Nike Apologizes For Stealing Minor Threat Album Art
In a letter sent yesterday from Nike to Dischord Records, whose Minor Threat album art they used for a skateboarding poster, apologized for their misjudgment, writing, "Because of the album's strong imagery, and because our East Coast tour ends in Washington DC, we felt it was a perfect fit. This was a poor judgment call and should not have been executed without consulting Minor Threat and Dischord Records." The full apology letter is over at Pitchfork and on the Nike site.
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Something tells me that the last thing Ian Mackye, Minor Threat, and those at Dischord want is to be associated with Nike.
I also highly doubt that skate punks would run out and buy Nikes when they saw this: putting it politely, Nike isn't exactly cool in the skating world.
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