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Valli6
05-10-2015, 02:31 PM
I know it was created by Ron Paul's supporters, not his campaign - and it was never trademarked, but it still pisses me off that this self-absorbed, socialist turd has the gall to trademark Ron Paul's logo! :mad:

May 9, 2015

He’s the self-styled revolutionary who backed Ed Miliband at the Election and advocates the overthrow of ‘corporate tyranny’.

But The Mail on Sunday can reveal Russell Brand is himself embracing capitalism, trademarking a logo using his own spelling of ‘revolution’.

With supreme irony, his company has reserved the right to use the logo, with backwards letters spelling ‘love’, on trinkets, stationery, wallets – even lingerie.

He has been selling T-shirts with a similar logo on his website. Customers can ‘pay what you want’, though a minimum £30 applies – with anything above that ‘donated to various charitable causes’.

The logo is on the cover of the book he released last year in which he rails against capitalism.
n the book, which has sold tens of thousands of copies, Brand admits he is one of the richest one per cent in society ‘a tourist in poverty’.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3075121/Poor-old-Russell-wants-launch-revolution-quaintly-capitalist-fashion-wants-brand-spelling-sell-trinkets-masses.html

S.Shorland
05-10-2015, 02:55 PM
Thought that was the creation of a Ron Paul supporter

https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A2KLj.vKxU9VMVgA_mFNBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTIybT Byajd0BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM0MjU0ZTI5MDBkNTc5 MjY5ZGYwY2Q0ZDJiMzRjNTIzYwRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.images.search.yahoo.com%2Fse arch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Drussell%2Bbrand%2Brevolution%2 6fr%3Dchr-greentree_ff%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=528&h=818&imgurl=now-here-this.timeout.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2FRussell-Brand-Revolution-Book.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fnow-here-this.timeout.com%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2Fask-russell-brand-anything-in-our-upcoming-interview%2F&size=147.8KB&name=%3Cb%3ERussell+Brand+-+Revolution%3C%2Fb%3E+Book&p=russell+brand+revolution&oid=4254e2900d579269df0cd4d2b34c523c&fr2=piv-web&fr=chr-greentree_ff&tt=%3Cb%3ERussell+Brand+-+Revolution%3C%2Fb%3E+Book&b=0&ni=21&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=131u715nh&sigb=13skkpg5m&sigi=12m7h03ah&sigt=11640ctun&sign=11640ctun&.crumb=pG1nKPGSNiv&fr=chr-greentree_ff&fr2=piv-web

GunnyFreedom
05-10-2015, 03:06 PM
Thought that was the creation of a Ron Paul supporter

https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A2KLj.vKxU9VMVgA_mFNBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTIybT Byajd0BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM0MjU0ZTI5MDBkNTc5 MjY5ZGYwY2Q0ZDJiMzRjNTIzYwRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.images.search.yahoo.com%2Fse arch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Drussell%2Bbrand%2Brevolution%2 6fr%3Dchr-greentree_ff%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=528&h=818&imgurl=now-here-this.timeout.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2FRussell-Brand-Revolution-Book.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fnow-here-this.timeout.com%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2Fask-russell-brand-anything-in-our-upcoming-interview%2F&size=147.8KB&name=%3Cb%3ERussell+Brand+-+Revolution%3C%2Fb%3E+Book&p=russell+brand+revolution&oid=4254e2900d579269df0cd4d2b34c523c&fr2=piv-web&fr=chr-greentree_ff&tt=%3Cb%3ERussell+Brand+-+Revolution%3C%2Fb%3E+Book&b=0&ni=21&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=131u715nh&sigb=13skkpg5m&sigi=12m7h03ah&sigt=11640ctun&sign=11640ctun&.crumb=pG1nKPGSNiv&fr=chr-greentree_ff&fr2=piv-web

It was. Russel Brand is a liar, a commie, and a usurper. This pisses me off. :mad:

GunnyFreedom
05-10-2015, 03:07 PM
As if we didn't have enough problems already with idiots associating Ron Paul's platform with the hard left. :mad: :mad: :mad:

afwjam
05-10-2015, 03:15 PM
Fucker

Sola_Fide
05-10-2015, 03:19 PM
As if we didn't have enough problems already with idiots associating Ron Paul's platform with the hard left. :mad: :mad: :mad:

You're right...I see that happening on the internet all the time.

