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Rahodeb

Rahodeb

Los Angeles, CA
March 2006

JAN 17, 2007 12:01 PM



John Law, one of the three original founders of Burning Man, is suing ex-partners Larry Harvey and Michael Mikel to strip them of ownership of the event's name and logo. Law claims that he wants to place the rights to their trademarks in the public domain.

Brian Doherty, a senior editor of the libertarian magazine Reason, author of This is Burning Man, and longtime burner was recently interviewed by Newsweek about the controversy. If Law's suit is successful, outside entities will gain access to the Burning Man name. Even so, Doherty believes Burning Man will live on.

There's no reason to believe that [this will] kill the spirit of Burning Man. The experience is still going to be as real and vivid and life-affirming as it is now, no matter what anyone in the outside world is trying to do in terms of selling this video or product with the Burning Man name. I assure you these people in the desert are going to keep doing this whether or not it's called Burning Man. I personally think the outcome of the lawsuit is ultimately irrelevant.

Laughing Squid has a thorough set of links to relevant legal documents.

MisterSatan

MisterSatan

Portland, OR
August 2002

JAN 17, 2007 12:45 PM

Burning Man 2007... brought to you by Jostens™!

Sexdwarf

Sexdwarf

Hermosa Beach, CA
February 2003

JAN 17, 2007 12:45 PM

I'd much rather prefer all things to do with Burning Man to stay in the private ownership hands of its creators. Its already bordering on sold out, I know a lot of people who don't go anymore cause its so different from the earlier years.

MisterSatan said:
Burning Man 2007... brought to you by Jostens%u2122!


+1

SPOILERS! (Click to view)
though whenever I need cheesy pictures and crappy jewelry, they're the way to go

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

JAN 17, 2007 12:51 PM

OMGZ BURNING SHIP!

wink

AndersWolleck

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY
February 2003

JAN 17, 2007 12:51 PM

MisterSatan said:
Burning Man 2007... brought to you by Jostens%u2122!



go jostens

neverender

neverender

Pleasanton, CA
January 2003

JAN 17, 2007 12:55 PM

in related news....

Tickets at the $195 level are now sold out.

TheFuckOffKid

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

JAN 17, 2007 01:00 PM

Cigarette said:
OMGZ BURNING SHIP!

wink



SINKING BURNING SHIP!!!

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

JAN 17, 2007 01:03 PM

TheFuckOffKid said:

Cigarette said:
OMGZ BURNING SHIP!

wink



SINKING BURNING SHIP!!!



Ah, thanks, for that, there. That was, ah, the joke.

Yeah.

TheFuckOffKid

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

JAN 17, 2007 01:11 PM

Cigarette said:

TheFuckOffKid said:

Cigarette said:
OMGZ BURNING SHIP!

wink



SINKING BURNING SHIP!!!



Ah, thanks, for that, there. That was, ah, the joke.

Yeah.



I am all the day with my belabouring the obvious up.

StopSnitchin

StopSnitchin

Hudson, NH
February 2004

JAN 17, 2007 01:32 PM

Great! This year will be m first year and I would hate to experience the first year of the end mad

Scheisskopf

Scheisskopf

Algeria
February 2005

JAN 17, 2007 02:00 PM

All extraordinarily trendy things must....


Wait, how did that go?

Keegan

Keegan

SUICIDEGIRL

Nova Scotia, Canada

JAN 17, 2007 02:02 PM

I'm getting naked in the desert regardless of what happens with the lawsuit!

SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

JAN 17, 2007 03:03 PM

Shouldn't Ray Bradbury's ghost own the name, since he wrote the story of that name long before the festival started? wink

Roethke

Roethke

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JAN 17, 2007 03:08 PM

SocietysPliers said:
Shouldn't Ray Bradbury's ghost own the name, since he wrote the story of that name long before the festival started? wink



RAy Bradbury isn't dead.

Dogslife

dogslife

Toronto, ON
April 2003

JAN 17, 2007 03:29 PM

What's an "original founder"?

Sorry, I got nothin'. Er, damn hippies!

Rahodeb

Rahodeb

Los Angeles, CA
March 2006

JAN 17, 2007 03:34 PM

Roethke said:

SocietysPliers said:
Shouldn't Ray Bradbury's ghost own the name, since he wrote the story of that name long before the festival started? wink



RAy Bradbury isn't dead.



Damn straight. He is old, though.

SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

JAN 17, 2007 03:35 PM

Roethke said:

SocietysPliers said:
Shouldn't Ray Bradbury's ghost own the name, since he wrote the story of that name long before the festival started? wink

RAy Bradbury isn't dead.

Oops. My bad. Don't know why I thought he had died. That's good to hear. Only, I'm kind of starting to regret burying him.blush

dempsey

dempsey

Seattle, WA
June 2003

JAN 17, 2007 03:46 PM

Roethke said:

SocietysPliers said:
Shouldn't Ray Bradbury's ghost own the name, since he wrote the story of that name long before the festival started? wink



RAy Bradbury isn't dead.



Isn't there something you could do?

Elisabeth

Elisabeth

Atherton, CA
December 2002

JAN 17, 2007 04:10 PM

I'm not sure if anyone else has perused this site.

It brings some interesting points forward, in addition to this lawsuit.

Dru_Id

Dru_Id

Florence, SC
October 2006

JAN 17, 2007 04:39 PM

MisterSatan said:
Burning Man 2007... brought to you by Jostens%u2122!



Or hey heres an idea SG presents the burning man

darkcharge

darkcharge

Portland, OR
June 2006

JAN 17, 2007 04:55 PM

John Law is a good guy and IMHO Burning Man LLC has turned into a money hungry beast convoluting the point of why Burning Man got going in the first place at Baker Beach.

Zoetica

Zoetica

NEWSWIRE

Portola Valley, CA

JAN 17, 2007 05:39 PM

Helen_Jupiter said:

Roethke said:

SocietysPliers said:
Shouldn't Ray Bradbury's ghost own the name, since he wrote the story of that name long before the festival started? wink



RAy Bradbury isn't dead.



Damn straight. He is old, though.



i saw him speak a few ayears ago, and he was quite funny, despite his age.

DannyDMc

DannyDMc

Fargo, ND
July 2003

JAN 17, 2007 06:19 PM


I've considered going to this more than once; it always sounded interesting but, truth be told, the idea of being in a desert during the hottest time of the summer doesn't appeal to me much...I've a cold weather, forest type of guy biggrin

PaulNikon

PaulNikon

Palm Bay, FL
February 2003

JAN 17, 2007 07:13 PM

Zoetica said:

Helen_Jupiter said:

Roethke said:

SocietysPliers said:
Shouldn't Ray Bradbury's ghost own the name, since he wrote the story of that name long before the festival started? wink



RAy Bradbury isn't dead.



Damn straight. He is old, though.



i saw him speak a few ayears ago, and he was quite funny, despite his age.



He has a lovely wife.

recursive

recursive

Los Angeles, CA
January 2003

JAN 17, 2007 10:07 PM

I'm really glad this lawsuit has given the media a chance to dust off their "Burning Man is so over" stories. I hadn't read any in a year or two.

I'm not saying this is one, although that is what i was expecting after seeing the title and having read about five of those in the past week.

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