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nicklebro posted...

WaterLink posted...

I dont get why if it was such an important part of their culture they didnt lock the name down. Especially if they had decades to do such a thing.

Because there was no need to. Everyone in the culture was using and sharing the name just fine because that's what Aloha is about. I thought I explained this. It took a complete outsider coming in to appropriate their culture for this to even become an issue.

But it seems as though your argument that this isn't cultural appropriation has fallen on its face, so you can question how they let this happen all you want, but at least you're not making the mistake of saying this isnt a perfect example of an outsider appropriating someone's culture for financial gain.

I mean it is, but at the same time if it's as widespread as you claim, copyright laws say if consumers won't mistake something for something else then they'll win such a suit. This happened with Whataburger because most of those stores are in Texas and surrounding areas.

So him doing this, if it does go to court, hes not gonna put those other people out of business or make them change the name. So again....problem?
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