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You know, people are absolutely free to buy the shirt and stencil on any sentiment or message they feel. Or is speech only meaningful if you added it to your s

You know, people are absolutely free to buy the shirt and stencil on any sentiment or message they feel. Or is speech only meaningful if you added it to your shopping cart and it went through the pipes of commerce? Kind of exactly what people are upset about in the first place?

mmm_grayons 6y ago
I wonder about this: while I don't agree with the idea, it seems legally questionable. If, hypothetically, the KKK got such a jersey and pasted racist slogans on it, the NBA could reasonably claim the people doing so were unjustly associating its brand with causes it didn't support. They would be using the NBA brand in a manner in which they had not received license to use it. I think the same thing applies here: while I don't approve of this action by the NBA, they could have grounds for legal action against someone doing this (though I imagine it would make a bad PR situation even worse).
- oarsinsync 6y ago
  > They would be using the NBA brand in a manner in which they had not received license to use it. It’s a shirt. You’re not using the brand. The manufacturer of the shirt is. You have no licence. You own property. You can deface it however you see fit.
Hnaomyiph 6y ago
People are upset because more and more companies are ceding to a government which is actively committing genocide, suppresses ideas and free speech of its own people, all so that these companies can make more money.
- supernova87a 6y ago
  How about not buying the shirt then, instead of complaining about the message you're helping to fund while buying it?
  - moate 6y ago
    I mean, people would prefer to not have to walk away from the things they enjoy. You're being a little pointedly obtuse here. People want the world to reflect their values. Very few political vegans would prefer to ignore that there are still restaurants serving meat, they'd rather the culture shift away from that sort of practice. Similarly, people would prefer the sport they enjoy watching not support the government policies they don't support. "Why not just ignore anything you don't like" isn't how the world works.
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mmm_grayons 6y ago

I wonder about this: while I don't agree with the idea, it seems legally questionable. If, hypothetically, the KKK got such a jersey and pasted racist slogans on it, the NBA could reasonably claim the people doing so were unjustly associating its brand with causes it didn't support. They would be using the NBA brand in a manner in which they had not received license to use it. I think the same thing applies here: while I don't approve of this action by the NBA, they could have grounds for legal action against someone doing this (though I imagine it would make a bad PR situation even worse).

oarsinsync 6y ago
> They would be using the NBA brand in a manner in which they had not received license to use it. It’s a shirt. You’re not using the brand. The manufacturer of the shirt is. You have no licence. You own property. You can deface it however you see fit.

Hnaomyiph 6y ago

People are upset because more and more companies are ceding to a government which is actively committing genocide, suppresses ideas and free speech of its own people, all so that these companies can make more money.

supernova87a 6y ago
How about not buying the shirt then, instead of complaining about the message you're helping to fund while buying it?
- moate 6y ago
  I mean, people would prefer to not have to walk away from the things they enjoy. You're being a little pointedly obtuse here. People want the world to reflect their values. Very few political vegans would prefer to ignore that there are still restaurants serving meat, they'd rather the culture shift away from that sort of practice. Similarly, people would prefer the sport they enjoy watching not support the government policies they don't support. "Why not just ignore anything you don't like" isn't how the world works.
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