Friday, June 24, 2005

Nike's "Skateboarding IS a Crime" Campaign


In one of the grossest displays of copyright infringement, Nike has stolen the intellectual property (album art, graphics, logos, etc.) of Dischord Records/Minor Threat for their latest skateboarding campaign. They made no attempt to ask for permission and Dischord's official statement starts: "No, they stole it and we're not happy about it." Blottered endorses a ban on all Nike products and the smashing of skateboards over the heads of kids wearing Nike apparel, but we hope there's a huge backlash from the skating community first. Glen E. Friedman and Stacy Peralta better rally the Dogtown faithful.
Nike Campaign "Borrows" Album Art [Pitchfork Media]