GunnyFreedom
05-10-2015, 03:22 PM
Here is the rehost of the proken image, by the way.

http://reho.st/http://now-here-this.timeout.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Russell-Brand-Revolution-Book.jpg

This filthy POS needs to eat shirt and die. I was ambivalent about this jackhole before, now I despise him worse than Juan McFake and Lindsay Grahaaaaamnesty. :mad:

GunnyFreedom
05-10-2015, 03:26 PM
We need to put a call out to the guy who originally designed the logo, put together a crowdfund and fight this. This is Ron Paul's legacy this communist jackhole is stealing.

heavenlyboy34
05-10-2015, 03:49 PM
Thought that was the creation of a Ron Paul supporter

https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A2KLj.vKxU9VMVgA_mFNBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTIybT Byajd0BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM0MjU0ZTI5MDBkNTc5 MjY5ZGYwY2Q0ZDJiMzRjNTIzYwRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.images.search.yahoo.com%2Fse arch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Drussell%2Bbrand%2Brevolution%2 6fr%3Dchr-greentree_ff%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=528&h=818&imgurl=now-here-this.timeout.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2FRussell-Brand-Revolution-Book.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fnow-here-this.timeout.com%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2Fask-russell-brand-anything-in-our-upcoming-interview%2F&size=147.8KB&name=%3Cb%3ERussell+Brand+-+Revolution%3C%2Fb%3E+Book&p=russell+brand+revolution&oid=4254e2900d579269df0cd4d2b34c523c&fr2=piv-web&fr=chr-greentree_ff&tt=%3Cb%3ERussell+Brand+-+Revolution%3C%2Fb%3E+Book&b=0&ni=21&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=131u715nh&sigb=13skkpg5m&sigi=12m7h03ah&sigt=11640ctun&sign=11640ctun&.crumb=pG1nKPGSNiv&fr=chr-greentree_ff&fr2=piv-web
Man, I've been railing about IP laws and this sort of thing forever...hopefully this is a wake-up call for people.

presence
05-10-2015, 04:12 PM
I've been thinking about patenting a method to draw anarchy symbols with a red rattle can.

heavenlyboy34
05-10-2015, 04:25 PM
I've been thinking about patenting a method to draw anarchy symbols with a red rattle can.

Perhaps someone should copyright Mr Russell's name and image-give him a taste of his own medicine.

wizardwatson
05-10-2015, 04:29 PM
We need to put a call out to the guy who originally designed the logo, put together a crowdfund and fight this. This is Ron Paul's legacy this communist jackhole is stealing.

The legacy that no one cares about?
The legacy that half the supporters are ashamed of?

We aren't using it are we?

Why should we throw a fit about it if we aren't actually using it? Are we going to go ballistic over nostalgia?

Even when we were using it, it never had 100% support.

GunnyFreedom
05-10-2015, 04:38 PM
The legacy that no one cares about?
The legacy that half the supporters are ashamed of?

We aren't using it are we?

Why should we throw a fit about it if we aren't actually using it? Are we going to go ballistic over nostalgia?

Even when we were using it, it never had 100% support.

You got a mouse in your pocket? Speak for yourself.

Valli6
05-10-2015, 08:54 PM
I googled "Ron Paul's logo" and "Russell Brand" and found this comment supposedly from Ernie Hancock (seems legit). It's his response to an Amazon book reviewer who pointed out that Brand stole the logo he used on his book cover.


Posted on Dec 31, 2014 9:51:15 AM PST

This is the first comment I have ever made regarding the use of this artwork that I have been credited with creating. I was inspired by a similar logo I remember seeing associated with the Beatles' back... a long time ago. The 'logo' was created as part of a campaign I ran here in Arizona in 2006 (do an image search for "Still Voting?" and you'll see our first use of the artwork). Ron Paul has been a regular speaker at our Freedom Summits here in Phoenix since 2001 and I knew that the philosophy he would advocate in his run for POTUS would be best represented by the 'LOV3olution' artwork. The impact on people here in Arizona during its limited exposure in 2006 convinced us immediately the role this concept would have on the planet when combined with the history and rhetoric of Dr. Ron Paul. The only "ownership" I claimed to the artwork was only enough to make sure that no one "owned" it and that it would be as open source as the Peace Symbol.

