[Manedwolf]

Nice shirt!

http://www.splitreason.com/Product_Images/e46a11f81330.jpg

http://www.splitreason.com/productdetail.php?id=350

[High Planes Drifter]

HaHa . thats funny:D

[4v50 Gary]

I like the original. Wear it and you get a lot of smiles from women. I do. :D Then again, mebbe they know I'm comic relief for society. :uhoh:

[tellner]

I'm a little concerned about KK. Sanyo has gotten out the Big Hammer on a couple companies that did unauthorized Hello Kitty merchandise. I would not be at all surprised if they showed up with subpoenae and lawsuits.

[real_name]

Tellner, it's Sanrio not Sanyo.

[armoredman]

My wife has a Kalishnakitty kinda "permanant".

[hqmhqm]

http://www.beartronics.com/images/kitty.jpg

[RNB65]

AR KITTY! Doesn't roll of the tongue quite as well as Kalashnakitty, BUT I LIKE IT!

:)

[tellner]

True, Sanrio, not Sanyo. I'm still worried.

[mordrid52]

True, Sanrio, not Sanyo. I'm still worried.

They've already tried it. They have no real legal ground to stand on since it is an obvious parody which is covered under fair use.

You can read about it here http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=59851

[tellner]

There was a lot of speculation and a lot of hopeful thinking. About ten years back Tom Metzger and his Foreskinheads came out with a sorta Bart Simpson saying "Pure Nazi, dude!" while giving the old HH salute. Matt Groening's lawyers came down hard on them. They ceased and desisted despite very similar arguments.

Not that Da 'Wolf should stop selling the shirts. I still have at least half a dozen friends who desperately need them :) He should just be prepared in case the attack lawyers come after him and realize that it won't be as simple as some here believe.

[mordrid52]

That thread is almost 3 years old. If Sanrio had any legal ground to stand on, why would they send Graywolf a cease and desist letter then sit and twiddle their thumbs for three years while he continues to sell shirts? If you are really that worried, send him a private message and see what he says.

[armoredman]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/armoredman/PICT0027.jpg

[ROMAK IV]

The guy that did the Parody sites of the Brady Campaign also had a really hilarious parody site of "Evil Bert", of Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street. Of course Sesame Street or whoever runs it forced him to shut it down. This occurance made the Simpsons episode where PBS is hunting down Homer because of promised pledges during a fund drive even more ironic and hilarious. I think alot of such lawsuits based on infrindgment of copyight rest quite a bit on the willingness of the copyright holder to sue, but I have no idea if this is true. Personally, I would like to see a parody of the Smurfs smurfing AK's in response to the Smurfs being in a antiwar cartoon, implying guilt to the United States. If you missed that one, there was a commercial where the Smurf Village, (little blue cartoon kind of gnome like creatures, with one PaPa and only one female) all killed in an Air Raid. As for this one, I kind of prefer the original "Kalashnikitty".

[bogie]

The core of the image is covered under basic copyright, but I'm guessing that they think it is getting them more business. They are probably right.

[statelineblues]

Many years ago MAD Magazine did a parody of "Star Wars" after the movie first came out. George Lucas sent the editors a letter saying how he thought it was quite funny and well done. A couple of months later MAD received a letter from the studio claiming copyright infringement and they were going to sue. The editors sent back a copy of Lucas' letter with a note on it that said "Gee, George liked it." They never heard from the studio or its lawyers again.