Comments on: Counterfeiters counterfeit anti-counterfeiting notice http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Norm Tedford http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1590104 Norm Tedford Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1590104 Don't tell Cory that. Don’t tell Cory that.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589770 Boundegar Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589770 There's a Disney channel? There’s a Disney channel?

]]> By: Kaleberg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589765 Kaleberg Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589765 Surely there are franchisable characters here: the glamour boy rock star with the copyrighted face, the bored, cynical babe with her royalty collecting pet vampire bat and the ant-pirate hacker, gender uncertain, who can delete piratebay.com from a DNS with a cold glare. They get into their club house by kicking or slashing through an FBI warning sign. If nothing else, the constant use of anti-piracy stigmata as part of the character identification would debase the copyright police even further. Surely there are franchisable characters here: the glamour boy rock star with the copyrighted face, the bored, cynical babe with her royalty collecting pet vampire bat and the ant-pirate hacker, gender uncertain, who can delete piratebay.com from a DNS with a cold glare. They get into their club house by kicking or slashing through an FBI warning sign. If nothing else, the constant use of anti-piracy stigmata as part of the character identification would debase the copyright police even further.

]]> By: Maurice Reeves http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589723 Maurice Reeves Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589723 I think you're quite mistaken.  Most kids know EXACTLY who Mickey Mouse are.  Never mind the millions who visit Disney World, Disney Land, Euro Disney, etc every year, but the Disney Channel has had Mickey Mouse shows on for a long time.  In fact, this morning, a house full of kids for Thanksgiving and the minute Mickey floated on the screen they all screamed "It's MICKEY!" I think you’re quite mistaken.  Most kids know EXACTLY who Mickey Mouse are.  Never mind the millions who visit Disney World, Disney Land, Euro Disney, etc every year, but the Disney Channel has had Mickey Mouse shows on for a long time.  In fact, this morning, a house full of kids for Thanksgiving and the minute Mickey floated on the screen they all screamed “It’s MICKEY!”

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589564 Jonathan Roberts Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589564 Are you going to take that chance? Mickey dares you. Are you going to take that chance? Mickey dares you.

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589560 Jonathan Roberts Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589560 I like the ones that have longer pieces of text undermining the basic message of the product, like the DVD I saw whose reverse side was a scathing review of the same movie, or the the t-shirt with a picture of a fedora and the title "Fedora style". Behind the main text is part of an article by Ask Men http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/fashiontip_200/218_fashion_advice.html talking about men "having their style dictated to them by their mothers, then by their girlfriends, and then by their wives. There are also those men who escaped the trap of wearing someone else's style only to find themselves with no style whatsoever." I like the ones that have longer pieces of text undermining the basic message of the product, like the DVD I saw whose reverse side was a scathing review of the same movie, or the the t-shirt with a picture of a fedora and the title “Fedora style”. Behind the main text is part of an article by Ask Men http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/fashiontip_200/218_fashion_advice.html talking about men “having their style dictated to them by their mothers, then by their girlfriends, and then by their wives. There are also those men who escaped the trap of wearing someone else’s style only to find themselves with no style whatsoever.”

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589548 cellocgw Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589548 Just thinking that the text is factually accurate -- there probably aren't any applicable laws, so there ya go. Just thinking that the text is factually accurate — there probably aren’t any applicable laws, so there ya go.

]]> By: JPhilipp http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589490 JPhilipp Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589490 What's that on the hat? Looks like a ripoff of Felix the Cat (1923). What’s that on the hat? Looks like a ripoff of Felix the Cat (1923).

]]> By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589462 ImmutableMichael Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589462 That'd be me (or me). That’d be me (or me).

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589456 chris coreline Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589456 i would actually pay clean non ironic money for this hat. I would be king of the meta-hipsters.  i would actually pay clean non ironic money for this hat. I would be king of the meta-hipsters. 

]]> By: Ping Kee http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589452 Ping Kee Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589452 Haha. Cool picture. This kind of thing is common. In fact, I'm looking at my bag right now, which states in big letters on the side, "An original A.R. product designed in Tokyo, Japan those bags not bearing this mark is not genuine".  Disney went high-tech several years ago and introduced a hologram sticker on packaging to distinguish fakes from the real thing. Within months, the holograms stickers themselves were being faked. Haha. Cool picture. This kind of thing is common. In fact, I’m looking at my bag right now, which states in big letters on the side, “An original A.R. product designed in Tokyo, Japan those bags not bearing this mark is not genuine”. 

Disney went high-tech several years ago and introduced a hologram sticker on packaging to distinguish fakes from the real thing. Within months, the holograms stickers themselves were being faked.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589390 niktemadur Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589390 Well yeah, totalitarian © abuse (extension of the Sonny Bono laws, for example) is part of the Disney magic, isn't it? Then again, it looks like a case of hardcore Engrish, à la "Translate Server Error". http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20080717-servererror.jpg Well yeah, totalitarian © abuse (extension of the Sonny Bono laws, for example) is part of the Disney magic, isn’t it?
Then again, it looks like a case of hardcore Engrish, à la “Translate Server Error”.
http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20080717-servererror.jpg

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589380 Boundegar Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589380 The surprising part is, kids today have no idea who Mickey is.  If you're going to counterfeit, at least pick something relevant. Like Barbie. The surprising part is, kids today have no idea who Mickey is.  If you’re going to counterfeit, at least pick something relevant. Like Barbie.

]]> By: nachoproblem http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589362 nachoproblem Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589362 "Who counterfeits the counterfeiters?" “Who counterfeits the counterfeiters?”

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589348 Jake0748 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589348 I like how Mick is pointing out the distant UFO over his left shoulder. I like how Mick is pointing out the distant UFO over his left shoulder.

]]> By: chellberty http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/counterfeiters-counterfeit-ant.html#comment-1589339 chellberty Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195513#comment-1589339 As we all know that mouse should have been in the public domain a Lonnnnnnnng cat time ago. As we all know that mouse should have been in the public domain a Lonnnnnnnng cat time ago.

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