Did coke marketers come up with the phrase?
Isn't that the heart of the matter?
Or is everyone arguing since we have adopted it so closely then it is now ours?
Did coke marketers come up with the phrase?
Isn't that the heart of the matter?
Or is everyone arguing since we have adopted it so closely then it is now ours?
So the trick will be in how a copyright is used.
You shouldn't be able to copyright a country name. That would set a bit of a scary precedent.
Nike's 'Just do it', for example. I suspect many people say Just do it in the course of their lives but have no fear of Nike suing them. However if you tried to use it in relation to advertising a brand then you might have issues.
Would it not be the same for coke. They just want to stop some other company using their slogan?
whatever... buy more coke.......
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yeah but this guys SELLS cokes products. its pretty funny.
Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot
Reminds me of Dominion Breweries "copyrighting" the generic term "Radler" and trying to block anyone else in New Zealand from producing a "radler" style beer labelled as such. This is like copyrighting "lager" or "bitter" or "pilsner" or any other term describing a beer style.
If the copyright board had known shit from clay, they would never have granted the copyright in the first place. But DB, despite knowing they have no moral right to their claim, insist on prosecuting the letter of the law and using it to bludgeon tiny little craft breweries who use the term.
For that reason, I no longer sell DB products in my store.
More to the point, a distribution company in NZ is importing a "radler" from a European brewery - which is owned by the same group who own DB. DB threatened to sue over this import but have been told to "go sue yourselves then" by the importers. Which is what they would have to do...hehehe.
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makes me wonder.
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Its not really that good a catch phrase. I wonder if it would have any popularity at all if coke had not pushed and marketed it.
Bit like that "Spray and walk away"
or "Lovin' it"
Guy should get a life and come up with his own crappy slogan.
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They paid good money to an advertising company to come up with it, and it's become a commonly used expression, so what that happens. If they want to copyright it then probably fair enough.
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