Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Fundraiser for Copyright Infringement
Written by Ernesto on April 25, 2008The Paris based fashion house Louis Vuitton has filed charges against a 26 year old student artist for selling posters and t-shirts of a Darfur victim, holding a designer bag inspired by a Louis Vuitton design. All of the profits had been going to charity but Louis Vuitton is still demanding massive damages.
The artist, Nadia Plesner, started a campaign to raise awareness of genocide in Darfur, and raise money for the victims. All the profits she makes from selling the t-shirts and posters go directly to the “Divest for Darfur” organization to help the victims.
Nadia told TorrentFreak: “I started this campaign because of the distorted way the media prioritizes between big and small world news. How can Paris Hilton make more front covers than the genocide in Darfur? So, I “pimped” a victim, to see if it worked. And it did!”
Her campaign indeed generated a lot of attention, but not for the right reasons. For her “Simple Living” campaign, Nadia decided to dress-up a Darfur victim with a Louis Vuitton-inspired bag, and a Paris Hilton-style accessory dog. Louis Vuitton, however, was not amused by Nadia’s creative expression, and filed a lawsuit where they are claiming over $20,000 a day, if she continues with the project.
Nadia received her first letter from the Paris based retailer on February 22th. Vuitton kindly urged her to quit raising money for the good cause, arguing that it infringes their intellectual property rights. Nadia was surprised by the letter, and decided to send a reply in which she explained that she didn’t use the exact pattern of a Louis Vuitton bag, and that the drawing simply refers to designer bags in general.
“Sometimes recognizable objects are needed to express deeper meanings, and in their new form they become more than the objects themselves , they become art,” Nadia writes in her reply. “I therefore stand by my freedom of expression – artistic and/or otherwise – and will continue my Simple Living campaign in order to raise money for the victims of Darfur.”
Louis Vuitton did not warm to her “free speech” argument, and filed a lawsuit on April 15th. Nadia told us that Louis Vuitton now demands $7,500 (5,000 Euro) for each day she continues to sell Simple Life products, $7,500 for each day their letter is published on the website and $7,500 a day for using the name “Louis Vuitton” on her website. In addition they want her to pay their lawyer costs and $15,000 to cover other expenses they have incurred in protecting their ‘intellectual property’.
Initially, the whole issue seemed to be a misunderstanding, as it looked like Nadia was trying to make money from selling the tees and posters. “In January I wrote on my website regarding the campaign, that 30% of the profits are donated to Divest for Darfur. This is not correct. It is 30% of the PRICE which is 100% of the profits,” she explained to us. However, even when the information was corrected, Vuitton didn’t back off.
Intellectual Property expert and lawyer Hans Bousie, who offered to represent Nadia without charge, told TorrentFreak that Nadia could exercise her right to freedom of expression, and her right to artistic freedom in particular. That is, if the design clearly resembles the original design, otherwise Louis Vuitton wont have a strong case to begin with.
In our opinion, Vuitton is abusing the intellectual property argument. They simply do not want to be associated with genocide and the darker sides of the world. This strategy obviously backfired. We encourage everyone to buy a poster or tee, or at least spread the word about this campaign and Vuitton’s shocking response.
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good for you Nadia :D
what an asshole
This is unfair. I think people have the right to appropriate images from pop culture to use in art. Did we forget Pop Art in the 60s? Bottom line: The use of the bag should be classified as “fair use”.
(Though ideally, I’d like to see the whole copyright system abolished. It’s outdated.)
They probably think the starving kids looks as healthy as their anorectic models.
Unbelievable. He walked right into a Superman punch, Vuitton did. The whole point of her intended statement seems to be that the rich value their micro-society and EVERYTHING IT STANDS FOR, over anything else. And that we as a greater society are complicit in our undying, fuel-the-fire fawn-fest over fat-minded rich assholes and their (a)pathetic paradigms. I hope she puts some rapper’s bling in a piece of her work. Nothing says society’s in serious decline like rappers frontin’ money and hos to our kids. When things like Darfur are existing. Will I be in trouble with the race police if I point out the irony of THAT?
