The other day, I posted "f*ck justin bieber" shirts and other items for sale on my CafePress store. Yes, yes, it's sophomoric, but that's not the point here. In a stunningly hypocritical move, CafePress sent an email to me demanding that I remove the items. CafePress gave this as their reason:
We recently learned that your CafePress.com account contains material which may not be in compliance with our policies. Specifically, designing, manufacturing, marketing and/or selling products that may infringe the rights of a third party, including, copyrights (e.g., an image of a television cartoon character), trademarks (e.g., the logo of a company), "rights in gross" (e.g., the exclusive right of the U.S. Olympic Committee to use the "Olympic Rings"), and rights of privacy and publicity (e.g., a photo of a celebrity) are prohibited.br>Accordingly, we have set the content that we believe to be questionable to "pending status" which disables said content from being displayed in your shop or purchased by the public."
Ahem, I did NOT use Bieber's photo or likeness. I did not use his logo. Here's my response to CafePress. Accordingly, I then posted some "f*ck your f*cking content usage policy" merchandise... on CafePress. F*ck 'em. Hey, also check out "Speed Matters" at iOwnTheWorld. They don't like Justin Bieber, either.
We recently learned that your CafePress.com account contains material which may not be in compliance with our policies. Specifically, designing, manufacturing, marketing and/or selling products that may infringe the rights of a third party, including, copyrights (e.g., an image of a television cartoon character), trademarks (e.g., the logo of a company), "rights in gross" (e.g., the exclusive right of the U.S. Olympic Committee to use the "Olympic Rings"), and rights of privacy and publicity (e.g., a photo of a celebrity) are prohibited.br>Accordingly, we have set the content that we believe to be questionable to "pending status" which disables said content from being displayed in your shop or purchased by the public."
Ahem, I did NOT use Bieber's photo or likeness. I did not use his logo. Here's my response to CafePress. Accordingly, I then posted some "f*ck your f*cking content usage policy" merchandise... on CafePress. F*ck 'em. Hey, also check out "Speed Matters" at iOwnTheWorld. They don't like Justin Bieber, either.
