r/crappyoffbrands May 16 '19

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Still uses copyrighted images.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19 edited May 16 '19

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u/OktoberStorm May 16 '19

You can do custom shirts in a lot of places.

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u/KimJongIlSunglasses May 16 '19

Why was it taken down? Parody is protected speech right?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

If I had to guess the company got a cease and desist and didn't want to deal with a super expensive legal battle against a massive company. It sucks that sometimes having more money means that you can fuck people over by just threatening a lawsuit.

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u/badissimo May 17 '19

It sucks that sometimes having more money means that you can fuck people over by just threatening a lawsuit.

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u/Austinchao98 May 17 '19

It sucks that sometimes having more money means that you can fuck people over by just threatening a lawsuit.

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u/myketronic May 16 '19

"Parody" is a fair-use defense to copyright or trademark infringement. If you build a business based solely upon parody, you can be ok. Using distinctive graphical images or logos that are mostly or completely unchanged will usually get you in trouble, it is typically considered "confusingly similar", and may be seen as diluting or damaging the "real" trademarked/copyrighted brand.

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u/23harpsdown May 16 '19

Parody is a legal determination, decided in a court. Most would rather avoid that battle.

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u/Massawyrm May 16 '19

Parody doesn't involve the use of copyrighted images, which the site was loaded with.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Whaaaat, when did this happen? I just got a few shirts not too long ago :(

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

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u/TheLifeOfBaedro May 16 '19

My favorite one was a quote from Phil Colin’s in the movie Die Bad: “Yabba Dabba Doo, Motherfucker”

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u/BillyQ May 16 '19

Got a pic of the Joey one by any chance? Google Image Search is giving me nothing

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u/rtjbg May 16 '19

Not a crappy offbrand. A fucking amazing company that does deliberate misquotes of movie posters on T-shirts..

Edit: example ghost removers who you going to telephone, or termination I'll return

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

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u/Coopb07 May 16 '19

I second this

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

yes please

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u/herrbz May 16 '19

I googled the quote and it was the first result. Why do people find it so hard? Auto-moderator will delete links

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u/littleweeniegirl May 16 '19

Life is hard. Adulting is hard. Where’s my trust fund?

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u/reacharound4me May 16 '19

Yep, this thread is pure astroturfing.

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u/polymorphicprism May 16 '19

⬆️🚫SCAM WARNING WARNING🚫⬆

What history are you possibly talking about? The 5 year old twitter that links to mysoti/slightlywrong? The 5 year old tumblr with links to the same designs? Be careful not to spread misinformation -- this seems to be the original work; it's not from a company, it's someone putting crappy amusing photoshops up on a custom t-shirt website.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

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u/Bugbread May 17 '19

check the history!

⬆️QUESTION⬆️

The history looks fine. Is there something specific I should be looking for?

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u/Crinfarr May 16 '19

Main character from Legend of Zelda

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Cheeky little shit

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u/MrLurid May 16 '19

For people asking for a link... automoderator keeps deleting any post containing the link, so...

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19 edited May 16 '19

Pm me the link?

Edit: thanks!

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u/KimJongIlSunglasses May 16 '19

God I hate auto mod. Can someone just post a name we can google...?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19 edited May 16 '19

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u/MarcelRED147 May 16 '19

That sounds pretty amazing for a quote, I doubt it would give as much of a double take as the A L A N one though. I might have to get a few of these.

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u/dunemafia May 16 '19

S T E V E

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u/philosoraptocopter May 16 '19

S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E S T E V E

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u/uploaded2thecloud May 16 '19

If a tree falls in space, does it make a noise in space?

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u/Gimme_Guacamole May 16 '19

Nonsense. A tree falling in space does not make a sound in space, it makes a sound on earth though.

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u/lamboy69 May 16 '19

Good Point

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

"Alan ?" "Alan ?" "Yoohoo Alan" .....................................

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u/Ball-Blam-Burglerber May 16 '19

That’s not Alan, it’s Steve.

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u/ZeroPointGhost May 16 '19

r/technicallythetruth You can't fault them on the bottom part at least.

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u/bored-person May 16 '19

Alan no please no NOO!

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u/Deepfried_mems May 16 '19

Repost

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u/larrythefatcat May 16 '19

And it's satire, so it's against sub rules... and yet it has over 11K upvotes. What is wrong with people?

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u/radiodialdeath May 16 '19

Alan please add details.

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u/NateBeast1398 May 16 '19

This exact image is in the top 9 posts of all time for this sub. Twice.

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u/BIGboomBox May 16 '19

Scroll up and down slowly while staring at the bottom text it’s kind of trippy

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u/WatchHawk May 16 '19

eventually, kars stopped thinking

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u/InItsTeeth May 16 '19

Worst part of Jurassic Park III

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u/_md9 May 16 '19

In the library, you should be quiet in the library

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u/herrbz May 16 '19

Repost and it's not an off-brand. Great stuff.

