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  • #1004980
    synthet1c
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    I think you should be okay unless your residency is a superclub with a bad reputation for overdoses and located across the road from the subway corporate headquaters.. πŸ˜‰

    #1004985
    ADHDJ
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    Sounds like I need to hop on NJ Transit this Friday and head on over to Trenton haha.

    #1004986
    ADHDJ
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    Sounds like I need to hop on NJ Transit this Friday and head on over to Trenton haha.

    #1004993
    VinnyBlanc
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    I mean if Subway contacted me I’d take it down and make a fuss about it (but I doubt that would even happen). As long as they had to attempt to contact me ask me to take it down first. They probably couldnt just say here is the paper we are sueing you right?

    Anyway, any feedback on the idea / design so far?

    #1005028
    Steelo
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    I think you would be fine. I believe they hae to ask you to remove it first and If you cooperate I don’t think you can get in any trouble. I’ve seen a 1001 club flyers with semi-copied logo’s and never heard of any trouble.

    #1005042
    VinnyBlanc
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    Steelo, thanks for the feedback. That is what I was thinking.

    #1005067
    Arthur Kokanov
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    looks great btw. πŸ˜€

    #1005075
    Steelo
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    Are you drinking out of a large measuring cup?! Don’t get it on your Rane!

    #1005076
    VinnyBlanc
    Participant

    Why yes I am. Word on the street is that it’s a pitcher of jagerbombs…

    #1005084
    Todd Oddity
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    1) Love it! 2) You don’t have anything to worry about. Subway has better things to do than go after a bar that could make a fair use/parody claim anyway. 3) Jaggerbombs! Glug, glug, glug…

    #1005091
    Reason808
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    Most big corporations are not going to be worried about a parody. Except for Disney, The Oscars and the Olympics. These guys are legendary for their paranoia and protection of their logos and brands. Disney once forced a daycare center to tear down unauthorized posters of their characters. Little kids were crying on the evening news, and they didn’t care.

    Some corporations like parodies. I remember an alt-rock band had a hit music video parody of a corny Mentos ad A reporter asked about the official reaction and they basically said (in corporate branding speak) they were amused.

    In the eyes of companies this big, you’re not worth suing. The only controversy I could see is if you were doing something sexual or emphasizing the seedier side of nightclub life they wouldn’t want their brand associated with. Then they’d come after you a bit stronger. Even then, it’d just be a cease and desist order.

    #1005102
    VinnyBlanc
    Participant

    Thanks for the input Reason…I’m moving forward with the ad and will post once completed.

    PS. I think the Mentos spoof music video was the Foo Fighters πŸ˜‰

    #1005111
    Reason808
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    I think the Mentos spoof music video was the Foo Fighters

    You’re right (I thought it was the Replacements or Soul Asylum) Hilarious to re-watch.
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