Protecting Our Decommodities
Are You Ready To Get “#Burned” At This Year’s Big Naked Desert Festival?
Early Clues, LLC was “tremendously saddened” to receive this “threatening letter” this morning. We consider this a “tremendous setback” for our #struggling #young #startup and are just about ready to turn our tour bus around and head for #MeltingWoman instead.
As a public domain corporation committed to a “Universal Free Realms,” Early Clues, LLC believes that we have “every right” to sail our gigantic #sneezeguard #pirateship loaded with highly saleable #energydrinks wherever we please. Perhaps this is simply “not so” in this “day and age” where everything is a commodity—even if it is a decommodity…
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Greetings,
My name is Nathan Heller, and I am reaching out to you on behalf of Burning Man’s Intellectual Property Team.
I hope this email finds you very well.
The reason I am contacting you is that it was brought to our attention that your company is using the “Burning Man” trademark in an advertisement on Twitter in promotion of your company and products here
Perhaps you are unaware that “Burning Man” is a registered trademark owned and exclusively licensed by Black Rock City LLC / Burning Man Project (“BRC/BMP”). Unauthorized use of the “Burning Man” trademark is prohibited without prior written permission from BRC/BMP. Guided among Burning Man’s Ten Principles by Decommodification, we simply do not permit use of our trademarks in this manner.
We ask that you please promptly remove the post from Twitter, and notify me when you have done so.
I look forward to hearing from you, and please let me know if you have any questions.
You can read more on Burning Man’s approach to intellectual property and Ten Principles here
Sincerely,
Nathan
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Nathan Heller
Burning Man Intellectual Property Team
nathan@burningman.com
