T-Shirts on the Interweb
It's true that the Interwub t-shirt market is ridiculously saturated. Fortunately for TopatoCo (and the rest of Dumbrella for that matter) the vast majority of "designers" are pathetic, untalented rip-off artists (exhibit A) whose formula for making a good t-shirt design is "Take Something Will Ferrell Says And Put It In Cooper Black." And yes, I am aware of how silly this all is.
Anyway we've got three new designs and to celebrate we're doing free shipping until September 1 so hop on that deal.
In other news, Scott McCloud and his lovely family are about to go on a nationwide tour in a minivan, which is probably the most insane thing that's ever been done.
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Bastards.
I know that there only has to be a minor number of changes to make it a different product, but certainly, you can argue that people will be confused by the other shirt, and not understand that the money they are spending on that shirt does not go to Topatoco.
Or you could use Myspace, and your web-pages, to encourage an all-out boycott of the web page until they apologize and give you all proceeds from that shirt. Unfortunately, I think most of your readers are already defacto boycotting that store, because of taste issues.
Oh, and you could edit their wiki.
I really don't understand what makes people like that tick. Unethical fucks.
People are scum. Scum!
worst rip off ever! if they are going to steal designs they should go down to chinatown and get some tips from the folks that clone gucci and coach purses. bastards.
their "it's on" is really so ugly that even satan wouldn't wear it. no... even the devil would boycot their nasty knockoff.
Let's not forget the Mostache Fighting League with extra misspelling, weapon application, and an A.B.C., um, greek... funeral... type... guy?
Y'know I'd hope you could do something like, I dunno, Sue them? But alas no, Don't. Just bide your time, and in the end, steal your shirt design back. Jeffrey Rowland releases a new shirt "Its On AGAIN".
Puh-leeeze this is nothing to sue someone over, that is ridiculous.
I just want to call them out.
I think the band U2 should come out with their own "IT'S ON NOW" shirt, and on the back it should say "This is a shirt design some crappy company stole from J-Ro. We're stealing it back."
dude that's lamecore! they stole you're shizz straight out.
I run one of those "internet t shirt stores" that are more populous than molecules in a horse, but I don't do stuff like weasil other people's idea.
Copyright your designs and sew the cargo pants off the fratty that made that site.
You're right. You shouldn't sue them. You should try to call a dark god to eat their souls.
Less red tape and fewer lawyers that way.
My other car has MY head in it.
Wait, I see a key difference: yours has a uncorn battling a werewolf, whereas theirs apparently has a unicorn battling Jar Jar Binks.
I was just going to say that their werewolf looks pretty scrawny, but I think the main difference, the one that sets it apart from Jeffrey's, is that the letters aren't all capitialized, only the first letter in each word. That's messed up though, if you're gonna steal another person's shirt design, it's one thing to wear the shirt you made, but to try to sell it? Over the internet no less. Just blatant poopery.
I created a blogger account just so I could tell you that I sent them a "suggestion." Here:
RE: Unicorn vs. Werewolf shirt
Please don't rip off Mr. Rowland's t-shirt ideas. He is a talented man who makes his living through original and humorous art, and when people like you undermine the efforts of real artists it makes it much harder for them to make a living.
OK, on three everybody spam their suggestion box. THREE!
Don't fight douchebaggery with douchebaggery y'all. They pulled the design from their main page, maybe everthing is gonna be ok now.
I desire the Dr. Monkey shirt. Please make it. Just thought I'd mention that.
Oooooh!
Now that you have his ear, you should get Warren Ellis to destroy them.
He could call down an army of radioactive death-monkeys, or something equally likely.
I think I might be willing to start smoking again if I could buy cigarettes in that package. The one that said "cowboy killers".
Jeff copyright that shit. Also, know that marlboro corporation and phillip morris could just sit there and attack you with frivolous, made up lawsuits until you ran out of money from court fees even if you didn't hire any lawyers, just for looking at them the wrong way.
Can I second the request for the Dr. Monkey T-shirt please?
I think whats worse is the unicorn is the one you can get on t-shirts at questionablecontent.net (to the best of my 5 second glance, i own the QC shirt).
The werewolf ... i think he just used the eraser tool and removed your wolf.
Mike
Dr Monkey shirt is part of the next wave coming at the end of September.
T-shirt slogans are not copyrightable, and only near-exact copies of images violate copyright, and an image-word combo is not protected at all unless it's a small trademark logo.
PS: I still want that MAIS shirt with the quote "I am paralyzed save for my mighty vocal chords!"
You should sell pants!
Well, theirs is pretty gross-lookin', while yours is pretty awesome.
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