- Aug 2, 2011
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In every situation, always has to be a few who claim to have it all figured out and everyone else is a doofus for not seeing like they see it.
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Its sad and disgusting how a certain segment of American politics can weaponize language with no real backlash. Dog whistles have turned into more than whistles lately too. The white supremacist march on Charlottesville was only 5 years agoAnd like osh kosh bosh pointed out, people are allowed to criticize Jewish people. And do it routinely.
This stuff is so stupid
So much of our political discourse is filled with dog whistles about Jewish people. But these "free thinkers" will whine and whine and whine about being censored
Some folks listen to what's being said and make up their own mind whether to accept or deny it - independent of who said it.
man homeless couture was a nice moment doe. Hugs Life of Pablo merch whilst blasting Frank OceanTo be fair Kanye couldn’t sell that yeezy clothing line with the $200 tshirts with holes in it either
How is this even legal?
Reminds me of the Dave Chappelle / Comedy Central skit:
"To use your name and likeness in perpetuity throughout the universe"
I'm really not a fan of non-centextual reasoning...it just sounds like an excuse for confirmation bias in this instance
It's easy to ignore the questionable integrity of that quote, one that is often used to justify belief in antisemitic conspiracy theories, when the reader is willing to remove the context of it being originally penned by a dyed in the wool Neo Nazi
How is this even legal?
Reminds me of the Dave Chappelle / Comedy Central skit:
"To use your name and likeness in perpetuity throughout the universe"
Would Ninjahood still cop a dodge if they took da hemi off it?Why would ford keep selling explorers if they took the eddie bauer off of it
Why wouldn't it be?
Adidas owns most of the designs. Nearly all of them by the looks of it.
This is silly, When Tinker retires, will Nike stop selling AM1 and AJ3? Hell no. They own those silos, they'll keep selling them when the designer is dead and gone. Adidas owns the silos, they can do what they want with them.I suppose it depends on the contract they signed - like Chappelle said.
Taking his artistic designs and scratching his name off defeats the whole purpose.
A Yeezy by any other name is still the same. Pay that man.
How does increasing their profits by no longer paying Ye for his work = support for Jewish folks / fighting anti-Semitism?
Is it smart on Adidas part? Sure.
Is it legal? Depends on the contract.
Is it dirty. Definitely.
Just goes to show - The business of business is business.
He discussed it in his interview. Don’t remember which one.I don't think Rev 2:9 has anything to do with what Kanye is ranting about.
This is silly, When Tinker retires, will Nike stop selling AM1 and AJ3? Hell no. They own those silos, they'll keep selling them when the designer is dead and gone. Adidas owns the silos, they can do what they want with them.
reminds me of the r kelly supportersa lot of the awful discussion resulting from this clown's antics have really put the spotlight on talking heads who claim to be about justice, equality, whatever, but are really just about riding the same power structures that have existed in this country just under a different guise and leadership. "they do/did it too" isn't an argument. repeating similar tropes with a similar lack of accountability by doubling down on hate speech isn't an argument.
Apparently Ye's name does not appear on the parents either. An Adidas VP, which probably means Ye wasn't a chief designer...I suppose it depends on the contract they signed - like Chappelle said.
Taking his artistic designs and scratching his name off defeats the whole purpose.
A Yeezy by any other name is still the same. Pay that man.
How does increasing their profits by no longer paying Ye for his work = support for Jewish folks / fighting anti-Semitism?
Is it smart on Adidas part? Sure.
Is it legal? Depends on the contract.
Is it dirty. Definitely.
Just goes to show - The business of business is business.
IP Split
Adidas said it owns the “design rights to existing products” and past and future color combinations of the shoes. Filings with the US Patent and Trademark Office show that Adidas obtained a series of design patents for the Yeezy Boost 350 shoe in 2017 and 2018.
The shoes were created by Nic Galway, Adidas’ vice president of global design, according to the filings.
The partnership between Ye and Adidas appears to be a “standard licensing deal” that was labeled as a collaboration, according to Kurtz.“That means that Kanye is licensing to Adidas his trademarks and intellectual property, Yeezy and YZY, to put on shoes and apparel,” he said. “Adidas looks to be the one who’s doing the manufacturing and the designing, and that’s why they’re the ones on all the design patents.”
so kanye west designed yeezys?I suppose it depends on the contract they signed - like Chappelle said.
Taking his artistic designs and scratching his name off defeats the whole purpose.
A Yeezy by any other name is still the same. Pay that man.
How does increasing their profits by no longer paying Ye for his work = support for Jewish folks / fighting anti-Semitism?
Is it smart on Adidas part? Sure.
Is it legal? Depends on the contract.
Is it dirty. Definitely.
Just goes to show - The business of business is business.
This is silly, When Tinker retires, will Nike stop selling AM1 and AJ3? Hell no. They own those silos, they'll keep selling them when the designer is dead and gone. Adidas owns the silos, they can do what they want with them.
And people bought Air Trainers bc of Bo and Uptempos bc of Pippen. Nike owns the silo and can sell them way after the brand ambassador is employed. Kanye was a designer/brand ambassador. He has no ownership of the shoes.People bought Jordan's because of Jordan.
People bought Yeezy's because of Kanye.
I aint even know who TInker Hatfield was when I was a kid
Wasnt nobody checkin for the new Tinkers Fam.
Regardless...Contracts.