Fund Raiser (with UPDATE)
6/28/2005
Hey all,
Shameless self-promotion here. I've got a few bills to pay, teeth to fix, that sort of thing. So I've set up a couple things at Cafepress to help generate some small side income. Don't make me appeal to your sympathetic nature; take my word for it and just buy a shirt or a mug!
1/ RIAA MUSIC POLICE!
Show your elitist pride in support of corrupt corporate interests and the death of culture!
2/ THE DOCTOR IS BACK!
Celebrate the return of Doctor Who with this original and very British design.
I'll have a real post eventually. Lots of interesting things going on lately; just haven't had time or energy for sitting behind a computer in the evening.
UPDATE: Apparently, criticizing the RIAA is against Cafepress policy. I received this email today. Does it ever end for people like us? And to think that I just made a $160 purchase with them makes me even more annoyed. I only hope this is some sort of automated review process and not a genuine concern from a living human being.
UPDATE (6-29-05): I've been cleared! I sent a letter of complaint and they OK'd my artwork.Dear Shopkeeper,
Thank you for using CafePress.com!
As you may know, CafePress.com provides a service to a rich and vibrant community of international users. From time to time, we review the content in our shopkeepers accounts to confirm that the content being used in connection with the sale of products are in compliance with our policies, including our Content Usage Policy (CUP).
We recently learned that your CafePress.com account contains material which may not be in compliance with our policies. Specifically, designing, manufacturing, marketing and/or selling products that may infringe the rights of a third party, including, copyrights (e.g., an image of a television cartoon character), trademarks (e.g., the logo of a company), "rights in gross" (e.g., the exclusive right of the U.S. Olympic Committee to use the "Olympic Rings"), and rights of privacy and publicity (e.g., a photo of a celebrity) are prohibited.
Accordingly, we have set the content that we believe to be questionable to "pending status" which disables said content from being displayed in your shop or purchased by the public.You may review the content set to pending status by logging into your CafePress.com account and clicking on the "Media Basket" link. The content set to pending status will be highlighted red.
Please visit our Content Usage Policy (CUP) for additional information regarding your use of the CafePress.com service. Once there, you may access our Copyright, Trademark & Intellectual Property Guidelines and FAQ's <http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/law.aspx> for more detailed information regarding Intellectual Property Rights.
We apologize for any inconvenience that the removal of your content may have caused you. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
Content Usage Associate CafePress.com
posted by Edward Svengali @ Tuesday, June 28, 2005,