A designer sues a charity project leader for using their name and “possibly” a picture, which is somehow similar to one of their products… how deep can someone sink to begin such a case…
Is EVERY part of the industry blind and only wants cash, even from people who want to enhance the world?
I’d never thought that such crazy people exist…
Digg this post everyone..
http://digg.com/tech_news/Louis_Vuitton_Sues_Darfur_Fundraiser_for_Copyright_Infringem
Another reason not to buy Vuitton.
well, most charities are goldmines. you know, many people donate, warmed up to the objectives and such..and this large amount of money are going to help the needy, poor and such like this genocide in darfur… and apparently, the rich dont want to share their resources and would like to get the money used for helping other people to fill up their greedy mouths.. hell, louis vuitton should pay royalty to the descendants of the inventor of the simple bag since his designer bags are based off that
I believe a campaign to protest Louis Vuitton and ask everyone not to support or purchase any of their products until this lawsuit is settled to the expressed agreement of Nadia and her lawyers.
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM LOUIS VUITTON!
I would buy a shirt in a heartbeat, but 70 bucks is a little much for me. (35 euro.. here in the US)
Oh and Digg it!
http://digg.com/tech_news/Louis_Vuitton_Sues_Darfur_Fundraiser_for_Copyright_Infringem
Slow news day?
What has this got to do with BITTORRENT or even P2P?
There are stupid cases brought like this all the time. It’s an admirable cause but not for TF.
Why don’t you do an article about GTA4 being leaked at torrent sites and R* reaction?
well, copyright infringement is linked to p2p or bittorrent, so i think they put this one up. besides, there are many categories to choose from in TF, like opinion, politics etc
[quote]$7,500 for each day their letter is published on the website[/quote]
WTf????? LOL Thats one stupid request! Who they think they are?
[quote comment="359375"]Slow news day?
What has this got to do with BITTORRENT or even P2P?
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I agree, its an interesting story but…
[quote comment="359337"]Another reason not to buy Vuitton.[/quote]
Nah, just go down your local market and buy a Vuitton copy for 10% the real price.
[quote comment="359392"][quote comment="359375"]Slow news day?
What has this got to do with BITTORRENT or even P2P?
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I agree, its an interesting story but…[/quote]
So what, site’s owner can’t publish whatever the f.. he wants because “iz not about p2p”??.. don’t like it, don’t read it.
[quote comment="359375"]Slow news day?
What has this got to do with BITTORRENT or even P2P?
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You’re right, this has nothing to do with filesharing. But, the story has everything to do with copyright, we cover that as well ;)
I thought this was important enough…
GTA4 will come later… or will be covered by others. You’re welcome to join us if you want to write articles here :)
Had they not tried to sue her very little people would have even seen or purchased this tee or poster, now they have made her news, something that people are interested in, i wouldn’t be surpise if something like this appeared in a newspaper or two now. “Big Bad fashion designer sues darfur”
Louis vaton is such a faggot for doing this. They only care about their product image not the world. Go to hell bitches.
I put this on the LV wiki page and someone keeps deleting it entirely. Anyone know how this works with wiki, how does wiki prevent a company (probably) from removing stuff from it’s own page, oh and i wrote it completely unbiased.
Nevermind, apparently the nadia plesner’s site and torrent freak aren’t “reliable sources”
try link directly to the legal documents on the girls website as references.
DO NOT BUY FROM Vuitton
Well it’s not only about copyright but especially about the abuse of copyright isues by big companies to bully, harass and harm people – blindly and maliciously.
It’s about big companies going berserk about copyright.
It’s perfectly fine here on torrentfreak in my opinion and I like that torrentfreak reports about it and speaks out about copyright-madness. Go on!
;)
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Is EVERY part of the industry blind and only wants cash, even from people who want to enhance the world?
