Burning Man Sues Quiznos Over Parody Video

The people behind Burning Man are lawyering up against Quiznos and an ad that they created which basically creates a parody about Burning Man. The ad features a group of young people being indoctrinated by people at the festival. Burning Man has issued a cease and desist letter to stop them from running the commercial.

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. Do you think Burning Man’s lawsuit is legit? Tell us what you think in the comments?

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"For the past few days a brilliant and hilarious parody video, mashing up the characters from the dystopian adolescent Mazerunner movies series and the Burning Man experience has been blowing up the Internet, racking up over a million views in just a matter of days. While in the end it’s revealed to be an advertisement for sandwich brand Quiznos, the first two minutes and thirty seconds of it are a bitingly precise mockumentary of all things stereotypical to the annual arts festival / billionaire playground in the Nevada desert.

Claiming to be all about “radical self expression,” “radical inclusion,” and a “culture of possibility” that promotes free thought and judgment-free creative expression, Burning Man has for decades been a haven from the norms of the outside society, a place for artists to go and let their freak flag fly. Now, it looks like theirs may be one little hitch to all that freedom: only if it doesn’t disparage or make fun of the brand that is Burning Man. Burning Man’s website lays claim to anyone using their “most recognizable words, symbols and designs,” an admonishment that seems akin to Taylor Swift’s secret police locking down phrases like “one sick beat” and tracking down any use of lyrics or likeness and serving up a cease and desist. Except that Swift is openly a commercial being, without the faux foundation of freedom and anti-capitalism the dusty festival claims to hold above all else.

Yes, Burning Man Inc. is bummed at the mockery, and they’re doing what any multi million dollar corporation does when they feel their brand is being besmirched – calling in the lawyers."

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The Young Turks September 14, 2015 Hour 2

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