I just received this email:
We recently learned that your CafePress.com account contains material which may not be in compliance with our policies. Specifically, designing, manufacturing, marketing and/or selling products that may infringe the rights of a third party, including, copyrights (e.g., an image of a television cartoon character), trademarks (e.g., the logo of a company), “rights in gross” (e.g., the exclusive right of the U.S. Olympic Committee to use the “Olympic Rings”), and rights of privacy and publicity (e.g., a photo of a celebrity) are prohibited.
Accordingly, we have set the content that we believe to be questionable to “pending status” which disables said content from being displayed in your shop or purchased by the public.
Ok everyone, take a look at all the images in our store.
Yeh, a lot of stuff in there that MAY infringe copyright and privacy, depending on your interpretation of copyright law, so I guess I'm not totally surprised. So which image, specifically, is the one that has been suspended due to copyright restrictions?
Answer after the jump...
And the answer is, they have disabled all products showing the following image:
Unbelievable, because, that photograph, loyal readers, is a photograph of ME (albeit from quite a few years ago when I had more hair). Which means either that I have now attained enough celebrity status that images of myself infringe my own right to privacy, or we're on the verge of a big cafepress crackdown.
So if you want any of the other T-Shirts, I'd get 'em while they're hot (and getting hotter all the time). Meanwhile the Scaramouch merchandise will be temporarily unavailable until I prove to Cafepress that I am indeed me.
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i'm sitting here wearing my turd blossom t-shirt, wishing I had gotten the illegal picture of you instead!
(just kidding. I love my turd blossom t-shirt. everyone should buy 2. my mom loves hers too.)
How can you do this?
how do you know my name?
Well, sometime you gotta go where everybody knows your name, and their always glad you came. Because making your way in the world today takes everything you've got, and taking a break from all your worries sure does help a lot.