I’d never thought that such crazy people exist…[/quote]
This is exactly what i was thinking.
Pathetic really, how greedy people are nowadays.
Louis how about you go live in Africa for a month, like the couple million of people that do everyday? Experience how it’s like to not be rich, to not wear your fancy custom made dress everyday, then come back and tell us if suing someone raising awareness of this situation in Darfur was the right thing to do.
paris hilton = satan
[quote comment="359508"]try link directly to the legal documents on the girls website as references.[/quote]
I took a look, but i think i will just wait till it gets picked up by a more well known news site. Then of course, as we all know, it MUST be true lol
What’s more important… The victims of a real life genocide, or Louis fucking Vuitton’s intellectual property rights?
I think it’s pretty obvious what Luis Vuitton’s answer to that question is. Hey, human stool samples – instead of suing Nadia Plesner for over $20,000 a day, how about donating over $20,000 a day to Darfur relief funds?
And speaking of human stool samples, I sincerely hope that people start shoplifting LV handbags just so they can take a shit on them. Or, Hell, just shitting on them right there in the store.
Leave it to these sluts to make the MAFIAA looke positively saintly.
dont be surprised what will happen to stores that sell his crap over the next weeks watch…
I thought it was an interesting read and would welcome more articles like this on TF.. Took a look and ordered a t-shirt in a heartbeat.. Looks really good :)
I don’t think that this is much about LV suing for the sake of doing it, i think they have to for future protection. It’s kinda how apple filed against NYC for their “Green” logo.. It’s so the court can’t say in the future “But why didn’t you sue last time someone came close to your logo”.. LV will hand in the papers even if it is ridiculous and they would loose, but it is to be safe..
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18513597666
Great way to spread the word and show support.. love Torrent ;-) Nadia is a great artist!! Lv should give the money they are trying sued Nadia for to Dafur and apologize to her.. Shame on Louis Vuitton!
[quote comment="359412"][quote comment="359337"]Another reason not to buy Vuitton.[/quote]
Nah, just go down your local market and buy a Vuitton copy for 10% the real price.[/quote]
It’s a honorable task to hit Vuitton where it hurts, but I prefer to stay clear from all the snotty status symbols, even the cheap copies.
louis vuitton = complete scumbag
With these types of stores it helps to walk in there with some dogshit on your shoes. Ok, I know. Your shoes stink like shit afterwards, but more importantly the regular Louis Vuitton customers will remember the store as well.
[quote comment="359307"]This is unfair. I think people have the right to appropriate images from pop culture to use in art. Did we forget Pop Art in the 60s? Bottom line: The use of the bag should be classified as “fair use”.
(Though ideally, I’d like to see the whole copyright system abolished. It’s outdated.)[/quote]
amen
Fine with me!
Boycott Louis Vuitton!
To the lady of the world:
From now on if you wear any Louis Vuitton shit it’s mean that you are suporting the genocide in Darfour in progress right now as we speak!
So now what are you going to do with your Louis Vuitton stuff?
Put it in the trash bin! And do not dare to buy any Louis Vuitton crap in the future because it might piss off some people!
[quote]Is EVERY part of the industry blind and only wants cash, even from people who want to enhance the world?
I’d never thought that such crazy people exist…[/quote]
Yes, that is capitalism – profit, no other objectives, obliterate anything that stands in your way.
[quote comment="359464"]Nevermind, apparently the nadia plesner’s site and torrent freak aren’t “reliable sources”[/quote]
Why? Is TF biased or something? That’s just an opinion, perhaps a biased one at that.
[quote comment="359764"][quote]Is EVERY part of the industry blind and only wants cash, even from people who want to enhance the world?
I’d never thought that such crazy people exist…[/quote]
Yes, that is capitalism – profit, no other objectives, obliterate anything that stands in your way.[/quote]
Actually, capitalism has more objectives than just profit. It’s about the control of the whole value creation chain.
