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It's a pretty easy thing to do. However, since people want to sell things that say the word Phish on it to people who want to buy things with the word Phish on it...the trend continues. How many message board threads have you seen where people ask...'Hey can I get away with selling this??" Too many.
I think a great lot shirt or pin requires a bit of thought and execution. Anyone who has been doing this for a little while knows that there is a risk of the merch police confiscating your stuff. So, why not take the time to come up with an original concept? Dropping another word inside the Phish logo amounts to dropping a sports team inside a Steal Your Face. It's not original, and it's hardly a new concept. In fact, it's insulting. I will even go so far as to say it's hurting the rest of us. I have even seen a new trend of just blatantly using old Phish poster or sticker art. Really?
I have begun removing links from my store to any other site that uses these. If I have struck a chord with you and you disagree, feel free to unfollow or block me. At this point I don't care. What frustrates me the most is that I see talented people doing this. It's different if you are painting a piece of cardboard for a "Need Tickets" sign. These pins and shirts require investments of several hundred dollars at a time. You really aren't going to convince me that you are buying $400 worth of pins for heady trades.
heady trades are very heady and important
ReplyDeletebrah!
You're work is un original and frankly I don't see how you are making any money. I regret buying the kuroda shirt from you back in 09 or 10. Doesn't using kurodas name qualify as likeliness of phish since technically he works for and is part of phish Inc. Using someone else's name to profit and then telling other people not to do it.. Hypocrit!
ReplyDeleteChris says hi. http://jiggslot.weebly.com/uploads/9/8/1/2/9812845/7111202_orig.jpg
ReplyDeleteI asked him in 2010 if this was ok to do. He said yes, and "...I hate those fucking things". If he would have said no, then I would not have. It's not like it's a hot seller. It's a joke for a select few. And that's about how they sell.
Blatantly using the word "Phish" or re-printing a Pollock poster is entirely different.
Only pussies leave aggro messages anonymously.
ReplyDeleteBucky, you can't cure stupid, and thats what being a toughguy "anonymous" is.
ReplyDelete-Stamps
But...didnt you already have the kuroda stuff printed up...before you showed him....and asked him?
ReplyDeleteI made a run of 125 stickers in 2009. Someone gave him some at Red Rocks. He responded by putting one on his light board. The shirts were made afterwards.
DeleteI appreciate you reaching, here "Anonymous", but again, I stand by my statements in the post. Using the Phish logo openly or likenesses of the band isn't even in the same ballpark.