    It's called the Jumbotron test. Imagine you saying this at a stadium and your words flashing up on the Jumbotron for everyone to see. Are you embarrassed or proud? If you feel bad, that's a good sign you're on the wrong side. Sanders is clearly wrong here because you feel ashamed the story is here. The solution isn't to suppress the news, the solution is to stop saying despicable things.

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  4. Re:Yawn. by skine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Profit != Speech

    The guy can make as many of the shirts as he wants. He just can't sell them without Sanders' permission.

    Also, it may be tantamount to defamation in the US. After all, it's a federal crime to be a communist or show any support for communism-related organizations.

  5. Bernie Sanders IS a Communist by mi · · Score: -1, Troll

    Guy does not think he is a communist (hint: "democratic socialist" is not the same thing)

    Whatever the fook "democratic socialist" means, Bernie Sanders is not that. He is a "Democratic Socialist" — an important distinction not easily obvious in verbal communications — a member of an American party, which adores Karl Marx and other Communists of the past and is arguing in support of collective ownership of the means of production. Page 10 from Exhibit A:

    Our goal as socialists is to abolish private ownership of the means of production. Our immediate task is to limit the capitalist class’s prerogatives in the workplace

    That is Communism by definition. And the guy, who wrote the above is David Green — a member of DSA National Committee — is standing right next to Senator Sanders during his speech at a DSA convention...

    If you choose to engage in a dialogue, be sure to state unambiguously upfront, whether:

    1. You agree, that DSA are Communists (wholly or in a substantial part).
    2. You accept, that Bernie Sanders is a member of that party.
    3. Communism is the most murderous school of thought known to humanity so far.

    Responses without clear answers to the above three questions will be returned unopened.

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