The cynical part in this example is probably that the people in Darfur are standing in the way of those who require the recources there to produce the bags (in China) so that the capitalists (in Paris) can make the profit.
I agree this is a perfectly relevant article for torrent freak.
It doesn’t show everything that is wrong with copyright law but certainly a big part of it.
There is a great article at Gizmodo along the same lines with Monster -vs- Blue Jeans Cables. Lacks the human interest but the Blue Jeans CEO is really sticking it to them. And he has the legal background to do it.
http://gizmodo.com/380055/blue-jeans-cable-calls-bs-on-monster-cable-patent-suit-vows-to-fight-to-bloody-death
$20,000 a day?
That’s $20,000 a day that Louis Vuitton is taking from victims of Genocide.
Louis Vuitton is indirectly supporting Genocide. Therefore Louis Vuitton is indirectly a Nazi.
and digg it here too:
http://www.nadiaplesner.com/Website/orderDafurTshirt.php
lv should jump in bed with wal-mart. They have alot in common it seems.
J.
Wow what a little Bitch seriously what the hell is wrong with people these days. If they are not getting their money or not getting to be first in line at the media gang bang then they just up and throw a little fit. You know what, I would tell them to shove that lawsuit right where it belongs, up their ass There suck on that.
there is no such thing as fair use (outside US).
In France a law says that if you do not sue EVERYONE that uses your model, then it is not protected anymore…
Think what you want, but it’s necessary.
awesome nadia….I bet if he wins the lawsuit though, lots of people will probably boycott louisshit…and it is worth it because I think he makes too much money anyhow…”intellectual property” is just another word for “this is my design and if anyone remotely makes money, regardless of the cause… I will proceed to sue the shit out of you.”
Its only the rich people that complain because thats one less solid gold hummer they can buy.
proceed with your case you’ll win and if he does its bullshit.
This is what happens when you let Rich people run companies!
If Paris or LV have a problem with charity, too bad, go fuck yourselves!
“Actually, capitalism has more objectives than just profit. It’s about the control of the whole value creation chain.”
No. This is not capitalism. These are the parasites who are abusing the system. Capitalism communism whatever! With bad people you get a bad society regardless of the system and it does not have to be that way! Communism collapsed because of these type of parasites capitalism will colapse too if we don’t clean the place, now!
You guys are simply finding Louis Vuitton a convenient scapegoat for all the ills of the world, regrettably forgetting the very obvious fact that they have had absolutely nothing to do with the genocide in Darfur.
Will donating $20,000 to Darfur actually help anyone in Darfur who needs it? I guarantee you that only a tiny, tiny proportion of your kind-hearted donations will ever reach the people who really need it, the vast majority of that amount will be pilfered by the evil ISLAMIC FASCISTS and WARLORDS who rule the country. This money will then be used to buy wonderful things, like AK-47’s and grenades that they will use to kill the very people you wanted to help in the first place.
All this crying and hating on Louis Vuitton but not a word mentioned about the real culprits here, the religious fanatics who infest our planet and pollute the airwaves with their vicious, evil and tyrannical dogma!
You’re missing an important point, people. She *did not* use a Louis Vuitton bag. If she had, there would probably be no problem. However, she used a fake knockoff imitation “inspired by” bag, and *that* is what the problem is. They’re going after her for the same reasons they go after sellers of imitation and counterfeit goods on eBay, to protect their trademarked goods.
Unlucky. No more selling my rabbits to them after I fuck them in the ear so they can make coast out of their fur.
“Fair Use” u robbin greedy MoFo’s
posted on her site
*****
silly of vuitton to sue over this – they couldn’t have asked for a worse result. they should’ve left it alone and no one would have noticed.
but I kinda wonder how you only turn 30% of the price to charity? your costs are 70% of the price of the shirt? if you are more of a charity than a commercial artist receiving personal acclaim and attention, you should publish on your site your financials. UNICEF or Doctors Without Borders spends about $0.85-$0.95 out of every dollar they receive on their programs, and they detail what happens in their programs.
also – I would like to know more about Save Darfur, the Sudan Divestment Task Force, etc. none of these companies seem to publish any information about what they’re doing with your money – unusual for charities and even more unusual for a charity that promotes removing money from companies that invest in businesses that are financially involved in unsavory places.
