The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #108985   Message #2273732
Posted By: bankley
27-Feb-08 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: Starbucks closing: did you care?
Subject: RE: BS: Starbucks closing: did you care?
I used to go to a small 'cafe' in Masset B.C., (Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida Gwaii) it was owned and operated by local natives who called it 'Haida Bucks'.... they were sued by Starbucks for copyright infringement...when this David and Goliath story started getting traction in the non-local media... The BigBucks HQ in Seattle
decided to drop the case.... the Masset natives kept the name 'Haida Bucks' stating that 1) they were, in fact, Haida, and 2) some of their workers were male...


and as Carlin once said "Starbucks is opening a shop in my shorts"

so... Roll Up this Rim....