PETA attempts to link 2010 Games with seal hunting

Holden West · #1 Posted **Jun 10, 2009, 6:53 AM**

Another one:

PETA portrays 2010 Olympic mascots as bloodthirsty seal hunters
National Post
Posted: June 09, 2009, 10:40 AM by Karen Hawthorne

Damn, that's cold.

Yume-sama · #2 Posted **Jun 10, 2009, 6:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by Holden West

Another one:

PETA portrays 2010 Olympic mascots as bloodthirsty seal hunters
National Post
Posted: June 09, 2009, 10:40 AM by Karen Hawthorne

Damn, that's cold.

That's awesome.

PETA really needs to disappear...

raggedy13 · #3 Posted **Jun 10, 2009, 7:38 AM**

Can't VANOC or the IOC sue PETA for using their copyrighted intellectual property (mascots/inuckshuk logo)?

windscar · #4 Posted **Jun 10, 2009, 9:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by raggedy13

Can't VANOC or the IOC sue PETA for using their copyrighted intellectual property (mascots/inuckshuk logo)?

Yes, yes, yes. I would love for that to happen, Come on VANOC Lawers, get the lawsuits ready

Alex Mackinnon · #5 Posted **Jun 10, 2009, 11:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by windscar

Yes, yes, yes. I would love for that to happen, Come on VANOC Lawers, get the lawsuits ready

Parody is generally considered fair use.

Delirium · #6 Posted **Jun 10, 2009, 1:40 PM**

i'm confused. how can Vanoc go after a restaurant in the west end with the word "olympic" in its name but it doesn't do anything against Peta for this?

Peta has fundraising goals and they are going to milk this 100%. it's amazing how much misinformation there is out there about the seal hunt. most specifically showing "whitecoats" being killed. That practice was banned in 1987.

either way, add Peta to the long list of protestors. we'll have the homeless protestors, aboriginal land claim protests, greenpeace i'm sure and probably dozens and dozens more. who cares. but the nice thing is this is canada. you are free to protest in your zone and good luck.

we heard squat about China last year and given their track record, i'm not concerned this is going to make any impression on vancouver. besides, once the media arrives it's going to be pretty clear that an event that happens 7,000km away really has no bearing on what we do here.

this is not from Peta but thought it was hilarious. the big bad olympics are coming! LOL

oh and boycott Maple Syrup??? LOL!! from Peta's website;
"And there's even more that every individual can do to help seals. Boycott a product that is vital to Canada's economy: maple syrup. haha. i guess a boycott on our oil is out of the question?

quebec produces nearly all of our maple syrup so this would only end up hurting a select group of quebec farmers and no one else.

Holden West · #7 Posted **Jun 10, 2009, 4:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Delirium

i'm confused. how can Vanoc go after a restaurant in the west end with the word "olympic" in its name but it doesn't do anything against Peta for this?

Alex is right, parody is fair game. It's not quite as clear-cut as if an editorial cartoonist altered the images but it's close enough to scare off VANOC lawyers.