I would also suggest you include prominent links on every page of your site to various worthy organizations that are working in Darfur – that way if people wish to donate and not buy a product, they would be able to do so.
now that you have received this level of attention, there is no reason to buy a shirt – if people wish to support efforts in Darfur, why not have them give directly to a cause? then 100% of the *price* will go to charity.
[quote comment="359970"]You guys are simply finding Louis Vuitton a convenient scapegoat for all the ills of the world, regrettably forgetting the very obvious fact that they have had absolutely nothing to do with the genocide in Darfur.
Will donating $20,000 to Darfur actually help anyone in Darfur who needs it? I guarantee you that only a tiny, tiny proportion of your kind-hearted donations will ever reach the people who really need it, the vast majority of that amount will be pilfered by the evil ISLAMIC FASCISTS and WARLORDS who rule the country. This money will then be used to buy wonderful things, like AK-47’s and grenades that they will use to kill the very people you wanted to help in the first place.
All this crying and hating on Louis Vuitton but not a word mentioned about the real culprits here, the religious fanatics who infest our planet and pollute the airwaves with their vicious, evil and tyrannical dogma![/quote]
Fashion is the perfect example of what’s wrong with the world. None of it matters. If none of it existed, noone would suffer for having never been exposed to it’s vacuousness. It is a self-aggrandizing, 100% luxury-oriented industry. Some of the most vile, self-interested, social game-playing poncey fucktards in the world are in the industry. Life isn’t Dangerous Liasons, Louis.
So she’s using someone else’s copyrighted name (”LV”) on her website and a design largely similar to theirs on a bag?
Why is she upset that she’s getting sued?
There’s a reason for copyright laws. They help protect people’s intellectual property. Fair Use is one thing, but the motives of the offender don’t make any difference. Infringement is infringement.
No one who understands this cares what she’s doing with her ill-gotten money. Is it right to steal if one is doing it for “just” motives?
That, and most of these Darfur nuts can’t point to it on a world map. lol.
the production cost of those t-shirts are like 24.5 euro, is it insane or what?
And to be honest those t-shirts make it look like LV is a root of all evil and it’s their fault that those people suffer, which seems a bit unfair as it’s prolly not true.
Give em a piece of your mind: http://louisvuitton.com/
Retarded fashion companies. They’re almost as bad as the general media industry. The only thing that progress is the looks of the products. The way the rules and laws work are still the same ancient outdated shit. You can’t own an idea. You can’t own a ‘look’. You can sue the ass off yourselves, but your brains are still stuck in the feudal age.
[quote comment="359970"]You guys are simply finding Louis Vuitton…[/quote]
Fuck human race!
[quote comment="360221"]So she’s using someone else’s copyrighted name (”LV”) on her website and a design largely similar to theirs on a bag?[/quote]
You don’t seem to know her designs. Nowhere she’s using the brand name “LV”. She’s using the name “SV” which stands presumably for her campaign “Simple Living”. The whole campaign with the useless attributes of “Simple Living” like dogs and handbags and the irrelevant representatives of that life is to mock the originators, the representatives, the admirers and the consumers of “The Simple Life”.
[quote comment="360221"]Why is she upset that she’s getting sued?[/quote]
She’s not upset that she’s getting sued. She is determined to let it happen. If you’d read the couple of sentences on her page that appear under the link you’d know it’s about PR.
