@Lily
I was typing a second time as you were posting so I didn’t read your post immediately. I really do understand what you’re getting at, but the public has repeatedly shown their disapproval when a big company viciously goes after the little guy just having a little fun. Their overkill is what does them in.
In both of the cases I just added reference to, the companies lost incalculably in terms of public perception and good will and, I’m guessing, sales as well.
If I rember correctly, the Aberzombie creator chose to represent himself. And did a bang up job of it.
And I’ll bet he sold a boatload of his Aberzombie T-Shirts to boot.
People generally stand behind the little guy going up against the pompous a-hole company with no sense of humor.
I don’t recall ever hearing about any court case over any
_____________ Sucks websites. There are a bunch of them, similarly titled but Microsoft was the only one which sprang to mind.
But there may be relatively lesser known ones who folded after the first C&D letter from a lawyer not realizing that there was a good likelihood they might prevail.
But I loved the moxie and tenacity of the Aberzombie guy. That’s why I waded through so much of the details. It was really fascinating.
But, as I mentioned before, I really do understand the point you raised. Not every satirist has the stomach for a fight like that.
And that’s PRECISELY what some of these companies are counting on. I love it when a plucky underdog is willing to go toe to toe with them and refuse to be steamrollered by them.
The David vs. Goliath dynamic is fascinating to see.