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CAFCOfficial parody account on Twitter

PragueAddick
PragueAddick Posts: 22,175
edited January 2016 in General Charlton
Sorry if this has been mentioned elsewhere @CAFCofficial1

So far, very witty and intelligent

No idea who is behind it, but I suspect the author may have a pilot's license...:-)

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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,059
    Good so far, followed
  • Powell Is Pleasant
    Powell Is Pleasant Posts: 1,443
    edited January 2016
    Thank you for bringing that to my attention, it is most amusing.

    Edit: Realised this sounds sarcastic. It's not; I'm being so, so, genuine.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    I'm not one for parody accounts on Twitter, but that one is absolutely top notch. Hats off to whoever is running it!

    I've seen Charlton have had the display picture taken down though.. but not the banner image strangely.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,008
    Feel proper sorry for the media guys at the club who are doing their best in poxy circumstances.
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998

    Feel proper sorry for the media guys at the club who are doing their best in poxy circumstances.

    In fairness if they're sound as well they'll laugh as well.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,261
    It's very good. We need more of them
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    PREVIEW | Unbeaten in 2016, without a single goal conceded, Karel Fraeye's #cafc face @Official_NFFC at The Valley.

    LOL
  • Rossman92
    Rossman92 Posts: 3,658
    Lol it's top class. Great following so far
  • It's good but not sure how long the club emblem will stay there if their lawyers get in touch.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,272
    edited January 2016
    I just found one called CAFCOfficial. It has a banner saying 'we are red, we are one'. Sorry Katrien, who are 'we'? Are'nt we some sort of weird customer group. On which point, I am considering making Charlton my un-friends on Facebook. The only reason I am holding back is that you get to replyon Facebook, and criticise stuff like their '2015 highlights' post.

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  • This is fantastic. Some much needed light relief from our current plight. Whoever is responsible keep it up!
  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    Followed..
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,250
    edited January 2016
    It appears that this Twitter account has been suspended. Who complained, who knows.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,745
    shirty5 said:

    It appears that this Twitter account has been suspended. Who complained, who knows.

    Hopefully just temporary. Twitter are usually pretty lenient when it comes to Parody Accounts. This one clearly stated that it was a Parody Account and there was nothing particularly contentious.

    If the club have complained, clearly the truth hurts.
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Well looking at Twitter rules, I can't see if would have violated any of them.
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    It's not really trying to mislead people is it? It's a parody surely
  • Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Posts: 2,911
    edited January 2016
    Yes, hat's off to whoever is behind it. Very well done.

    Damn shame it's been suspended. Presumably someone at the club complained???
  • They weren't realistically going to get away with using the club emblem for long- bit naive really as otherwise it wasn't libellous
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,745

    They weren't realistically going to get away with using the club emblem for long- bit naive really as otherwise it wasn't libellous

    Didn't @Airman Brown say a while back that the Spivs lost the TM on the emblem?
  • mogodon
    mogodon Posts: 3,412
    Vincenzo said:

    Yes, hat's off to whoever is behind it. Very well done.

    Damn shame it's been suspended. Presumably someone at the club complained???

    Yeh, it would have been reported by the club. So that means we know they are alive inside the bunker and still have a line of contact with the outside world

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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Personally preferred the guy Luzon parody #goadders #addersforguy
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,829

    Personally preferred the guy Luzon parody #goadders #addersforguy

    Jamie Jackson
  • They weren't realistically going to get away with using the club emblem for long- bit naive really as otherwise it wasn't libellous

    Didn't @Airman Brown say a while back that the Spivs lost the TM on the emblem?

    They weren't realistically going to get away with using the club emblem for long- bit naive really as otherwise it wasn't libellous

    Didn't @Airman Brown say a while back that the Spivs lost the TM on the emblem?
    Think it's irrelevant - you can't 'pass off' as the club to use a legal term
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,053
    edited January 2016
    A trademark is a sign which can distinguish your goods and services from those of your competitors and is capable of registration at the Intellectual Property Office. Through registration, you have exclusive rights to use the trademark and can take legal action against any persons who use, in the course of their business (and without your consent), a sign which is identical or similar to your trademark. However, if you do not register your trademark and someone uses your mark without your permission, you may still be able to claim relief through the common law action of “passing off”.
    One of the most significant cases in this area was the infamous ‘jif lemon’ case which was decided in 1990. In this case, which established the test to satisfy the common law action of ‘passing off, it was held that the reproduction of a lemon shaped container for lemon flavouring, amounted to passing-off because of the reputation and goodwill which the shape of the jif lemon container had attracted.

    To bring a passing off action, you must be able to show that:1.you are trading in the goods and services which the mark applies to, as only traders who have generated goodwill can bring a passing off action; 2.the public associate your mark with the goods you produce, or the services you provide; 3.you have built up a reputation in the goods and services, and goodwill is attached to the mark; 4.a third party has made misrepresentations to the public, whether intentionally or not, leading, or likely to lead the public, to believe that the goods or services offered to them are your goods or services; and 5.this has caused damage to the goodwill in your business. While it can be difficult and expensive to prove a passing off action due to the evidential burden of proof placed upon the owner of the trademark, it nevertheless remains a course of action open to owners of unregistered trademarks.

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,081
    edited January 2016

    They weren't realistically going to get away with using the club emblem for long- bit naive really as otherwise it wasn't libellous

    Didn't @Airman Brown say a while back that the Spivs lost the TM on the emblem?
    They did, but that's more to do with the fact that just slapping a ™ on something doesn't really do much to protect your intellectual property rights (hence we were about the only club to have it anyway). The Spivs weren't giving up the club's unique right to use the badge, they just realised that the ™ wasn't the right tool to protect their interests.
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    You have to have a good reputation before it can be demonstrably tarnished...
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,745

    They weren't realistically going to get away with using the club emblem for long- bit naive really as otherwise it wasn't libellous

    Didn't @Airman Brown say a while back that the Spivs lost the TM on the emblem?

    They weren't realistically going to get away with using the club emblem for long- bit naive really as otherwise it wasn't libellous

    Didn't @Airman Brown say a while back that the Spivs lost the TM on the emblem?
    Think it's irrelevant - you can't 'pass off' as the club to use a legal term
    Fair enough. Hopefully they account owners have been told to change the emblem and then they'll be allowed back.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,081
    Can't we claim a common law action for their passing off Charlton as a football club, when really it's a player farm? ;-)
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729

    Personally preferred the guy Luzon parody #goadders #addersforguy

    Jamie Jackson
    Bring back the Welsh dragon #whitepele