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Re: Nike sued over a stick-man drawing?
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Date: 
Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:52:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:
The image link didn't work right because it was in FTX (gotta watch out for
those underscores).

Sorry for that, I normally post through a newsreader. I forgot to change to
"plain text".

Now, if he's saying that Nike ripped off the look of the movies and not the
"character", he might stand a chance of winning his case.

I agree, the principle of the stickman is of course very old. But the look of
the character and movements, he might have a point there.

I haven't seen  this commercial yet,

You can see the movie here if you want.
http://homepage.mac.com/bdunnan/Meteors/videos/NikeStickman.mov (3,6 MB)



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  Re: Nike sued over a stick-man drawing?
 
(...) Okay, I've watched it now. Thanks for the link, BTW. It's actually quite an amusing little ad. Now, Even though the Nike version moves in a less jerky manner, pulls all kinds of weird body stunts that the xiaoxiao version doesn't, interacts (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Nike sued over a stick-man drawing?
 
(...) The image link didn't work right because it was in FTX (gotta watch out for those underscores). It should work right in this post, though. (...) Do you mean the xiaoxiao movies? I agree that they're amusing (and by "they", I mean #3+, since (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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