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american eagle VS autechre - seems as though without any consideration for all the IDM kids of this world whatsoever, a preppy fratboy clothing company lifted the infamous AE "brand" if you will, from dear ol' booth & brown. should Autechre file a lawsuit and defend their good name from being tarnished? |
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No Maybe if American Eagle changed their name to Autechre then theyd have a case. |
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well, true enough, but doesn't it make you sick seeing all these preppy jocks with a big-ass AE across their asses?!? do sean & rob even know about this yet? i reckon they'd be either horribly appaled or just laught it off. but think about it - the www.ae.com domain is taken by American Eagle, and yet it was Autechre who used this letter combination for commercial purposes first. Sue the sweatshop labour employing bastards, i say! |
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Maybe Autechre should either a) Change the abbreviation to Au or b) Say fuggit and concentrate on making another album that sounds like tri repetae. |
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They wouldn't have a valid case... unless it could be shown that people may but American Eagle clothing believing it to be Autechre clothing. If Autechre had a substantial clothing line that already used AE as the main logo they might have a chance. If all they have is one or two t-shirt designs in the skam shop, they won't have much luck. Also, given that Autechre are not generally known they would probably fail the "fame" aspect required for a successful copyright infringemnet case. Bitch, eh? |
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people may but = people may buy. |
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Isn't ae a standard letter of the extended alphabet.... |
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aw this sucks, the law is fucked.....screw you law, your outa line |
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they should change AE to :0 |
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but case in point is this - the other day i was in a record shop browsing through the latest used CD arrivals, and lo and behold, a CD with AE on the spine was there ... my first thought was "hmm, what's this? something by Autechre i have not yet heard of?" only to find out it was an American Eagle CD compilation featuring god knows what awful top-40 shite on it. moreover, Autechre could have a case if the AE abbreviation is protected by copyright - thus, irrespective of how well reknown the Autechre "brand" is compared to the American Eagle one, by virtue of having copyrighted it first, they would have a case. |
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The character where they're joined together like this? Yep... not sure what that's from, but it's a common one alright. |
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Ah, another mod who uses the "del msg" button as a personal post editor ;) |
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next time some frat boy goes to but a AE cd they wont know thats its autechre, then when they get home and listen to it their ears will disintegrate XD |
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'ae' as a letter combination is the old way of writing 'aa'. can also imply more than one --> larva - larvae |
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i'll be passing theirr stuff off as Autechre stuff. |
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haha! good point! i didn't even think of the obvious! imagine the shock they will endure when they put on 'gantz graf' (with perhaps the most prominently featured AE abbreviation) only to find out that it's nothing like John Mayer or Dave Matthews at all?!? "what the fuck?!? this ain't no sunday night football soundtrack! i'm never wearing sweatpants with AE across my ass again!" |
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its only jocks like us who call autechre ae |
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any dude thats gotta AE on his ass can go suck it. |
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haha. believe me, there's many of those walking around my campus! =( someone in the student paper recently even came up with a new category of students recently: the american eagle slut |
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ive only seen girls w stuff on their asses. it gives me a good excuse to stare at dat ass too. Hey baby, im just readin yer ass! |
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"whoa, i couldn't help but notice the AE logo across your ass there baby! are you an Autechre fan too?!?" |
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Manticore, I think might amuse you if you're not a fan of "jock clothing":) |
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ha what the hell is this? |
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haha, thanks Ceri! my school is so run amock with sweatpanted jocks it's a pain to have to face that hideous reality each and every morning day in and day out. i need me an 'Abercrombie IDM geezer dept.' sweatshirt, methinks. |
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AE are just two letters it could stand for anything..... like say, American Eagle, for example |
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smart one homer! but in the same way, Nike is actually a Greek (or is it Roman? same difference) goddess, so by that virtue it is an unalienable part of world's cultural heritage, and therefore the shoe manufacturer ought to have no claim on it. |
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"it is an unalienable part of world's cultural heritage, and therefore the shoe manufacturer ought to have no claim on it. " i dont follow your logic how many nike customers know that? so companys should not be able to use words that have been used before? |
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the Nike "swoosh" is a far more recognisable and significant, these days, part of the world's culture than an ancient european godess (and a minor one at that) |
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Why's Nike so popular? Their clothes and shoes suck and fall apart |
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my nikes rule! |
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Æ is a common letter in Danish, Norwegian, and other languages. It's pronounced like the 'a' in "bad" |
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If they have æ on their ass then surely they're advertising that they like anal enemas Anyway. Who cares if some dumb ass dicks want that latest clothgin fashion. If it gets æ some mroe sales, even by accident then it's a good thing. Who knows. They may even like it and check it out. |
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