Baker in trouble over Poppy Day Poppyrights
p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- “You would not believe the misuses of the poppy we have to investigate,” Butt says.
‘Butt’ is Royal Canadian Legion spokesman Bob Butt, and he’s quoted in a Toronto Sun story on how the Dutch Oven Bakery in Coburg, Ontario, crossed bayonets with the legion over, Yes, alleged copyright infringement.
It’d been “fulfilling the order of some poppy cookies for the family of a fallen Canadian soldier from the Afghanistan conflict,” says the story.
But, “That would be a violation of the trademark,” explained Butt.
He apparently said the legion understood people are “well meaning” when they use the poppy and unaware of the rules.
“But rules are rules.”
Butt “points out that the legion has the right to do with the poppy what it feels is in its best interest and that none of it has ever been for commercial use,” says the story.
Ah SO!
Poppyrights, anyone?
(Cheers, Marc)
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Toronto Sun – Bakery told to nix poppy tribute, November 6, 2009
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November 6th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
It seems fitting they’d use a poppy as their trademark since Afghanistan is the opium center of the world.
Now go charge opium poppy farmers with infringement.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
lol Poppyrights!
I busted a gut reading that.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
all i can say to this is………WTF?
November 9th, 2009 at 4:08 am
“all i can say to this is………WTF?”
I second that