[quote comment="360221"]There’s a reason for copyright laws. They help protect people’s intellectual property. Fair Use is one thing, but the motives of the offender don’t make any difference. Infringement is infringement.[/quote]
There are reasons for copyright laws. Most companies just don’t have good enough ideas how to earn money. So they have to artificially protect an idea that everybody else can have too. It’s very different to invent, build, own and operate a machine that makes handbags, than to own the idea how to do that. To own the idea is irrelevant. Even if there were no counterfeit handbags, after some time the idea of such a handbag will come up anyway. And today every little rat-shop will be able to produce these. And why shouldn’t they? If someone wants to earn money with handbags they just have to be better than others. To protect someone with “copyright laws” because he’s worse than others is utterly insane.
Nadia is not claiming “Fair Use”. She’s claiming “Freedom Of Expression”. That’s a whole different concept. In case you don’t know click on the web page of the
UN ( http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html ) and read article 19. It’s just two lines and it’s unambiguous.
The motives do make a difference. Even the motive to get on peoples nerves would be enough to justify her campaign. That’s what art is about. It’s infringing the ideal world in our brains that deal with those parts of reality only that we are able to deal with. If she’s showing society’s refelction and it doesn’t like it, that’s not the fault of the mirror.
Thats fucked…Vuitton that is, I’d buy something but I don’t have the money right now. I love how the rich pretend the rest of the world exists and they live in their own litle bubble trying to exert control wherever they can.
To all you LV lovers piping up that LV is the victim here.
This is a company that will do and HAS done ANYTHING in their gluttonous rise to the top of the heap of useless corporate parasites.
Did you know that during WWII, the Louis Vuitton company were collaborators with the Nazi regime? No, I didn’t think so. But you go ahead and keep whining about poor LV just “defending their rights”.
Despicable.
Blah, blah, blah. Comment test.
I’m amazed that anyone commenting on this topic thinks that anything they do or say is going to make an iota of difference. People buying LV don’t care what the company does or doesn’t do. Go ahead – boycott it. Honestly, how many of you are shopping there in the first place?
[quote comment="359970"]You guys are simply finding Louis Vuitton a convenient scapegoat for all the ills of the world[/quote]
No, you miserable little pile of dickcheese. We’re blaming Louis Vuitton for its own actions. Or does that concept just fly over your poor wittle head?
A liar naming themselves “Truth Teller”… Love the irony, babe.
[quote comment="359970"]
regrettably forgetting the very obvious fact that they have had absolutely nothing to do with the genocide in Darfur.[/quote]
Oh, LV’s sure got something to do with it *now*, you sniveling little toadie. They’re trying to block relief funds.
Personally, I think Louis Vuitton should cut out the middle man entirely. You know, fly over to the Sudan, and yank the food out of peoples’ mouths and tear down their shelters. Then maybe they could make a handbag to commemorate it! It’ll be tres chic!
[quote comment="359970"]Will donating $20,000 to Darfur actually help anyone in Darfur who needs it? [/quote]
Yes. Your deranged conspiracy theory that people shouldn’t donate to Darfur relief funds because it’s like putting money right into the hands of the genocidal warlords who are causing the whole mess in the first place, is nothing more than a thinly veiled facade that belies how you’re so racist against blacks that you approve of the slaughter going on in Darfur.
Kinda like Louis Vuitton.
[quote comment="359970"]
All this crying and hating on Louis Vuitton but not a word mentioned about the real culprits here[/quote]
Oh, the REAL culprits! Okay then, tell me, who’s pulling Louis Vuitton’s strings? Who’s manipulating Louis Vuitton into suing Nadia Plenser?
Is it the Freemasons? The Illuminati? The Jews? Wait, don’t tell me… It’s the Aryans controlling LV from their secret Nazi moonbase. Am I right or am I right?
Also…
[quote comment="359563"]
I don’t think that this is much about LV suing for the sake of doing it, i think they have to for future protection. It’s kinda how apple filed against NYC for their “Green” logo.. It’s so the court can’t say in the future “But why didn’t you sue last time someone came close to your logo”.. LV will hand in the papers even if it is ridiculous and they would loose, but it is to be safe..[/quote]
Hey, you’re right. Louis Vuitton are just trying to protect their intellectual property *for the future*, and if that means halting charity established to help the refugees of an ongoing genocide, then *oh well*.
