We have put a lot of work into this site - only to find
out that CafePress.com is going to censor our T-Shirts
and other merchandise! The anti-capitalist hero Che cannot
put his face on the shirts anymore because some capitalist
running pig dog oppressor has trademarked his face!
To put it more accurately, there are no restrictions on
left-leaning images at CafePress.com! Slurs
and hateful caricatures of George Bush are all
over its shops. But making fun of Che Guevara is a big no-no!
We are not the only one
- see CafePress
Watch blog!
Please
contact
us if you have any offers,
advise, or suggestions.
 Cafepress.com
on many of its news pages
is promoting a pro-communist
store that, among hammers
and red stars, also sells "Hillary
Guevara" design based on
the famed Che™ picture
by the Cuban photographer
Korda. One can buy Hillary
Guevara shirts, pins, mugs,
bags, baby and doggie items,
and yes, boxer shorts commanding
you to "vote Hillary '08." More
on that later.
In our previous
story we described
how Cafepress.com censored
our "Che is Dead" design
with a hairy skull in
a beret on a vague pretext
of copyright infringement
- while they turned a
blind eye on other shopkeepers
who blatantly used corporate
logos and trademarks
in designs that denigrated
American corporations
and capitalism in general.
MORE >> |
10/18/05 - 1:30pm
Last night I went on Cafepress and created
the "Che
is dead" shop again, to see what happens.
It has been up for more than 12 hours without
purging and sold 3 "Che is Dead" shirts!
Looks like our satirical attack worked!
Which means we are capable of defeating
the leftist obstructionism if we just show
a little effort. I encourage all our comrades
to do the same everywhere. Speak openly,
be persistent, be unafraid. We shall -
how you say it - overcome? |
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Cafepress.com
Censors The People's Cube
 On
Oct. 9th I created a section
in my Cafepress.com online
store with T-shirts featuring
a black and white picture
of a hairy skull wearing
a beret and a caption saying, "Che
is dead, get over it." On
the following day Cafepress
removed these products from
my store even though someone
has already ordered and paid
for a shirt. They referred
to copyright infringement
as an excuse.
I understand and respect
the copyright law, but
did I really violate it?
Here's my letter to Cafepress.
Dear Content Usage
Associate,
A picture of a hairy skull
in a beret that I drew
myself as an artist can
not be an infringement
of anyone's copyright.
I assure you it isn't even
Che Guevara's skull. It
was a plastic skull purchased
at a 99c store with a "Made
in China" tag. While it
is plausible that the Chinese
Communists engage in subliminal
export of revolution through
millions of Che's plastic
skulls, this one is more
likely to be one of those
Asian midget skulls since
it was only about 2" in
diameter...
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Aleida Guevara in front of the icon image of
her father in a 1997 photo. |
Che's
spawn continues to screw everything
that moves
Che's daughter
vows to continue the fight.
What her father didn't finish
with bullets shot in the backs
of people's heads, she will
carry on using weapons much
more powerful and destructive
- LAWYERS!
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) --
With his picture on rock band
posters, baseball caps and
women's lingerie, Marxist revolutionary
Che Guevara is firmly entrenched
in the capitalist consumer
society that he died fighting
to overturn.
MORE HERE >>
Ernesto
Che Guevara signing order
to arrest and shoot everybody
at Cafepress.com. |
We
know that a lot of people
ask themselves every day
when faced with life's problems:
What would Che say? We can
assure you that in most cases
our Ernie would say, Put
'em up against the wall and
shoot 'em!
And this is exactly what
he told us in this case
as well. Shoot the photographer
who made his image famous
and all of his family members
who hold the rights to
replicating that image.
The same goes for the Cafepress.com
executive board, their
lawyers, programmers, designers,
mail room clerks, and the
poor Albanian cleaning
lady. The fact that everyone
at Cafepress.com including
the poor Albanian cleaning
lady wears Che T-shirts
all year round doesn't
matter. Saboteurs and deviationists
who stray from the Party
line must be put against
the wall and shot, period.
Even if the company's dress
code requires Che's face
to be displayed prominently
at all times, as is the
case with Cafepress.com. |
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