{"id":427,"date":"2012-02-01T01:03:38","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T23:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chschmid.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2019-09-14T22:46:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T20:46:40","slug":"acta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chschmid.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"ACT(A) now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody is talking about it right now, and I&#8217;d like to share a personal story about something that has happened to me recently. But first of all the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Is ACTA ?\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8Xg_C2YmG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s my story: I love doing &#8220;DIY&#8221; projects. I create my own music, I build things (see the projects page), and I also like designing my own clothes. About 4 months ago I created a T-shirt with a piano keyboard and the word &#8220;play!&#8221; written below it:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chschmid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/play.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-429  aligncenter\" title=\"play\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chschmid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/play.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chschmid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/play.png 357w, https:\/\/blog.chschmid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/play-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought it would be fun and tried to have it manufactured by an online shop. My design got rejected &#8211; twice! You know why: &#8220;Because using the word &#8220;play&#8221; on any kind of clothing is registered to a company called playtex&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/register.dpma.de\/DPMAregister\/marke\/register\/800248\/DE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/register.dpma.de\/DPMAregister\/marke\/register\/800248\/DE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is true, you can register a single, common English word, so that nobody, absolutely nobody else, is allowed to put it on any kind of clothing &#8211; no matter in what context, no matter in what size or font. Isn&#8217;t that horrible. I surely don&#8217;t want the same thing to happen in too many other parts of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any personal stories? What do you think about ACTA? Post a comment, twitter, chat, talk about it!<\/p>\n<p>By the way: The design slipped through at another online shop ;) So you can order it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadshirt.at\/play-C4408A17629509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.spreadshirt.at\/play-C4408A17629509<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody is talking about it right now, and I&#8217;d like to share a personal story about something that has happened to me recently. But first of all the video: So here&#8217;s my story: I love doing &#8220;DIY&#8221; projects. 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