We should all go easy on poor ‘ole Louis Vuitton. Easy like this.
FYI, if you’re wondering why Hitler’s in that picture, it isn’t for shock value. LV were pretty hardcore Nazi collaborators back in the day, a fact of which they hate being reminded.
I guess that’s because it still isn’t too far off the mark, eh?
Is LV’s response really surprising? It is, after all a luxury company to whom reputation is everything. It is absolutely acceptable and rational of the company to protect their reputation.
It’s called fair use, and Louis Vuitton doesn’t have a leg to stand on. If Louis Vuitton persists with their IP terrorism, they may find themselves on the ass-end of an international smear campaign.
[quote comment="360642"]Is LV’s response really surprising? It is, after all a luxury company to whom reputation is everything. It is absolutely acceptable and rational of the company to protect their reputation.[/quote]
Their reputation? That would almost be laughable if it wasn’t so ignorant of the facts regarding this particular “luxury company”.
Another noob that doesn’t read before speaking. Comment #69, idiot.
Doesn’t intellectual property assume an intellect? Spending hundreds of millions to create a brand, and then through it all away in a frivolous law suite threat doesn’t strike me as the most intelligent way to act.
But, I guess it’s like some commentators has pointed out, it’s a matter of different target groups.
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I wonder if the judge is going to be a woman who likes LV handbags.
u guys are gay
[quote comment="360613"]Also…
[quote comment="359563"]
I don’t think that this is much about LV suing for the sake of doing it, i think they have to for future protection. It’s kinda how apple filed against NYC for their “Green” logo.. It’s so the court can’t say in the future “But why didn’t you sue last time someone came close to your logo”.. LV will hand in the papers even if it is ridiculous and they would loose, but it is to be safe..[/quote]
Hey, you’re right. Louis Vuitton are just trying to protect their intellectual property *for the future*, and if that means halting charity established to help the refugees of an ongoing genocide, then *oh well*.
[/quote]
LV suing has nothing to do with this being for charity. No matter who had a similar logo, they would sue. They are not targeting Sudan specifically. They know they don’t have a case but they have to sue, cus otherwise when someone makes a more similar logo, the judge will assume that they don’t care about their trademark..
Some of you ppl seem to have a grudge against LV. How many of you ppl shutting LV down have actually donated significant amounts to charity? [disregard tax-deductible crap].. I think you are pissed cus you can’t afford designer products. Get over your shitty life and do something about it..
I doubt Louis Vuitton cares what any of you think – most of you can’t afford anything in there. Keep bitchin’, punks.
i always support charities, but the design of the bag does not resemble “that the drawing simply refers to designer bags in general” as nadia has quoted. the design nadia has used resembles a particular style of the Louis Vuitton bag.
Yay for Louis Vuitton, they are definitely doing the right thing! I hope they steal all her money lol I love LV!!!
I’m rofling at these statements “ZOMG Boycott LV”, how many of you actually buy from Louis Vuitton? I’m guessing none of you.
[quote comment="362151"]I’m rofling at these statements “ZOMG Boycott LV”, how many of you actually buy from Louis Vuitton? I’m guessing none of you.[/quote]
LOL, i’m really not going to buy a fag LV product!
What an mother fing prick! he dosent have enough fing money!? F him!
what an Fing prick!
As a handbag whore, I want to be one of many to condemn in it’s entirety the actions taken by LVMH on behalf of Louis Vuitton.
The actions they have taken to try to inhibit someone who is trying to help others is deplorable.
I AM boycotting LV.
Anyone who doesn’t see the wrong that LVMH are responsible for is one of the very people blinded by high society rhetoric. You can be a lover of finer things and still maintain objectivity. As much, the love of a particular label and it’s offerings should never be enough to cause one to place it’s value higher than that of human life.