So as Russell Brand continues his journey towards the philosophy of a "Peaceful and Voluntary leave me aloneist world" I am encouraged by the spreading of the idea that revolutions based in love are not only desired but possible. If Russell strays too far from 'the Brand', there will be plenty of us to remind him and his supporters of why this particular piece of art was so powerful so quickly. While we may disagree on many things, I am of the opinion that most activist are motivated by the desire to do good. Libertarian philosophy needs to remind as many as possible that only good means will produce a good result. And I think Mr. Brand is on this path of awareness.

Ernest Hancock - Publisher FreedomsPhoenix
http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Russell-Brand/product-reviews/1101882913
(You have to scroll down to "Why did he rip Ron Paul's Logo?" and then click on comments)
I'd say Brand has "strayed too far" now that he's chosen to trademark it so he can print it on crap he wants to sell.

NoOneButPaul
05-10-2015, 08:54 PM
I'll gladly take the help where it comes from I just hope he admits it's not their logo.

Mr.NoSmile
05-10-2015, 09:05 PM
I know it was created by Ron Paul's supporters, not his campaign - and it was never trademarked


socialist turd has the gall to trademark Ron Paul's logo!

...well, it wasn't trademarked, so...

It's nice to people getting so worked up over a nine letter word.

GunnyFreedom
05-10-2015, 09:15 PM
I googled "Ron Paul's logo" and "Russell Brand" and found this comment supposedly from Ernie Hancock (seems legit). It's his response to an Amazon book reviewer who pointed out that Brand stole the logo he used on his book cover.


I'd say Brand has "strayed too far" now that he's chosen to trademark it so he can print it on crap he wants to sell.

Aye, all this means is that the logo was created by Ernest Hancock, and NOT Russell Brand. The logo did appear on Hancock's site in 2006:

http://web.archive.org/web/20061013002401/http://www.ernesthancock.com/

It's a shame that the logo creator seems okay with it being copyrighted by a communist. I think I've just lost every ounce of respect I ever had for 'freedoms' phoenix.

Just WTF does Hancock think copyrighting a logo means??

It means we can't use it without Brand's permission.

Valli6
05-10-2015, 09:25 PM
The only "ownership" I claimed to the artwork was only enough to make sure that no one "owned" it and that it would be as open source as the Peace Symbol.

So I wonder if Ernie Hancock has some sort of open source license for it - which would negate anyone from trying to claim it exclusively - like Brand wants to do now?

GunnyFreedom
05-10-2015, 09:30 PM
So I wonder if Ernie Hancock has some sort of open source license for it - which would negate anyone from trying to claim it exclusively - like Brand wants to do now?

If so, it's time for Hancock to step the heck up because it's about to get coopted by a blatant communist.

pcosmar
05-10-2015, 09:57 PM
It was released copy-left,, so it can not be copyrighted..

I do not believe it can be legally trademarked either.

it may be tried,, but doubt it will hold up to legal challenge.

phill4paul
05-10-2015, 10:21 PM
It means we can't use it without Brand's permission.

Meh. Come at me, bro. Is this not a R3VOLUTION?

thoughtomator
05-10-2015, 10:26 PM
"prior art" should nuke any suit Brand tries to file

heavenlyboy34
05-10-2015, 11:09 PM
It was released copy-left,, so it can not be copyrighted..

I do not believe it can be legally trademarked either.

it may be tried,, but doubt it will hold up to legal challenge.

The "Happy Birthday" song is copyrighted, even though it theoretically should be public domain. No one ever said IP is rational...

heavenlyboy34
05-10-2015, 11:10 PM
Meh. Come at me, bro. Is this not a R3VOLUTION?

If ya have to ask permission, it's not really and truly. (IMO. Others may have a different understanding of what Freedom (TM) means)

VoluntaryAmerican
05-11-2015, 07:43 AM
What an ass hat.

phill4paul
05-11-2015, 07:49 AM
If ya have to ask permission, it's not really and truly. (IMO. Others may have a different understanding of what Freedom (TM) means)

If you're pissed off because someone has copyrighted your revolutions logo you are not doing your revolution right. ;)

tod evans
05-11-2015, 07:51 AM
Who in the Sam Hell is Russell Brand?

Some Tee-Vee personna?

angelatc
05-11-2015, 07:54 AM
It was released copy-left,, so it can not be copyrighted..

