Last Call For Techdirt DMCA Takedown Shirt

from the last-call dept

Mon, Nov 16th 2009 12:47pm — Mike Masnick

Just a final reminder that if you want the Techdirt DMCA Takedown T-shirt, today is the last day to order them, either alone or with my Approaching Infinity book. And, remember, we also have the regular Techdirt logo t-shirt (and again, the logo t-shirt with the book) and the Techdirt logo hoodie, all of whose sales end tonight at midnight PT. The DMCA t-shirt has proven to be incredibly popular (sales have far outstripped our last t-shirt), so if you want in on the fun, make sure to order one in the next few hours. We're thrilled so many people like the shirt so much...

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Rose M. Welch (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 12:47pm

Sad Fan.
Nooooo!!!!!! I'm broke until after Thanksgiving. *sniff sniff* I wanted this shirt AND the book.
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- Dark Helmet (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 12:50pm
  
  Re: Sad Fan.
  Seriously, me too. I swore to get my order in before the end of the month, and I'll probably JUST barely make it. Holiday season blows...
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  - senshikaze (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 12:56pm
    
    Re: Re: Sad Fan.
    i think a shirt that launches a meaningful conversation into how the copyright legal system is broken is really the best gift to anyone, and you would be doing your family a disservice by not purchasing it. And isn't that what the season's all about?
    
    :)
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    - Dark Helmet (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 1:23pm
      
      Re: Re: Re: Sad Fan.
      Uh, no, the holiday season is about spending exhorbenent(sp?) amounts of money on useless trinkets and electronics in a futile attempt to one up my friend's and family.
      
      Or did you think this was all about some guy named Jesus?
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      - Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 3:10pm
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Sad Fan.
        That's the guy that works on my car. Why would Christmas be about him?
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    - Rose M. Welch (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 4:26pm
      
      Re: Re: Re: Sad Fan.
      No, because most of the members in my family would not grasp the meaning and the rest wouldn't appreciate the message. Oklahoma is full of fail.
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Francis Bauer, 16 Nov 2009 @ 1:37pm

George Bush Xmas
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Sallo (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 1:38pm

ordered...
I was compelled that last you made the 'time is running out' plea! I tried to resist, but the shirt is just too clever to pass up.
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David (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 1:38pm

I agree
I want one, but can't meet your deadline. I hope you'll offer them again soon.

Thanks!
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Francis Bauer, 16 Nov 2009 @ 1:43pm

Georg Bush Xmas Cards
Please send a xmas card to George W. Bush @
10141 Dania Pl.
Dallas Tx.

Tell him how we are all suffering as a result of his
administration policies. (8 years of catering to the rich)

Fran
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- Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 1:45pm
  
  Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards
  Lighten up, Francis.
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  - Dark Helmet (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 1:52pm
    
    Re: Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards
    "Lighten up, Francis."
    
    Any of you homos touch my stuff...an' I'll kill yeh...
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- senshikaze (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 1:53pm
  
  Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards
  so can I go on an write mine out for four years from now to Obama and how glad I am the healthcare system is still broken?
  
  Besides, its not like both sides of this dual political prty system isn't trying to screw us all over.
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- Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 2:20pm
  
  Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards
  What is your address so I can send you a card thanking you for helping me send a card to W?
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- Jason, 16 Nov 2009 @ 4:10pm
  
  Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards
  NO FUN! From your subject line I thought you had actual Christmas cards w/W. (wuh-wuh)
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  - Dark Helmet (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 4:22pm
    
    Re: Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards
    That'd actually be pretty awesome. It could be a picture of the Bush family around the gift Cheney sent them! It was supposed to be a Xmas goose he'd shot on a hunting trip...
    
    ...but instead you would just see the Bush family gathered around some anonymous staffer's bird-shot ridden corpse...
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 2:01pm

Out of curiosity Mike, would you make more money selling t-shirts or running Driod Ads on your site?
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Space Pirate, 16 Nov 2009 @ 2:05pm

What If...
...someone designed a similar t-shirt on one of those do-it-yourself sites? Should they expect a take-down? ;-)
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- Jason, 16 Nov 2009 @ 4:07pm
  
  Re: What If...
  No, he's SELLING the shirts, not giving them away as prizes!
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- Suzanne Lainson (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 6:18pm
  
  Re: What If...
  Wouldn't it be more in the spirit of the concept to make your own shirt?
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notstephencolbert, 16 Nov 2009 @ 2:15pm

Can I send an old iPod with a few tunes on it as payment instead?

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-colbert-christmas-the-greatest/id296547775

And maybe an audiobook?
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=333440647&s=14344 1
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 2:21pm

Unless the phrase is trademarked, simply exclude the techdirt logo and have any online custom T-shirt company replicate the shirt. Or change the font, the color of the shirt, and make it 3 lines of text instead of two and you created your own original work of art, I find it hard Mike would take issue with that.
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Leighton White (profile), 16 Nov 2009 @ 2:29pm

RtB
The increasing scarcity of these goods...
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 3:07pm

Cheaper T shirts
Can I create cheaper versions of this T shirt? $25 is too steep :)
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- Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 3:11pm
  
  Re: Cheaper T shirts
  no you can't! These shirts are SCARCE GOODS! If you are a real fan, you will cut out one of your vital organs and sell it on the black market to support the cause!
  
  BLEED FOR IT!
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  - Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 4:22pm
    
    Re: Re: Cheaper T shirts
    That is too extreme bro! Extremism is bad
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interval, 16 Nov 2009 @ 4:42pm

yeah, what's the deal here? Why the limited time offer? Are you destroying the silk screens after the last shirt in the run is sold??? Christ, just press some more...
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- Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 4:47pm
  
  Re:
  Not only will the screens be burnt, but also the shop that makes the shirts, and the designers are going to be shot in the morning. This is the only way to assure that these shirts are truly scarce. In order to double the value (and quadruple the price) they could potentially ask the designer to sign the shirts before his untimely demise.
  
  j/k
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2009 @ 8:47pm

I guess I can head over at shirtmagic.com or cafepress.com and get one for 10$

that is unless you send a DMCA take down :)
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Freedom is Freeloading, 16 Nov 2009 @ 11:26pm

Get 'em before the silk screens turn back into pumpkins at the stroke of midnight!

Deals like this won't last!

Not when there's magical scarcity involved!
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Alias (profile), 17 Nov 2009 @ 7:57am

Thanks for being awesome.
"Thanks for purchasing the DMCA Takedown T-shirt package, and showing how CwF + RtB really can work! We really appreciate you being so awesome.

-emailbot@techdirt.com"

You're welcome emailbot; you're welcome.
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6 (profile), 17 Nov 2009 @ 11:29am

I wanted a shirt with what it has on the front (perhaps a little larger so it's easier to read), but the techdirt thing on the back I didn't want.

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Anonymous Coward, 17 Nov 2009 @ 2:56pm

*sniff*
To me, or from me, this would have been an ideal Xmas gift if I had the money for it...
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