link isnt working

Link isn't working. But I believe you... assholes. :)

ow wow -- they took it down :O

here's another link

laaaame

What should I do?
a) contact threadless
b) drink some beer
c) hunt them down and kill them

B, followed by A, followed by more B.

Repeat until C seems like a good idea.

ahahha

I'm not sure how much Threadless can really do about it. Legal Festa might know, but fakes/rip-offs just keep happening. It's like trying to hold back the tide.

Sometimes blogger pester-power is the most potent tool in tackling the copy-cats.

fleshimp is quite big in Singapore...
(p.s. Threadless; it is worth pursuing)

lol @ fleshimp is quite big in Singapore...
(p.s. Threadless; it is worth pursuing)

Wow they're big?
That's not nice then.
Maybe I can get ....

If they're an established brand, call the lawyers/lawyer/Big Festa.

It is not some random tshirt store. They have quite a number of outlets in several diffrent shopping malls. Not that it is "super big, super rich" kind of store, but if you mention the name, most ppl will probably know. ...It's quite suprising that they would rip off something from Threadless

where can I email Festa Fiesta?

bear in mind, the actual store prolly have no idea, but some junior designer they have on their books most likely 'took inspiration' from Tan's design. Be interesting to know how much of the letterwork around the brand name is traced. If any.

@radiomode
I think most of the time they don't even know about it and trust their inhouse designers. Just to give them the benefit of the doubt. Still it's sloppy business then.

You can look at his profile page here. And claw at the monitor.

@fatheed
uhuh yes...lol
I don't think they traced the art work line by line though. ( Sofar I can tell from the picture) But nonetheless a rippoff though.

" As a general rule, copying is established by showing that the accused party had access to the copyrighted work and that there is a substantial similarity between the relevant parts of the accused and the copyrighted work."

That's what I'm talking about.

Why do I have a feeling that somehow I know this "Alvin" guy

I googled him -- he has an account on threadless.

I sent this to Mr. Festa

Thanks!

Hello! Thanks for the heads up...stay tuned.

nice

BURN THAT ASS!

twice for good measure

I've seen a few Threadless shirts around Hong Kong and they weren't even similar but exact copies. I saw "I Want To Be Friends" and "Swiss Army" in a store and the only thing they'd changed was the color scheme of 'Friends', 'Swiss Army' was exactly the same except the color of the shirt (I think it was white instead of grey) -_-. Thing is, this isn't a big chain store it's just one of those small graphic tee shops. Should I still report them to Threadless for the copyright infringement?
I've also seen 'A City Built on Rock and Roll Would Be Structurally Unsound' but that was at a local market so there's no point reporting that...

CONGRATULATIONS MONKEY! YOU ARE NOW AWESOME ENOUGH TO BE RIPPED OFF FOR PROFIT! You are in the big leagues (and big caps) now.

that is total ripoff indeed, i hate it when that happens. (great design btw)

Yeah, there's a number of places in Singapore that sell kinda-sorta looking Threadless shirts. The print is always shite, that's really the best way to tell. Also, they're always a bit "off" with the design.

But yeah, that sucks for you :(

yeah -- hope they aren't selling it anymore...

bump, because it's 'rip-off'-day!!!!!!!
yaaay

lol

i seen some of threadless designs being copied by some local brands in Singapore too. Its really a disgrace.