Blog's t-shirts banned by Zazzle
Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 6:40AM
The two t-shirts formerly offered for sale on this blog ("Pew Pew" and "Daddy Says the Prequels Suck") have been removed by Zazzle. I got this e-mail explaining the decision:
Dear THISSORTOFTHING,
Thank you for your interest in Zazzle.com, and thank you for publishing products on Zazzle.
Unfortunately, it appears that your product, Daddy says the prequels suck, contains content that is in conflict with one or more of our acceptable content guidelines.
We will be removing this product from the Zazzle Marketplace shortly.
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The details of the product being removed are listed below:
Product Title: Daddy says the prequels suck
Product Type: zazzle_shirt
Product ID: 235556885502242453
Result: Not Approved
Policy Notes: Your design contains an image or text that may be subject to copyright. This may be due to the actual design of the product, description or search tags that is associated to your product. Please feel free to submit a new design to our Marketplace from original elements.
Image: Image
If you have any questions or concerns about the review of your product, please email us at content_review@zazzle.com and we'll be happy to provide you with additional support.
Best Regards,
Content Review Team
Zazzle Inc.
It appears that Zazzle takes the view that merely using a font suggestive of Star Wars on a t-shirt may constitute a copyright violation. Is this paranoia or an accurate reflection of current US copyright law?