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Friday, July 24, 2009

Books / Retail Jamba Juice Does Not Endorse Get Your War On

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:16 PM

David Rees is winding up his week of complaints about Jamba Juice ripping off the Get Your War On style. (I wrote about the plagiarism earlier this week.)

Rees closes out his week with a great little press release from Jamba Juice that confuses the hell out of the issue:

We understand there has been some misunderstanding about the Summer Bliss campaign artwork and the comic strip created by David Rees due to the use of these clip art images. Jamba Juice would like to expressly communicate that the Summer Bliss promotion was not intended to imply any affiliation with Mr. Rees, Mr. Rees’ endorsement of Jamba Juice and its products, or Jamba Juice’s endorsement of Mr. Rees’ work.

Thanks for the clarification, Jamba Juice.

And for those of you in the comments who are angrily defending corporate rights to flagrantly bite the styles of smaller businesses and artists: Have a great weekend!

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I will have a great weekend.

For the record, I also fully support the right of smaller businesses and artists to flagrantly bite the styles of corporations. If that's what you want to call it.

Posted by Lee on July 24, 2009 at 5:46 PM

Corporations have the right to do whatever they want, and I have the right to lap it up like the witless little cur I am!

Posted by Good Doggie on July 24, 2009 at 5:49 PM

As a designer, the idea that "Get Your War On" is an original idea seems ridiculous to me -- I have seen this sort of concept a million times. In my world, there's no such thing as an original idea, just the ability to hide your sources well. So if Jamba Juice did something wrong, it's that they didn't hide their sources very well. And also, their "boost" options taste gross.

Posted by 311_TruthMovement on July 24, 2009 at 6:08 PM

Doesn't Get your War On use clip arts?

Seems like Jamba Juice kicked post-modernism in the balls.

Posted by sirkowski

on July 24, 2009 at 6:18 PM

Dear Stranger,

Why are you watering down the definition of "biting"?

Sincerely,
Clip Art

Posted by john t on July 24, 2009 at 7:42 PM

How does this compare to sampling in music?
Where entire riffs, choruses, and solos are ripped off?

Or for that matter, quoting? Can you quote somebody who was quoting?

Is not the entire human experience based on the recycled experiences of our ancestors?

Where the fuck is Charles Mudede for a topic like this?

It is all a mystery to me.

Posted by Ackham on July 25, 2009 at 12:06 AM

You stole my clip art dude!

I thought the whole point of clip art is that anyone can use it for whatever they want.

Posted by dancing banana on July 25, 2009 at 9:41 AM

The Stranger: defending the rights of its advertisers for 20 years!

Posted by michael strangeways

on July 25, 2009 at 11:16 AM

Now Paul Constant has gone insane, too? At least we still have Schmader.

Could there possibly be any more absurd faux-populist uprising than that against more than one business using a design that isn't protected by copyright or trademark or is, in fact, original in any way whatsoever? Way to cement your irrelevancy.

You have a great weekend, too, Paul. Sorry we lost you.

Posted by whatevernevermind on July 25, 2009 at 11:43 AM

We actually asked Mr. Rees to come up with a few panels on the idea "My New Bookselling Technique is Unstoppable". He liked the idea but never got back to us. I guess we should have just done it ourselves. [Kidding]

Posted by local bookseller on July 26, 2009 at 3:03 PM