TourneyBound Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 How about on a black t shirt??? Pretty cool though. Like the red too though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcmatt Posted August 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 How about on a black t shirt??? Pretty cool though. Like the red too though I'd agree it would look cool on a black shirt but it's gotta be red for game day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bball23 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I would LOVE one of these for myself and my son. I know the other 8 guys that have season tickets with me would be in as well. Love it! (I am referring to the Tim Miles shirt) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searching 4 Chester Surles Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I'll start working with my shirt guy. I don't want to ruin anyone's fun here, but I'd be careful moving forward on this Dimes. A red shirt and anything with a slight association to the University is enough to prove copyright infringement. The shirt posted for sale on Etsy in this thread ("Nebraska" inside the state border on a red shirt), unless it's licensed, can be shut down by the university. Courts have upheld the precedent of not allowing people to commercially benefit from using state names that also use a university's color scheme. The shirts you've posted not only provide faint association, but they're blatantly designed with "Nebrasketball", pictures of the court, and other things that will "confuse consumers" as to whether they're a university-approved item. This doesn't even begin to explore the territory of using Tim Miles' face, which goes into publicity rights (see: Ed O'Bannon/Sam Keller vs the NCAA). Without getting approval from Miles, you'd be portraying that he's somehow promoting the shirt/HHC. It'd be one thing to keep it on the hush, give them out to a few of your friends to wear around their houses. But this is a shirt that will be sold (commercial intent), contain a promotional plug for HHC, and then worn to games where university officials will be. Kansas has dealt with a bunch of this stuff recently. I've included a few links below. Again, I'm not trying to piss on the parade here, just trying to give you something to think about. http://mashable.com/2013/06/11/ku-boobs-twitter/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/apr/12/kansas-athletics-joe-college-settle-legal-issues/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/jun/17/trademark-protection-constant-concern-ku/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcmatt Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Noted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Peterson Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I'll start working with my shirt guy. I don't want to ruin anyone's fun here, but I'd be careful moving forward on this Dimes. A red shirt and anything with a slight association to the University is enough to prove copyright infringement. The shirt posted for sale on Etsy in this thread ("Nebraska" inside the state border on a red shirt), unless it's licensed, can be shut down by the university. Courts have upheld the precedent of not allowing people to commercially benefit from using state names that also use a university's color scheme. The shirts you've posted not only provide faint association, but they're blatantly designed with "Nebrasketball", pictures of the court, and other things that will "confuse consumers" as to whether they're a university-approved item. This doesn't even begin to explore the territory of using Tim Miles' face, which goes into publicity rights (see: Ed O'Bannon/Sam Keller vs the NCAA). Without getting approval from Miles, you'd be portraying that he's somehow promoting the shirt/HHC. It'd be one thing to keep it on the hush, give them out to a few of your friends to wear around their houses. But this is a shirt that will be sold (commercial intent), contain a promotional plug for HHC, and then worn to games where university officials will be. Kansas has dealt with a bunch of this stuff recently. I've included a few links below. Again, I'm not trying to piss on the parade here, just trying to give you something to think about. http://mashable.com/2013/06/11/ku-boobs-twitter/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/apr/12/kansas-athletics-joe-college-settle-legal-issues/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/jun/17/trademark-protection-constant-concern-ku/ And, also, from a design perspective, I think the "coin" image with Miles' face needs to be slightly smaller compared to the shirt. You'd want it big enough to read but not so big that it takes up the whole front of the shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcmatt Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 I'm waiting to get this cleared through official channels. Reading this from the Journal Star makes me pretty optimistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49r Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Dimes, I propose that the next T-Shirt should be Tim Miles' "Rules of Basketball". Just wanted to plant that seed. And I think the best part of it is we could probably get around the Collegiate Licensing problem easier with that design. AuroranHusker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcmatt Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Looks like this is going to happen! HuskerActuary and Norm Peterson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortDust Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Looks like this is going to happen!Amazing news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerActuary Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Looks like this is going to happen! Chester Surles made some pretty compelling points - do you mind going into detail regarding your confidence that this shirt is acceptable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskerpapa Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Here is the deal...make sure if you are wearing the shirt, you DO NOT get busted. I would love to see the shirts shown in the media, but not part of a mugshot hhcmatt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcmatt Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Looks like this is going to happen! Chester Surles made some pretty compelling points - do you mind going into detail regarding your confidence that this shirt is acceptable? Approval from Husker Licensing Department and Tim Miles. Coach Miles' only condition was that we don't send him one. trickey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerActuary Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Looks like this is going to happen! Chester Surles made some pretty compelling points - do you mind going into detail regarding your confidence that this shirt is acceptable? Approval from Husker Licensing Department and Tim Miles. Coach Miles' only condition was that we don't send him one. Awesome! Great to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbacked1 Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Looks like this is going to happen!Chester Surles made some pretty compelling points - do you mind going into detail regarding your confidence that this shirt is acceptable? Approval from Husker Licensing Department and Tim Miles. Coach Miles' only condition was that we don't send him one. Did he like it from the bottom of his ... uhhmmm... a... heart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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