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FedNow: https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow Apparel: https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/

FedNow: https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow Apparel: https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/products/fednow-shirt-1?_pos=1&_sid=6ce5b79ca&_ss=r https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/products/fednow-shirt-1?_p... Not a trademark attourney, but the styling is distinct enough. The use of identical name could be problematic I would think? However, I don't see how this is a "parody" -- I thought parodies have to be clearly different but use similar styling, i.e. call it "FedThen" and cleverly include the `24/7` or something in the lettering, maybe inside the "e" which gets shaped kind of like the "o"

nostrademons 3y ago
The "End the FedNow!" merchandise is pretty clearly parody. The stuff that just has the "FedNow" logo is borderline. I wonder why organizations do this, highlighting the logos of organizations they oppose. I have an EFF hoodie that says "National Security Agency" on the front and "Defund Big Brother" on the back, and I get questions all the time of "Do you work for the NSA?" and then have to turn around and show them the back. I wish parody apparel was always parody at a glance.
- ry4nolson 3y ago
  I think even just the "FEDNOW" standalone stuff could be considered parody. It's different from the real logo and I'm pretty sure the "O" is supposed to imply surveillance or that the fed is watching you.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    I thought it might have had something to do with CBS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cbs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cbs) but I think you're probably right. Different Eye.
  - tomjakubowski 3y ago
    it's parody on the level of "MiKKKro$haft" - parody by idiots and for idiots. so it should be protected, of course
- bhawks 3y ago
  Given that the NSA was created in secret and did not become public knowledge for many years after it's establishment I can see the subversive side of spelling out it's name on a hoodie. They still want to be No Such Agency.
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nostrademons 3y ago

The "End the FedNow!" merchandise is pretty clearly parody. The stuff that just has the "FedNow" logo is borderline. I wonder why organizations do this, highlighting the logos of organizations they oppose. I have an EFF hoodie that says "National Security Agency" on the front and "Defund Big Brother" on the back, and I get questions all the time of "Do you work for the NSA?" and then have to turn around and show them the back. I wish parody apparel was always parody at a glance.

ry4nolson 3y ago
I think even just the "FEDNOW" standalone stuff could be considered parody. It's different from the real logo and I'm pretty sure the "O" is supposed to imply surveillance or that the fed is watching you.
- autoexec 3y ago
  I thought it might have had something to do with CBS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cbs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cbs) but I think you're probably right. Different Eye.
- tomjakubowski 3y ago
  it's parody on the level of "MiKKKro$haft" - parody by idiots and for idiots. so it should be protected, of course
bhawks 3y ago
Given that the NSA was created in secret and did not become public knowledge for many years after it's establishment I can see the subversive side of spelling out it's name on a hoodie. They still want to be No Such Agency.

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