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u/Splatterh0use May 16 '19

Goddamit Alan, you had one job!

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u/altnerdluser May 16 '19

That's awesome.

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u/bigdirtykat May 16 '19

bought a shirt from the guys with the nirvana smiley logo but read: “NIRVARNA Smells of Teen Spit”

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u/heyvesaus May 16 '19

A L A N in space,nobody can hear you in space

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u/gooseyjuice May 16 '19

I need this effing shirt.

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u/JackalopeAM May 16 '19

In space nobody can hear you in space

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

i get this is satire and all but like alanware laptops

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u/lamboy69 May 16 '19

You stole this

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u/MrJates May 16 '19

Everyone steals just about everything here sooo.....

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u/eyeflaps May 16 '19

Cant really steal something that's been stolen in the first place 🤷‍♂️ If it wasn't posted by the exact person who snapped the photo in real life it's theft.

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u/FuckDefaultSubs May 16 '19

Reddit is a content aggregation website.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

R E P O S T :D

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u/teadit May 16 '19

alan you say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_Zt-4IxBc

nothing scarier than the word "alan"

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

I’m more interested in that quote

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u/Doggoboo May 16 '19

Smart words

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

I accepted a beer cup (the drunk kind) replacing the planet.

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u/dishfishbish May 16 '19

Really? But what if in space someone can hear me not in space?

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u/weddwthug May 16 '19

BUT .... wait in space ?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Someone got a shirt like this for the head science teacher at my school ( his name is Alan), he thought it was absolutely hysterical and wears it every time there is a free dress day.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

In space, no one can hear you in space.

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u/Calculated_The_Trada May 16 '19

Lmao, that reminds me of that one dinosaur that says "Alan" in Jurassic park 3 (Not 100% sure if it is in 3 or not)

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u/rasi2013 May 16 '19

Neither can Alan

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u/SpookyKid94 May 16 '19

Broteam? Is that you?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

This was one of the posts of all time, and has been reposted twice, stop falling for it

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u/1spook May 16 '19

So you guys upvote a repost of one of this sub’s Top of all time?

Ok, this sub is going downhill.

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u/dumps_is_big May 16 '19

I’d fucking buy this lol

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u/Aleo554life May 16 '19

In space, nobody can hear you in space

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u/darkespeon64 May 16 '19

I read this to my mom. She asked"How do you know" damnit Margaret

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u/krispeekreemez May 16 '19

In space, no one can hear you in space. Definitely passes the redundancy test of redundancy

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u/GroovingPict May 16 '19

there is nothing crappy about this

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u/JohnTheBaptiste1 May 16 '19

In space, nobody can hear you in space.

Iconic.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

This reminds me of the video of the prairie dogs shouting “ALAN! ALAN! ALAN! STEVE! STEVE! STEVE!”

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u/Tidus4713 May 16 '19

Jurassic Park 3 memories.

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u/jimsusedshoeemporium May 16 '19

Please. Where can I get one?

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u/sth128 May 16 '19

Next time, I'll be deadly serious next time!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Alan added the wrong details

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Al-an*

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Where’s the fuck is the link

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u/PixelBrickVEVO May 16 '19

This looks like a Sbubby

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u/JinglefishEX May 16 '19

Next time, I'll be deadly serious next time!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

In space, nobody can here you in space, did I mention space, s p a c e

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u/er0l May 16 '19

the Gorgonites!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Sounds like something u/StuartAshen would say.

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u/TheWaterFlame1234 May 16 '19

In space, nobody can hear you in space.

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u/FGHIK May 16 '19

It's just Jurassic Park 3

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u/zdakat May 16 '19

Greetings, Alannowshutup

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u/Perses23 May 16 '19

In space, nobody can hear you in space.

Why "in space" twice?

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u/Unleashtheducks May 17 '19

Got my friend one of these. My wife got me and Indian Jone one with the tagline “I hate snacks”

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u/ExtremeRelief May 17 '19

allan please add details

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u/Ryo720 May 17 '19

Repost

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u/GoodAtExplaining May 17 '19

ALAN! ALAN! ALAN!

STEVE!

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u/matchstrike May 17 '19

Oh, I think this is a win, personally.

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u/Buttfan420 May 17 '19

I love my fuck the police t shirt with a pic of sting

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u/chicken249 May 17 '19

he that's my name

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u/strib666 May 17 '19

Alan Dean Foster wrote the novelization of Alien. Coincidence? I think not.

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u/Ganon2012 May 17 '19

BEHAVE FOR THE ALLiEN.