Just contemptible.
Unless the French have laws banning similarities, this is a complete bull crap.
You don’t see George Romeo suing everyone who makes a Romeo-style Zombie B-movie.
HHello Ernesto,
1 – The NY POST wrote, march 15, 2003, page Six :
http://www.nypost.com/nypfashionbiz/70712.htm http://www.pagesix.com/fashionbuzz/fashionbuzz.htm
Is luxury label Louis Vuitton taking itself a little too seriously? French journalist Alain Terdy claims that Vuitton parent LVMH forced him to close his Web site http://www.oedipe.net after he posted an article on the famous brown and bronze colored Vuitton bag applying some sociological significance to its “feces and urine colors” and the fact that “it swings close to the buttocks.”
“It is understandable that LVMH doesn’t appreciate this analysis,” Terdy told the Bangkok Post. “But why do they forbid all of my Web site?” Apparently LVMH was able to get the injunction under France’s strict brand protection laws. So are people who spend a fortune buying Vuitton bags obsessed with bodily waste? Or is that just what they have for brains?
2 – http://www.gawker.com/03/03/004895.html :
Louis Vuitton parent company, LVMH, forced French journalist Alain Terdy to shut down his website http://www.oedipe.net after he posted an article on the typical LV brown and gold bag, “applying some sociological significance to its ‘feces and urine colors’ and the fact that ‘it swings close to the buttocks.’” Let me guess: the LVMH fashion fascists didn’t like what he said, so it’s “infringing” on their trademark.
May I add this:
1 – The NY POST wrote, march 15, 2003, page Six :
http://www.nypost.com/nypfashionbiz/70712.htm http://www.pagesix.com/fashionbuzz/fashionbuzz.htm
Is luxury label Louis Vuitton taking itself a little too seriously? French journalist Alain Terdy claims that Vuitton parent LVMH forced him to close his Web site http://www.oedipe.net after he posted an article on the famous brown and bronze colored Vuitton bag applying some sociological significance to its “feces and urine colors” and the fact that “it swings close to the buttocks.”
“It is understandable that LVMH doesn’t appreciate this analysis,” Terdy told the Bangkok Post. “But why do they forbid all of my Web site?” Apparently LVMH was able to get the injunction under France’s strict brand protection laws. So are people who spend a fortune buying Vuitton bags obsessed with bodily waste? Or is that just what they have for brains?
2 – http://www.gawker.com/03/03/004895.html :
Louis Vuitton parent company, LVMH, forced French journalist Alain Terdy to shut down his website http://www.oedipe.net after he posted an article on the typical LV brown and gold bag, “applying some sociological significance to its ‘feces and urine colors’ and the fact that ‘it swings close to the buttocks.’” Let me guess: the LVMH fashion fascists didn’t like what he said, so it’s “infringing” on their trademark.
^^ That website deserved to be shut down, I’m glad it was. Haha sucks to be you!
this lawsuit is disgusting
her campaign is totally disgusting… Who cares about what is going on in africa?!?!? She should stick to her own art and not degrade the fine vuitton products in such an obscene way…
Shoplifters to me are good people,I would do it any day whether it’s against the law or not,I would do it even if the penalty was life in prison,I hope all the Louis Vuitton stuff is shoplifted,especially by someone like me who can’t afford it,and by the way I hate Macy’s more than any store in the world.
people work very hard and try to make a living from running a company. they have an everyday job such as you people and all u can do is dis them. pleaseeee u guys are sad i am happy louis vuitton is sueing her ass because she used their similar design. she should have thought twice or this wouldnt have occured in the first place. she just wants more attention so she can sell more shirts and make more money and seeing as louis vuitton is so successful she decided to tag them along. louis vuitton gave her a chance and she didnt take it so now she stands to lose everything and frankly i dont care. i wouldnt like people stealing my designs or affiliating them with negative images.
LOUIS VUITTON FOREVER
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