Made in China
There is a very common habit in Kuwait when it comes to ripping off western brands. Here is one perfect example, a barber called DisnyLand and yes they even managed to spell Disney wrong.
posted by Mark at 11:59 PM
Saturday, October 22, 2005
The Project
-
A picture a day, everyday, for 1 year. Project started on my wedding night, Nov 14th 2004. The aim of the project is to learn more about Kuwait and increase my creativty. Project will end on Nov 14th 2005.
Equipment
-
I carry my Nikon D70 digital camera with me always. I use a Nikon 50mm 1.8F AF lens. I blog from my Apple G4 Powermac.
Miskan
-
Miskan is a Kuwaiti island that lies to the south of the Bubiyan Island. Miskan is void of any vital activity except for a lighthouse to guide ships sailing in the Gulf night.
And Me
-
I am a Lebanese living in Kuwait. I am a Junior Art Director at a local advertising agency. I previously worked on Qhate and Moblogging from Kuwait. I currently also have a blog I run with my wife called 2:48AM [The B-Sides].
If you want to contact me send an email to: asleep[at]248am.com
Previous Posts
- Old Kuwait
- Ostrich
- Under the Tent
- Tangerine
- Gallery
- Svenska
- Rendered
- Dream with me
- Intestine
- Say "Hi" to Yaris
7 Comments:
I think the misspelling is intentional to avoid lawsuits or something. I've seen this done way too many times.
i doubt, i mean they are still using the same typeface and they are using allot of mikey mouse pictures and a picture of disneyland. i think the mispelling is because they were just careless.
Some of the miss-spellings are on purpose, you can protect a name but not the way it was written. If they wrote disneyland the right way; the main distributor (of Disney in Kuwait) could take them to court.
yes but i dont think thats the case here. there are a couple reasons why.
a) guy can still be sued because he is using disney characters (mickey mouse for example)
b) disneyland is still spelt correctly in arabic which is what counts in kuwait
c) even though disney is spelt wrong guy is still using same logo and the likeness of disney all over the store.
i would have to agree with mark... :)
a) Characters must be TMed in
b) Disney in Arabic has to be TMed as well.
d) Theme is very hard to copyright, I could give a few examples..
Maki>SushiClub
Breadtalk>Breadstory
sorry, must be TMed in Kuwait.
Post a Comment
<< Home