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  Rose M. Welch (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 12:47pm

  
  

  Sad Fan.

  Nooooo!!!!!! I'm broke until after Thanksgiving. *sniff sniff* I wanted this shirt AND the book.

   

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  Dark Helmet (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 12:50pm

  
  

  Re: Sad Fan.

  Seriously, me too. I swore to get my order in before the end of the month, and I'll probably JUST barely make it. Holiday season blows...

   

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  senshikaze (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 12:56pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Sad Fan.

  i think a shirt that launches a meaningful conversation into how the copyright legal system is broken is really the best gift to anyone, and you would be doing your family a disservice by not purchasing it. And isn't that what the season's all about?
  
  :)

   

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  Dark Helmet (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 1:23pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Re: Sad Fan.

  Uh, no, the holiday season is about spending exhorbenent(sp?) amounts of money on useless trinkets and electronics in a futile attempt to one up my friend's and family.
  
  Or did you think this was all about some guy named Jesus?

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 3:10pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Sad Fan.

  That's the guy that works on my car. Why would Christmas be about him?

   

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  Rose M. Welch (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 4:26pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Re: Sad Fan.

  No, because most of the members in my family would not grasp the meaning and the rest wouldn't appreciate the message. Oklahoma is full of fail.

   

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  Francis Bauer, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 1:37pm

  
  

  George Bush Xmas

   

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  Sallo (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 1:38pm

  
  

  ordered...

  I was compelled that last you made the 'time is running out' plea! I tried to resist, but the shirt is just too clever to pass up.

   

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  David (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 1:38pm

  
  

  I agree

  I want one, but can't meet your deadline. I hope you'll offer them again soon.
  
  Thanks!

   

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  Francis Bauer, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 1:43pm

  
  

  Georg Bush Xmas Cards

  Please send a xmas card to George W. Bush @
  10141 Dania Pl.
  Dallas Tx.
  
  Tell him how we are all suffering as a result of his
  administration policies. (8 years of catering to the rich)
  
  Fran

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 1:45pm

  
  

  Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards

  Lighten up, Francis.

   

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  Dark Helmet (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 1:52pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards

  "Lighten up, Francis."
  
  Any of you homos touch my stuff...an' I'll kill yeh...

   

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  senshikaze (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 1:53pm

  
  

  Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards

  so can I go on an write mine out for four years from now to Obama and how glad I am the healthcare system is still broken?
  
  Besides, its not like both sides of this dual political prty system isn't trying to screw us all over.

   

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  Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 2:20pm

  
  

  Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards

  What is your address so I can send you a card thanking you for helping me send a card to W?

   

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  Jason, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 4:10pm

  
  

  Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards

  NO FUN! From your subject line I thought you had actual Christmas cards w/W. (wuh-wuh)

   

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  Dark Helmet (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 4:22pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Georg Bush Xmas Cards

  That'd actually be pretty awesome. It could be a picture of the Bush family around the gift Cheney sent them! It was supposed to be a Xmas goose he'd shot on a hunting trip...
  
  ...but instead you would just see the Bush family gathered around some anonymous staffer's bird-shot ridden corpse...

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 2:01pm

  
  

  Out of curiosity Mike, would you make more money selling t-shirts or running Driod Ads on your site?

   

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  Space Pirate, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 2:05pm

  
  

  What If...

  ...someone designed a similar t-shirt on one of those do-it-yourself sites? Should they expect a take-down? ;-)

   

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  Jason, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 4:07pm

  
  

  Re: What If...

  No, he's SELLING the shirts, not giving them away as prizes!

   

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  Suzanne Lainson (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 6:18pm

  
  

  Re: What If...

  Wouldn't it be more in the spirit of the concept to make your own shirt?

   

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  notstephencolbert, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 2:15pm

  
  

  Can I send an old iPod with a few tunes on it as payment instead?
  
  http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-colbert-christmas-the-greatest/id296547775
  
  And maybe an audiobook?
  http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=333440647&s=14344 1

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 2:21pm

  
  

  Unless the phrase is trademarked, simply exclude the techdirt logo and have any online custom T-shirt company replicate the shirt. Or change the font, the color of the shirt, and make it 3 lines of text instead of two and you created your own original work of art, I find it hard Mike would take issue with that.

   

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  Leighton White (profile), Nov 16th, 2009 @ 2:29pm

  
  

  RtB

  The increasing scarcity of these goods...

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 3:07pm

  
  

  Cheaper T shirts

  Can I create cheaper versions of this T shirt? $25 is too steep :)

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 3:11pm

  
  

  Re: Cheaper T shirts

  no you can't! These shirts are SCARCE GOODS! If you are a real fan, you will cut out one of your vital organs and sell it on the black market to support the cause!
  
  BLEED FOR IT!

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 4:22pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Cheaper T shirts

  That is too extreme bro! Extremism is bad

   

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  interval, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 4:42pm

  
  

  yeah, what's the deal here? Why the limited time offer? Are you destroying the silk screens after the last shirt in the run is sold??? Christ, just press some more...

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 4:47pm

  
  

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  Not only will the screens be burnt, but also the shop that makes the shirts, and the designers are going to be shot in the morning. This is the only way to assure that these shirts are truly scarce. In order to double the value (and quadruple the price) they could potentially ask the designer to sign the shirts before his untimely demise.
  
  j/k

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 8:47pm

  
  

  I guess I can head over at shirtmagic.com or cafepress.com and get one for 10$
  
  that is unless you send a DMCA take down :)

   

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  Freedom is Freeloading, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 11:26pm

  
  

  Get 'em before the silk screens turn back into pumpkins at the stroke of midnight!
  
  Deals like this won't last!
  
  Not when there's magical scarcity involved!

   

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  Alias (profile), Nov 17th, 2009 @ 7:57am

  
  

  Thanks for being awesome.

  "Thanks for purchasing the DMCA Takedown T-shirt package, and showing how CwF + RtB really can work! We really appreciate you being so awesome.
  
  -emailbot@techdirt.com"
  
  
  You're welcome emailbot; you're welcome.

   

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  6 (profile), Nov 17th, 2009 @ 11:29am

  
  

  I wanted a shirt with what it has on the front (perhaps a little larger so it's easier to read), but the techdirt thing on the back I didn't want.
  
  6

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 17th, 2009 @ 2:56pm

  
  

  *sniff*

  To me, or from me, this would have been an ideal Xmas gift if I had the money for it...

   

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