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NEWS: Hello Kitty Statue Removed From Shrine After Sanrio Finds Out


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Cerceaux



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:03 pm Reply with quote
Goodbye Kitty...
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PrecisionCrab



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:09 pm Reply with quote
This is nonsense. You have to have permission now for decorations?

For each person that puts out a Jack O' Lantern at their front doors during Halloween, does somebody in Ireland keep track of each and every pumpkin to make sure they get a slice?
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Spotlesseden



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:19 pm Reply with quote
you are nonsense. Doesn't Ireland has the LiJack O' Lantern Right?

Sanrio is the Hello Kitty's rights-holder. They are not putting it at their front doors for decorations. The Shopping district is using it for advertisement to get more people to go there.
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PrecisionCrab



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:09 am Reply with quote
And costume/party stores do the same bloody thing when the calling is there.
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grooven



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:20 am Reply with quote
Sanrio is kinda of Disney crazy. Use their stuff without consent and you will get the wrath of their fists.
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Sailor S





PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:50 am Reply with quote
PrecisionCrab wrote:
And costume/party stores do the same bloody thing when the calling is there.


And they get permission to do so, or they face C&D orders and/or lawsuits. What's your point?
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PrecisionCrab



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:29 am Reply with quote
Like hell they do. Like hell.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:30 am Reply with quote
Dunno why they didn't just ask permission in the first place. It's the birthplace of the company president. They'd be sure to get in touch.
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Sailor S





PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:48 am Reply with quote
PrecisionCrab wrote:
Like hell they do. Like hell.


Oh? Could have fooled me. animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-12-14/power-rangers-costume-dispute-ends-in-settlement
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PrecisionCrab



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:34 am Reply with quote
One in a thousand.
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LUNI_TUNZ



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PrecisionCrab



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:08 am Reply with quote
Fine. Two in a thousand.

All I know is, most costume shops are small local outlets - most don't even have their own websites. Not worth starting trouble over. Hence, largely ignored.
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LUNI_TUNZ



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:48 am Reply with quote
Most costume shops have to buy their stock from retailers - and the retailers have to have permission to sell the costumes from the licensors, or else you get the story in Sailor S's article.
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sorincha child



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:44 am Reply with quote
I chuckled at this article and now I feel kinda bad about it... but seriously. What? Really?
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Mesonoxian Eve



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:03 pm Reply with quote
Sailor S wrote:

Apples and oranges. The costume's requirement is due to trademarks, but the shrine has every legal right to display its purchased products because they're not infringing any works here.

This news just shows the absurd stupidity of what people think they have a right to own.

Screw Sanrio. They're not-so-nice-people.
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