Gov. Cuomo Warns Kardashian: Statue of Liberty Logo On T-Shirt Could Violate Copyright Laws

The Cybercast News Service ^ | May 21, 2013

[drewh]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sent a letter to Khloe Kardashian informing the reality star the logo on her T-shirt line may be violating copyright law.

The governor confirmed his administration sent what he called a "pro forma" letter advising Kardashian that her T-shirt line resembles the logo of a New York farm program.

The state's design has an image of the Statue of Liberty above crop rows, encircled by the words "Pride of New York."

Kardashian's shirt contains the Statue of Liberty image and crop rows and, in font similar to the New York logo, the words: "Rich Soil New York."

[llevrok]

if the statue is in a national park, wtf is the NY governor butting in for?

What? He's a liberal???

Never mind.

[Sir Napsalot]

WHO copyrighted the statue of liberty?

It is not the property of new york or new yorkers, however big their ego was...

[ClearCase_guy]

I’m expecting to get a letter from some official any day now, reminding me that I am a slave of the state. Pro forma, of course.

[Steely Tom]

See, our governor has time for this kind of frivolity because our state really has no significant problems. It’s a pretty nice situation, actually.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Tell her Andy! She didn't build that! Somebody else built that!

You freak!

[drewh]

[G Larry]

or....Gov. Cumo could be an idiot...

You decide.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Statue of Liberty has been around long enough that, even if copyright applied to it, it would have expired long ago.

[muir_redwoods]

I thought the Statue of Liberty was in NJ

[dfwgator]

Just glad Khloe is gone from Dallas, along with her loser husband.

[Sir Napsalot]

OK, easy for the Kardashians’ to change their image of the statue, instead of using the NY design.

Real image of the Statue of Liberty is better than any ‘design’ anyway.

[lacrew]

So did I...maybe I’m wrong, but I sure thought it was in NJ.

[kingu]

Statue of Liberty is not copyrighted. What is copyrighted is the Pride of New York logo, which features the Statue of Liberty with a barn and fields.

In this case, it certainly looks to me that it meets the 11 point of difference test, and just happens to be a coincidentally similar image. All that can be done is maybe a nasty letter or three, or if someone really wants to be annoying, they can squander taxpayer dollars filing a lawsuit which they will lose.

[DennisR]

He just wanted her to know who he was...

[Elle Bee]

someone should tell cuomo that Liberty Island out there in NY harbor is part of New Jersey

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[Eric in the Ozarks]

I thought the statue was in New Jersey...

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I think Cuomo may have met his match. Go after Khloe and have the low info voters “snap” and in a reality mentality way, ANY Kardashian could just bitc# slap that Sandra Lee chick.

[texaschick]

Amen to that!

[drewh]

I would watch a Kloe K vs Cuomo debate.