Nike Campaign "Borrows" Album Art

[mark414]

Rob Kleckner reports:
Exhibit A: Classic cover art of Minor Threat's self-titled 1984 compilation.
Exhibit B: Nike Skateboarding's poster image for its "Major Threat" 2005 East Coast Tour.

You don't need a degree in graphic design to notice the similarities here. They're the fucking same. Oh, wait-- one is blue, not red, one says Major, not Minor, and, uh, okay, there are some Nike logos tossed in there. It sort of brings to mind that old interview in which Vanilla Ice attempted to defend the difference between "Ice Ice Baby" and "Under Pressure" ("dun dun dun duh-duh-duh dun" vs. "DUN dun dun dun duh-duh-duh dun").

*snip*

Just to make sure Dischord hadn't truly gone back on everything they've ever stood for, we asked a representative from the label if Nike had asked to borrow the image. They said the following: "No, they stole it and we're not happy about it. Nike is a giant corporation which is attempting to manipulate the alternative skate culture to create an even wider demand for their already ubiquitous brand. Nike represents just about the antithesis of what Dischord stands for and it makes me sick to my stomach to think they are using this explicit imagery to fool kids into thinking that the general ethos of this label, and Minor Threat in particular, can somehow be linked to Nike's mission. It's disgusting."

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-06/23.shtml

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Fucking Nike

:grr:

[mark414]

4. Take your time

Try not to forget
We never will
We're just a minor threat

WE'RE JUST A MINOR THREAT

[maxsolomon]

2. from Bertoldt Brecht:

"Capitalism has the ability to instantaneously transform the very venom spit into its face to a drug, and revel in it."

At least Minor Threat didn't voluntarily sell their Music to sell whatever it is they're using the Clash to sell.

[democracyindanger]

3. Lazy art director

Sue their asses off.

[WhollyHeretic]

5. That's just wrong

:grr: :nuke: :nuke: :grr:

[Deja Q]

6. And nike has the funds to win this thievery too.

Nevermind the immorality of the sweatshops they must surely use. (how much it costs to sell a $100 sneaker is beyond asinine.)

[zbdent]

7. copyright infringement

and if the Righties try to claim otherwise, you know that they're sticking it to the people . . .

[HEyHEY]

8. Cocks... and like MT has money for a lawyer