Ferrari threatened "cease and desist" on Deadmau5 over "Purrari 458"

[PurpleSir]

parody =/= rebranding

[Ad Bot]

[Blockaium]

Doge Ram.

[HellHound]

Blockzilla needs to calm the hell down.

[Blockzillahead]

NO FERRARI DESERVES BETTER

[HellHound]

NO FERRARI DESERVES BETTER

This proves my point entirely. They're fancy, expensive cars. I can see how somebody would be pissed off about doing this to a car, but the fact somebody gave a enough of a damn to file a C&D order for this bullstuff is just unacceptable.

[Foxscotch]

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everything you linked in that post was people selling copyrighted designs
which deadmau5 was not doing

[Rally]

Are you under the impression that they're trying to get the guy arrested? They're not. A cease and desist is a threat of lawsuit.

Beyond the ass-backward handicapped gimmick of a paintjob, the emblem replacing is just straight stupid. Ferrari makes a fine line of automobiles, I think they at-least deserve the right to have their emblem displayed on their machinery and not tarnished with some stupid joke by an overrated disc jockey.

[Foxscotch]

Ferrari makes a fine line of automobiles, I think they at-least deserve the right to have their emblem displayed on their machinery.

not after you buy it
if you have these kinds of opinions, then surely you think you shouldn't be using your avatar? unless you made it yourself

[Rally]

And if any average joe and his dog decided to replace the emblem for a stupid gimmick, I'm sure nobody would care. Of course with Deadmau5 it's a different story. He's got a lot of attention. That means more responsibility, factors change. Situation ethics is what we like to call it.

It's basically like saying it's okay to hack CounterStrike Source because I bought the game. It's not okay. Just because you payed for something doesn't mean you get to hack it to desecrate it publicly.

if you have these kinds of opinions, then surely you think you shouldn't be using your avatar? unless you made it yourself

Right, a radiation hazard symbol. Nature is going to sue me now I bet. Do you have a point or is this some handicapped half thought out jab at me?

[Foxscotch]

It's basically like saying it's okay to hack CounterStrike Source because I bought the game. It's not okay. Just because you payed for something doesn't mean you get to hack it to desecrate it publicly.

well, it is. the only reason it isn't okay at any point is because it's a competitive game
Valve doesn't even care, as long as you're on a server that allows it

Right, a radiation hazard symbol. Nature is going to sue me now I bet. Do you have a point or is this some handicapped half thought out jab at me?

I'm like, 99% sure nature didn't create the symbol for radiation
the point is that someone else made it and you're using it as your avatar, most likely without their permission, which is an offense on the same level as modifying something that you own

[Mister Cheese]

I don't care what anyone thinks, that car is still amazing

[Rally]

well, it is. the only reason it isn't okay at any point is because it's a competitive game
Valve doesn't even care, as long as you're on a server that allows it

Hey, I mean, I'm sure Ferrari wouldn't mind either if Deadmau5 locked it in his basement and didn't show anybody. The automobile market is extremely competitive. Have you seen F1 racing? It's all about appearances.

I'm like, 99% sure nature didn't create the symbol for radiation
the point is that someone else made it and you're using it as your avatar, most likely without their permission, which is an offense on the same level as modifying something that you own

I made this avatar. The radiation hazard symbol has no usage copyright and it's not used to sell multi-million dollar engineering projects. Did you even think this out?

[Bisjac]

forget them i would have continued doing it.

this is support of nyan cat, not that stuffty deadmou

[Foxscotch]

The automobile market is extremely competitive.

Ferrari isn't going to lose sales because one of their customers decided to modify the car they bought

I made this avatar. The radiation hazard symbol has no usage copyright and it's not used to sell multi-million dollar engineering projects. Did you even think this out?

I very clearly said "unless you made it yourself"

[Rally]

Ferrari isn't going to lose sales because one of their customers decided to modify the car they bought

You're making a joke out of a very serious piece of machinery. Hopefully you don't run any marketing companies, do you?

I very clearly said "unless you made it yourself"

Even if I didn't, the brown townogy was still completely terrible and wrong.