Stephen Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 taken from punknews.org: According to this story, multi-billion dollar shoemaker, Nike has stolen the legendary artwork of hardcore pioneers, Minor Threat. Destined for a campaign called Major Threat, the style and iconic imagery was used for the advertising and done so without the permission of Washington, D.C. based indie Dischord. The label owns the copyright on both the recording and artwork. When asked by Pitchfork, the label had this to say with regards to permission: No, they stole it and we're not happy about it. Nike is a giant corporation which is attempting to manipulate the alternative skate culture to create an even wider demand for their already ubiquitous brand. Nike represents just about the antithesis of what Dischord stands for and it makes me sick to my stomach to think they are using this explicit imagery to fool kids into thinking that the general ethos of this label, and Minor Threat in particular, can somehow be linked to Nike's mission. It's disgusting.Dischord is currently evaluating it's optionsart work below:OriginalCopyOriginalCopy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 It's quite funny tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Page 99 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 That's crap, and heck I bet Nike wins if there's a court battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 yea thing is apprently if change 30% of image then its legal so guessing they will prob get away with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I would say it's unlikely as long as they have the copyrights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Was there not a similar thing a while back with the band Kinesis I think. And they'd been giving out free stencils on tour to make Kinesis t-shirts, and Topman had started using them to create their edgy graffitied 'punk' clothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Page 99 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I would say it's unlikely as long as they have the copyrights.I see you're not really much of a cynic then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I see you're not really much of a cynic then?I'm a law student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Page 99 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Fair enough. But even though the law is very much in favour of dischord I just have a small feeling that they could somehow get fucked over on this.. which would be a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Fair enough. But even though the law is very much in favour of dischord I just have a small feeling that they could somehow get fucked over on this.. which would be a shame.If they did it would probably be through their own inadequeacy. Would be a shame though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Inadequeacy?? Is that what you call the difference between Nike and Dischord's bank balances?! Remember the golden rule, he who has the gold makes the rules.Anyway, the ad looks so shit, I'm sure its a joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Nike can suck my dick, corporate whores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Page 99 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Nike can suck my dick' date=' corporate whores[/quote']Another cutting, witty and totaly unpredictable statement from you then.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Anyway' date=' the ad looks so shit, I'm sure its a joke![/quote']that's what i was thinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Inadequeacy?? Is that what you call the difference between Nike and Dischord's bank balances?! Remember the golden rule' date=' he who has the gold makes the rules.Anyway, the ad looks so shit, I'm sure its a joke![/quote']But if they have all the copyright stuff sorted they shouldn't have a problem. Has nothing to do with the size of their bank balance. Obviously Nike will have better lawyers tho, so if Dischord don't have everything in order they'll easily take adavntage of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 You never heard that money talks?!Remember Ian MacKaye was probably 18 years old when that single was released, copyrights weren't so high on the agenda as releasing the records and getting them out there was at that time...so things may have been overlooked. Dischord is also essentially still a shoestring operation, Nike could have more people in their legal department than the total amount of members to appear on Dischord records releases!!! (which wouldn't be hard, all dischord records are essentially the same 10 people or so forming new bands )[thats a joke] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 But you don't need to be rich to register copyrights and the like. So it if they do lose out it is mostly their fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 also, everyone is "blaming nike" here...do you think the board of Nike, who commissioned the work, are up on 1980's punk ?...If anyone, blame the cheeky c*nt designer who went a head with ripping off minor threat, and no the suits, who thought they were getting a "nice design"...unless it was pitched as "hey, there is this old record cover I'd like to copy for your multi million dollar sk8 campaign"..."ah, the copy dollar, I hear that's a big dollar bill, nice""no, fuck you, stick your copy dollar up your ass""ah, the fuck you dollar, big market there bill..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 They even stole the triple X with the double lines!!! Maybe I'll have a 3rd line tattooed on my arm so I can be seen to be supporting addidas instead of nike! I think its too easy to say blame the designer here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Of The Fall Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Nike can suck my dick' date=' corporate whores[/quote']i think even Nike have standards...you total idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 HaHa this is brilliant, I would love it if Nike did it on purpose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Of The Fall Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 HaHa this is brilliant' date=' I would love it if Nike did it on purpose [/quote']Well the chances of the whole thing being an accident is fairly slim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I think its too easy to say blame the designer here hey, I am a designer !...lst time I heard, Nike wasn't a design agency...and do they have an "in house" design team ?...I wonder if this'll be in the CR next month ? they usualy make big shows of nabbed design, and "right wrongs" (creatively).we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Nike can suck my dick' date=' corporate whores[/quote']Surely Nike are more like the coporate gigilo. A corporate whore is someone like...Good Charlotte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Well the chances of the whole thing being an accident is fairly slimok, i would love it if it was the big suits at nike who done it and not some random in a design studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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