[lbo-talk] Nike Shoes steals Minor Threat's artwork for corporate campaign

[B.]

Nike Shoes blatantly steal graphics and artwork from
Minor Threat / Dischord Records, the band and label
co-founded by Ian MacKaye of Fugazi and The Evens.

Article is at Pitchfork, here:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-06/23.shtml

Dischord statement: "They [Nike] stole it and we're
not happy about it. Nike is a giant corporation which
is attempting to manipulate the alternative skate
culture to create an even wider demand for their
already ubiquitous brand. Nike represents just about
the antithesis of what Dischord stands for and it
makes me sick to my stomach to think they are using
this explicit imagery to fool kids into thinking that
the general ethos of this label, and Minor Threat in
particular, can somehow be linked to Nike's mission.
It's disgusting."

The offending Nike artwork is here:
http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/v2/assets/bottomBar/threat/major_threat_bg_v2.gif

Nothingnice.com also has a comic strip about the
ordeal:

http://www.nothingnice.com/

-B.