Comments on: Does Disney Own the Concept of a Castle? http://ganeshafish.com/index.php/2009/12/15/does-disney-own-the-concept-of-a-castle/ Tech, Law, Movies, Music, Internet Culture and Humor Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:21:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian Bogost http://ganeshafish.com/index.php/2009/12/15/does-disney-own-the-concept-of-a-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Ian Bogost Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:09:22 +0000 http://ganeshafish.com/?p=864#comment-35 This was my impression too. It may interest you to know that since I posted that, Zazzle has pulled all of my "por favor" t-shirts. They told me that they had received an IP infringement claim from Disney but did not specify what IP I was supposedly infringing upon. When I asked they simply did not respond. I've been very busy but meaning to get back to this and post an update. I think it's pretty clear that Disney is issuing blanket claims and Zazzle is simply rubber-stamping them. I suspect it's not just Disney, too. There's probably an interesting class-action suit in this for some attorney inclined toward such matters. This was my impression too. It may interest you to know that since I posted that, Zazzle has pulled all of my “por favor” t-shirts. They told me that they had received an IP infringement claim from Disney but did not specify what IP I was supposedly infringing upon. When I asked they simply did not respond.

I’ve been very busy but meaning to get back to this and post an update. I think it’s pretty clear that Disney is issuing blanket claims and Zazzle is simply rubber-stamping them.

I suspect it’s not just Disney, too. There’s probably an interesting class-action suit in this for some attorney inclined toward such matters.

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