WTF of the Year: Disney Trademarks Seal Team 6

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/disney-trademarks-seal-team-6_b35689

In a perfect example of a big media company looking to capitalize on current events, The Walt Disney Company has trademarked “Seal Team 6,” which also happens to be the name of the elite special forces team that killed Osama Bin Laden.

The trademark applications came on May 3rd, two days after the operation that killed Bin Laden… and two days after “Seal Team 6″ was included in thousands of news articles and TV programs focusing on the operation.

Disney’s trademark applications for “Seal Team 6″ cover clothing, footwear, headwear, toys, games and “entertainment and education services,” among other things.

You can read the actual applications here, here and here.

[leftstreet]

1. LOL

There are just no words

Unfuckingbelievable

[coalition_unwilling]

4. I'm with you. Words fail me. "Toys" and "Games" indeed - n/t

[Mojambo]

2. That's going to be the craziest Pixar movie yet! n/t

[RaleighNCDUer]

20. Toy Story 4: Seal Team 6

Woody and Buzz take their adventures overseas!

[Blue_Tires]

3. In theory, this is kind of smart...

Because "Seal Team 6" has been a frequent feature in first-person shooter video games, and as we speak Hollywood is cooking up some movie scripts. Whether or not Disney makes the movie, they could really cash in...

In reality, video game programmers and movie studios will just use another name...

[Drunken Irishman]

5. WALRUS Team 6...

[aquart]

11. In reality, they owe licensing fees to the DOD.

[madamesilverspurs]

6. Ick. Reminiscent of that group

of businessmen who bought up the rights to the phrase "Let's Roll!" after 9-11. Cold and cynical, capitalizing on grief and terror.


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[dmr]

7. The guy's wife did too. Think that was the name of her book, too. n/t

[999998th word]

9. sleaze factor here.

But the Randroids would be OK with this. Pathetic.

[brettdale]

8. This is satire right??

Please tell me disney didnt do this?

[aquart]

10. I do hope they paid a substantial licensing fee.

Otherwise, we might have to ask their permission to refer to Seal Team Six.

Think they'll make a dead Osama doll?

[Obamanaut]

12. More responses at these earlier threads as well ->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1103481

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1100613

[Kolesar]

13. Disney could produce a documentary examining the difficult issues regarding "the war on terror"

Oh, wait, that's PBS' job. Now back to George Stephanopolous repeating this week's partisan talking points.

[RandomThoughts]

14. First off.

Bobby Jindal took his family to Disney land, after the less then stellar speech he gave, so it has been in a certain stream for awhile.

And if you think the metaphor has anything to do with the company, or some CEO at some company, you don't understand.



What did he do, he took bad stories, and found a way to tell them better, with song, and morale tales of better ways for people to act. Sounds like a good thing to me.


And the Mouse That Roared, and Mice in Wizard of Oz, could be what that is all about, not the company Disney. The company Disney, is not the same thing as the many things done by Disney, or groups like Disney.


If you can't see that, you are not seeing it.

[MadHound]

15. Got to indoctrinate those kiddies at a young age,

Drill it into their head that violence and killing is thrilling, romantic and good. It's the American way, American as GI Joe.

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. Disney lawyers are famous for this bullshit.

[Motown_Johnny]

17. While I kinda wish I had thought of that, I can see why they did it

and blame this entirely on the laws that allow this

They are playing within the rules of our screwed up system.


Now they get to make the movie and nobody else. This is a brilliant maneuver and I can respect the intellect that recognized the opportunity while still condemning the system that allows it.

[SpiralHawk]

18. New Disney, Inc. production -- The 6th Seal -- coming soon to a War Theater near you

6th Seal, Inc.
Rev 6:12

"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;"

[WinkyDink]

19. Like Trump's "Apprentice" theme song: "Money, money, money, MONEY!"