“The future dies here” is apparently a message the City of Surrey does not want to spread.
The municipality has cited trademark infringement in a letter to a local online clothing retailer asking them to stop printing T-shirts and hoodies that display a new spin on the city’s logo, according to a report by Business in Vancouver.
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Some of the clothing in question bears an emblem that replaces the stylized Central City building image with that of a handgun, and the slogan: “The future dies here.”
The City of Surrey’s official logo bears the words: “The future lives here.”
SurreyShirts.com is owned by Don Pitcairn, BIV reports. He received the cease-and-desist letter on Jan. 31 from an assistant city solicitor who wanted prodction of the clothing to stop and existing samples destroyed.
However, copyright law does allow for parody and satire, and Pitcairn told BIV the images make a point.
“That’s how a lot of people feel about this town when you’re getting five murders a month,” he said.
Another article of clothing depicts the slogan “Better safe than Surrey” amid six bulletholes, which Pitcairn says represent the infamous Surrey Six slayings of 2007.
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