They're Back: Copying Is Not Theft And Home Cooking Is Killing Restaurants

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Sat, Mar 11th 2017 12:00pm — Techdirt

Copying Is Not Theft and Home Cooking Is Killing Restaurants are back »

Last week we brought back two of our 2016 T-shirt designs, and today we've got another two favorites returning to the Techdirt Gear store on Teespring: Copying Is Not Theft (a conversation starter, to say the least...) and Home Cooking Is Killing Restaurants.

In addition to our usual offerings (tees, hoodies, mugs and stickers) we've added a bunch of additional options for Copying Is Not Theft gear, at the expense of color choices (necessitated by the design). There are tank tops, long-sleeve tees, crew neck sweaters and a second option for women's tees. Also, in addition to our usual $23 premium men's tees, you have the option of a cheaper Hanes tagless tee for only $20. We don't know if this is something people prefer, and we're not sure how big the quality difference is (the premium tees are very nice) -- but if lots of people opt for the cheaper t-shirt and are satisfied with the quality, we'll consider making this available for more shirts in the future. Vote with your wallet and by letting us know in the comments or on Twitter!

Check out the Techdirt Gear store for these returning designs, and more »

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Abhijeet, 12 Mar 2017 @ 12:32am

blog
nice content write by u
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timmaguire42 (profile), 12 Mar 2017 @ 4:34am

Re: blog
After a comment like that, I was expecting a link to your own site.
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charliebrown (profile), 12 Mar 2017 @ 4:55am

I'm waiting for the YouTube takedown and the Nerd Harder shirts to come back. I only got one of each last time.
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Thad, 12 Mar 2017 @ 9:14am

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The link's on his name. Don't talk to the spambot; flag it.
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Leigh Beadon (profile), 12 Mar 2017 @ 9:35am

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The Takedown tees are already back! Nerd Harder coming soonish...

https://teespring.com/techdirt-takedown
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DocGerbil100 (profile), 12 Mar 2017 @ 2:37pm

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Hello, Leigh Beadon. :)

I've ordered a Restaurants t-shirt and am looking forward to the return of Nerd Harder, now I've got a proper excuse to buy the thing. It would be nice to get it in a slightly more sci-fi-loon-friendly font than last time, but if not, no big deal. I'm buying it either way, seeing as it's now very much in a good cause.

I wish TechDirt the best of fortunes in its battle against the litigation-abusing assholes who plan to do it harm.
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Leigh Beadon (profile), 12 Mar 2017 @ 2:40pm

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In fact, part of the reason we haven't released it yet is because we're considering updating the design with something new! (Though we'll also probably continue offering the "Classic" version as well if we do). I'll count this as one vote for a sci-fi style, though I've heard other opinions and have some other ideas too.
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Ehud Gavron (profile), 13 Mar 2017 @ 12:56pm

Irony
Today I woke up, put on my home-cooking shirt, and went down to the office.

I later got a message from my gf that Tim Cushing just tweeted about the shirt!

I'm wearing it! I'm wearing it!
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