Puma Ads
Elizabeth Spiers goes on the verbal offensive against Puma after they sent in the lawyers. [Gawker]
John, this post was prescient: "as a practical matter ... people get downright ornery when you try to enforce your IP rights and any attempt at enforcement would harm your public relations."
Legal Bloggers dissect the issues here.
Nick Denton discusses his intention to leave the images up.
Felix Salmon, who posted the ads at MemeFirst, quotes Marty and then states emphatically: "I'm never buying Puma shoes again. It's adidas all the way for me from now on."
Another thing that has everyone riled is the fact that Peter Kim, of Puma Interactive Marketing, who was interviewed by Salmon, said "that blogs are 'not a media outlet' and that they are therefore not protected on First Amendment grounds."
Also, thanks to everyone who has linked to TLA regarding the issues raised by Puma and these fake(?) ads and I hope to provide further discussion on the legal ramifications of blogging this weekend.
John, this post was prescient: "as a practical matter ... people get downright ornery when you try to enforce your IP rights and any attempt at enforcement would harm your public relations."
Legal Bloggers dissect the issues here.
Nick Denton discusses his intention to leave the images up.
Felix Salmon, who posted the ads at MemeFirst, quotes Marty and then states emphatically: "I'm never buying Puma shoes again. It's adidas all the way for me from now on."
Another thing that has everyone riled is the fact that Peter Kim, of Puma Interactive Marketing, who was interviewed by Salmon, said "that blogs are 'not a media outlet' and that they are therefore not protected on First Amendment grounds."
Also, thanks to everyone who has linked to TLA regarding the issues raised by Puma and these fake(?) ads and I hope to provide further discussion on the legal ramifications of blogging this weekend.
