The parody shirt the NSA doesn’t want you to wear

[n2doc]

Two days after the world learned the National Security Agency logs practically every American phone call, the agency had started cracking down on entrepreneurs who made fun of it.

That’s according to Dan McCall, founder of politically themed T-shirt company Liberty Maniacs.

On June 5, the Guardian posted the first of many documents, leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden, that detail NSA‘s spy practices. Two days later, McCall put up a handful of T-shirts and bumper stickers for sale on the custom goods marketplace Zazzle, which distributes most of Liberty Maniacs’ goods. Each of those items had the NSA logo, plus a common joke as a slogan: “The only part of the government that actually listens.”

“Within an hour or two,” as McCall told the Daily Dot, Zazzle emailed him to say the shirt had been removed from the Zazzle site. (Zazzle didn’t respond to the Daily Dot’s request for comment, nor did the NSA.)


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http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/the_parody_shirt_the_nsa_doesnt_want_you_to_wear_partner/

[adirondacker]

1. I gave them all my data and I didn't even get a T-shirt.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. T shirts are not a form of free speech.

Apparently.

Damn, now I want one of those shirts.

[Half-Century Man]

4. Right click on Image

Click "save image as"
Open Word and paste image, save as whatever.

[annabanana]

3. ASTONISHING PILE OF HORSESHIT FRON THE NSA

"Copyright protection" of a public agency logo????

WTF

[woo me with science]

7. +1

What's that quote?

"To find out who has the power, find out whom you're not permitted to criticize."

Sick, authoritarian horseshit, indeed.

[RC]

5. What the US government says:

You cannot use U.S. government trademarks or the logos of U.S. government agencies without permission. For example, you cannot use an agency logo or trademark on your social media page.

http://www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml

The way around this is to design you own logo.

[MannyGoldstein]

9. I think they *can* actually use the NSA logo because it's obviously parody

Parody is "fair use" under copyright law - it can't be stopped. Probably Cafe Press sent NSA a "fuck off, it's clearly-protected parody" letter when NSA tried to intimidate them.

[RC]

14. You're correct.

I am apparently not quite awake yet.

Here is the real deal

[alphafemale]

6. here's one

http://www.cafepress.com/mf/78962033/the-nsa_tshirt?productid=861574480&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=861574480&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=sem-cpc-product-ads&utm_content=search-pla

Look into something to see if a story is legit?

carry on.

[AZ Progressive]

8. Maybe you need to read the whole article

"Fortunately for McCall, his trouble selling the shirt ended with Zazzle. He put the dozens of shirts with the logo (plus beer steins, stickers, shot glasses, aprons, gym bags, beach totes, iPad cases, etc.) on Cafepress. He hasn’t had any trouble there."

[whttevrr]

11. You mean 'all' the wordy things?

Ugh...

[alphafemale]

13. I was busy ordering a shirt.

Not usually compelled to read past a headline that reeks of bullshit.

[Democracyinkind]

16. Good luck with that. nt

[Jefferson23]

15. I read the entire piece and what you're stating does not change the fact that

the NSA made a move and complained: Policy Notes: Design contains an image or text that may infringe on intellectual property rights. We have been contacted by the intellectual property right holder and we will be removing your product from Zazzle’s Marketplace due to infringement claims.

Ridiculous on their part.

[TalkingDog]

18. TL;DR If you do this, don't complain if it makes you look stupid because you are wrong.

n/t

[Jefferson23]

10. LOL, that is an awesome T -shirt. Does the NSA think there is someone who does not

know about their history now?? How fucking paranoid and controlling.

[rhett o rick]

12. k&r thanks for posting. nm

[City Lights]

17. Haha, awesome!

NSA = tossers.

[truebluegreen]

19. Just ordered several from Cafe[ress

Can I say that?

[PoliticAverse]

20. Followup: NSA concedes shirt is parody...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/18/dhs-tried-to-stifle-this-man-for-mocking-the-department-of-homeland-stupidity-it-failed/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/02/19/nsa-concedes-parody-t-shirts-that-use-nsas-name-and-logo-arent-illegal/