I do not believe it can be legally trademarked either.

it may be tried,, but doubt it will hold up to legal challenge.

This. Pete is right. The problem is that the lawyers will still bully you. Shabby Chic is trademarked, but she has lost every case that has gone to court. That does not stop her lawyers from bullying people who try to use it.

angelatc
05-11-2015, 07:55 AM
The "Happy Birthday" song is copyrighted, even though it theoretically should be public domain. No one ever said IP is rational...

Why should "Happy Birthday" theoretically be public domain? (I agree that legally it should be public domain, but that's a matter of lawyers picking dates.)

GunnyFreedom
05-11-2015, 07:56 AM
Who in the Sam Hell is Russell Brand?

Some Tee-Vee personna?

A British Communist who tries to claim that all the freedom on the planet belongs to his personal philosophy.

ANd 'communist' is not hyperbole.

He's basically an An-Com

JK/SEA
05-11-2015, 08:33 AM
hah...personally, i think Russ is making a big mistake, but time will tell...book signings could be fun.

William Tell
05-11-2015, 08:04 PM
https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/q85/s720x720/11219351_10153301184383259_2018694056473634567_n.j pg?oh=d27d13ae5743fb98204c5e6c6cbc9ca0&oe=55D369FD

heavenlyboy34
05-11-2015, 08:33 PM
Why should "Happy Birthday" theoretically be public domain? (I agree that legally it should be public domain, but that's a matter of lawyers picking dates.)

I have my own reason, but any reason someone gives you will be rather arbitrary because ideas aren't real, tangible things that we can deal with as if they were property. (if you read the IP law, the way they decide public domain-life of the creator+20 years or something-was just pulled out of someone's ass) This arbitrary nature of so-called intellectual "property" is but one reason it can't work outside of a tyrannical statist model.

The Rebel Poet
05-13-2015, 06:40 AM
https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/q85/s720x720/11219351_10153301184383259_2018694056473634567_n.j pg?oh=d27d13ae5743fb98204c5e6c6cbc9ca0&oe=55D369FD
lol

William Tell
05-13-2015, 06:58 AM
https://scontent-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/s720x720/10953369_858767897511260_496609036647350593_o.jpg

Christopher A. Brown
05-15-2015, 01:00 AM
Most people have figured out that sudden fame on the internet = agent of the elite.

Remember, the elite only needs to stop the people from understanding and using what will impede or arrest their agenda. They don't give a crap if edgy sensationalism and useless rebellious concepts are mixed together to keep people busy. In fact they will promote it by elevating willing puppets into position to do so.

We have numerous secret factions vying for control in this scenario. They all have power and can make icons visible in a month or two through their various media tools including entire arrays of alt web sites and sub icons.

presence
05-15-2015, 09:39 AM
....

lmao

Jan2017
05-17-2015, 02:43 PM
fwiw, just pulled this off a lawyer's website . . .

"Under common law, trademark rights within a certain territory are based on priority of use of a mark within that territory.
Sometimes a federal registrant is not the first user of a mark in a territory, and that an unregistered prior user may have superior rights,
at least in that territory."

plenty of prior use jpg documentation anyway.

RJB
05-17-2015, 03:06 PM
The nicest thing I can say is:

What a Jackass!!!

r3volution 3.0
05-17-2015, 05:02 PM
...so, does this mean I have to change my username Mr. Brand?

:rolleyes:

Yea, fuck this retarded Bolshevik twat, I'm still using r3volution whenever I damn please.

Come and get me.

satchelmcqueen
05-17-2015, 08:33 PM
the logo was created by ernie hancock iirc. then a ron paul supporter used it to make signs with and it caught on. thats what i remember reading. brand cannot do this and claim its his. just virtue of this web site, we can all prove he didnt create the logo.

:edit: just read all the posts. seem u all know this already. cool.

Suzanimal
05-18-2015, 12:25 PM
http://i.imgur.com/cKXA5Nj.png

RJB
05-18-2015, 12:52 PM
It reminds me of that lame brain Paris Hilton trying to file for a patent for the phrase, "That's hot."

Athan
05-22-2015, 07:37 AM
It's a shame that the logo creator seems okay with it being copyrighted by a communist.

What a hypocritical communist? NO-WAYE! Someone quick call Stalin with the news!