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July 6, 2005 2:12 AM

What if Nike never apologized and then got away with it? A few weeks ago Nike stole Minor Threat's classic album cover and with a few tiny changes tried to make it their own to promote a skateboarding tour. Not to give other immoral megacorps any ideas, but...
posted by tsarfan (15 comments total)

That's sacrilegious awesome!
posted by peacay at 3:38 AM on July 6, 2005

Too lazy to launch Photoshop so here's my contribution: Cover of Who's Next with a Depends® logo scabbed on at the lower right corner.

There. I've now helped trivialize something I once felt important for a quick chuckle. Per the link, I just wish I could "unsee" that Verizon logo on the cover of London Calling.
posted by hal9k at 4:12 AM on July 6, 2005

Seconded. Awesome.
posted by seanyboy at 4:57 AM on July 6, 2005

I love the Rise Above Acne one. Funny stuff.
posted by NoMich at 5:05 AM on July 6, 2005

Not that it wasn't a bad idea in the first place, but Nike did issue an apology.
posted by chrominance at 5:23 AM on July 6, 2005

Nike did issue an apology. chrominance beat me to it.
posted by dabitch at 5:27 AM on July 6, 2005

Hehe, I dig this one.
posted by dabitch at 5:28 AM on July 6, 2005

The one using the Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen to sell condoms is brilliant.
posted by The Dryyyyy Cracker at 6:31 AM on July 6, 2005

Merchandise. I have a pretty large mancrush on Ian.

And Guy, but he's kind of a tease.
posted by bardic at 6:41 AM on July 6, 2005

I'm pretty sure the poster knew that Nike apologized, since the wording was what if Nike didn't apologize.

Jussayin'
posted by raedyn at 7:52 AM on July 6, 2005

Come now, more of a spoof or something like that, than stealing an idea. But then again, a "hey, we're going to use your cover and play off of it" would have been nice.
posted by tomplus2 at 9:18 AM on July 6, 2005

I'm pretty sure the poster knew that Nike apologized, since the wording was what if Nike didn't apologize.

Then I could post an FPP about "What if John Kerry ate babies and served the leftovers to John McCain?", right? Posting a "what if" without making it clear that the "what if" didn't actually happen seems a bit weak, especially when it's closed with "immoral megacorps".
posted by thedevildancedlightly at 9:40 AM on July 6, 2005

Nike apologized, but apparently Ian and the boys were still considering legal action, last I heard.
posted by 235w103 at 9:56 AM on July 6, 2005

yup, that was the last I heard too: july 4 NYT article. Wonder if that'll ever happen... IANAL but I just don't know what they could sue about..
posted by dabitch at 10:57 AM on July 6, 2005

Nike apologized, but apparently Ian and the boys were still considering legal action, last I heard.

Really? Schmucks.

Re-mixing pop culture is nothing new, and that it is done by a corporation is irrelevant. Bitching about this will only make it easier for such corporations to smack down less-moneyed folk when they re-mix corporate art and logos.

Minor Threat need to get over themselves.
posted by Ayn Marx at 9:54 AM on July 7, 2005