Comments on The Lactivist Breastfeeding Blog: California Milk Processor Board Goes After Breastf...

Great article! t sounds like they are just being p...

2009-06-05T03:26:31.189-07:00

Great article! t sounds like they are just being picky about licensing--which is very silly since it's not like the poor woman will have made tons of money off the onesies--but since she could, in theory, they are asserting their rights.

Great point Kathie!

2009-05-22T08:29:43.932-07:00

Great point Kathie!

Well, here we go again...revv up the engines!

2009-01-22T15:34:00.000-08:00

Well, here we go again...revv up the engines!

What happened to your Bento Yum site? I loved it a...

2009-01-09T05:32:00.000-08:00

What happened to your Bento Yum site? I loved it and I hope it comes back or you can send me a new link.

-Kelly

I stumbled onto this from the 30 day CafePress sto...

2008-12-08T19:11:00.000-08:00

I stumbled onto this from the 30 day CafePress store thing. So I'm having a bash at taking bits of your advice in that department.
My bronze critters will take over the world!!!!!
Oh, I was breastfed by the way, and thankfully I have no recollection of it whatsoever.

Breasts and Utters. I can how a lawyer might get ...

2008-11-14T14:19:00.000-08:00

Breasts and Utters. I can how a lawyer might get confused.

Great blog!! I have a natural mothering blog too, ...

2008-10-27T13:11:00.000-07:00

Great blog!! I have a natural mothering blog too, would like to expand my links to similar blogs. Mind if I put you on? Also you might be interested to share the site www.yogaofnursing.com with your readers. Thanks!

I Stumbled on this site after running some searche...

2008-10-16T13:10:00.000-07:00

I Stumbled on this site after running some searches about "california milk". I am on the east coast and it seems preosterous to me that i should buy"fresh" milk from 3000miles away. I think what the calfornia milk marketing people are doing is not only rediculous, but ONE MORE EXAMPLE of big agra, exploiting political and corporate resources, to make life worse for the rest of us. Just consider

Marie,Thanks for the heads up! Just to be clear (b...

2008-09-13T16:10:00.000-07:00

Marie,

Thanks for the heads up! Just to be clear (because I like to keep things accurate) she didn't say I WAS being paid off, she asked if I was. There's a slight difference.

I responded...my comment is awaiting moderation, so I'll post it for you here:

"Valerie,

While I appreciate your concern and share it on many fronts, I must say I do not appreciate the

Jennifer. I enjoy reading your posts, but have jus...

2008-09-13T08:09:00.000-07:00

Jennifer. I enjoy reading your posts, but have just read the following blog who states your opinion is bought by industry. Can you please comment. It would be concerning if this were the case.

http://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2008/09/pr-game.html

Thanks,
Marie

I would suggest to you all that the California Mil...

2008-09-11T06:05:00.000-07:00

I would suggest to you all that the California Milk Processor Board is a front group. Jeff Manning is considered a marketing leader for a variety of ad campaigns for other products (like beef, etc). He is a PR man--public relations man. see
http://www.leighbureau.com/speaker.asp?id=342
An interesting book to read about the public relations industry is called, "Toxic Sludege Is Good For

It's me agian, the artist in trouble here. I just ...

2008-09-04T21:19:00.000-07:00

It's me agian, the artist in trouble here. I just wanted to let you know my lawyer finally heard back and I'm off the hook. They say they are going to leave me alone because the phtos are off my website (which I did before even receiving the letter). But they have instructed me not to make anymore and I don't have the time or money to fight them so I guess I'm just happy they are also willing to

"Holmes said in a telephone interview this week. H...

2008-08-14T06:09:00.000-07:00

"Holmes said in a telephone interview this week. Her creations were clearly a parody of the real thing."

No, sorry. "Got Milk?" is a parody of the REAL THING. ;)

Very interesting - and down right odd! I have a pi...

2008-08-12T09:42:00.000-07:00

Very interesting - and down right odd!

I have a picture of my Lo with a pink "Got milk?" shirt on asleep from her Boob milk . . . maybe I should mail it to them juts to piss them off.

I will be reading up on your blog - glad I found it!

btw, are you on diaper swappers?

Getting back to the original topic... I agree that...

2008-08-06T12:00:00.000-07:00

Getting back to the original topic... I agree that this sounds eerily like the "other white meat" problem.
I agree with the early comment that the product in question is probably the shirts/paraphernalia, rather than whether people would know the difference between cow's milk and breastmilk.
That said, why would they think that people would even believe it was from the same campaign as

"The courts have made it pretty clear that you don...

2008-08-03T18:31:00.000-07:00

"The courts have made it pretty clear that you don't have to ask permission to parody something. Satire is satire, and you don't need permission to use something in a satirical manner."

Exactly!!!

Because it isn't like people are going to give others permission to make fun of them (like on Saturday Night Live).

As of Fall 2007, the Executive Director of the CMP...

2008-08-03T17:40:00.000-07:00

As of Fall 2007, the Executive Director of the CMPB was Steve James.

The courts have made it pretty clear that you don'...

2008-08-03T13:17:00.000-07:00

The courts have made it pretty clear that you don't have to ask permission to parody something. Satire is satire, and you don't need permission to use something in a satirical manner.

Got Bitterness?

2008-08-02T20:06:00.000-07:00

Got Bitterness?

I disagree. Legally, things that are part of the ...

2008-08-01T14:15:00.000-07:00

I disagree. Legally, things that are part of the "public domain" are open to parody.

Of course, there is a difference between parody and "copying." You should obviously ask permission to copy something.

But parody is basically a free-for-all. You legally don't have to ask permission to parody people/things, because obviously 90% of the time they would say no. I am thinking

No, I get it. At least I get that before you do s...

2008-08-01T13:47:00.000-07:00

No, I get it.

At least I get that before you do something someone else started, you should *ask*.

The difference is that they probably *wrote to ask...

2008-08-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

The difference is that they probably *wrote to ask permission* to use it. I simply can't believe anyone would do something like this without asking the original people first.

"You took something well known and made an *obviou...

2008-08-01T13:13:00.000-07:00

"You took something well known and made an *obvious* parody."

Um, doesn't the fact that you acknowledge this point make you look like you overall don't get it? You're obviously projecting your concerns about your DESIGN being copied into this situation, when the two aren't related.

Someone copying your DESIGN would indeed be bad, because the copies could theoretically be

Actually Danielle, it's called parody and it's pro...

2008-08-01T12:57:00.000-07:00

Actually Danielle, it's called parody and it's protected under the 1st Amendment.

It's what Saturday Night Live, Conan O'Brian, David Letterman and other comedy shows make their living from.

It's what Waffle house is doing when their staff wears "Got Waffles?" shirts.

It's why the California Milk Board actually embraced these spin-offs a few years back and even talked

B.-You knowingly did this. It's different from so...

2008-08-01T11:43:00.000-07:00

B.-
You knowingly did this. It's different from someone coming along and saying something was theirs when the original designer had no idea. It's completely different. You took something well known and made an *obvious* parody. It's not just the word "Got" that's the issue here. You blatantly copied an idea. And by trying to make it into something against breastmilk itself, or