Right Wing Urban Outfitters ripping off indie artists again. (Spread the word)

onehandle

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Thu May-26-11 06:49 PM
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Right Wing Urban Outfitters ripping off indie artists again. (Spread the word)

Edited on Thu May-26-11 07:12 PM by onehandle

My heart sank a little bit. The World/United States of Love line that I created is one of the reasons that I was able to quit my full-time job. They even stole the item name as well as some of my copy.

I�m very disappointed in Urban Outfitters. I know they have stolen designs from plenty of other artists. I understand that they are a business, but it�s not cool to completely rip off an independent designer�s work.

I�ll no longer be shopping at any of their stores , and I�m going to do my best from here on out to support independent designers & artists.

Please feel free to pass this link on. I really appreciate all the support & love I�ve received today.

http://imakeshinythings.tumblr.com/post/5855716317/not-cool-urban-outfitters-not-cool

On edit: This is trending on Twitter, so tweet it, if you gots: http://twitter.com/#!/search/Urban%20Outfitters

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NYC Liberal

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Thu May-26-11 06:56 PM
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1. The president of UO, Richard Hayne, is an anti-gay right winger

who donated to Santorum's campaigns.

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abelenkpe

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Thu May-26-11 07:14 PM
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2. I thought urban outfitters was owned by same company as JCrew, No?

In any event that is extremely lame. Definitely posting this on my fb page.

Hate their clothing anyway. It's all rags.

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onehandle

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Fri May-27-11 08:34 AM
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3. No. Their brands --->

Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a publicly traded American company that owns and operates six retail brands: Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain, Leifsdottir, a luxury brand for Anthropologie, and BHLDN.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Outfitters

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warrior1

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Fri May-27-11 08:42 AM
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4. good

I never purchased anything from these freaks.

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Chimichurri

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Fri May-27-11 08:55 AM
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5. They also own Anthropology who is a notorious Etsy stealer as well

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