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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 4:18 pm 
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Anyone that has heard of the German Electronic Band Wumpscut...
Have you noticed their logo?
Reminds me of something.

Here's some samples
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 4:48 pm 
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Looks like a copyright infringement to me.


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Rudy Ratzinger (AKA Wumpscut) has been using it for decades. There's an interview from 5 or 6 years back where he talks about it:

http://vampirefreaks.com/content/commen ... w+by+Talek

I figure if Fox were going to go after him they would have back in the 90's.

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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 5:33 pm 
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Interesting thanks!
Yeah I did notice that they were not quite the same... but too close not to say anything
wumpscut doesn't really have a Y like he said:



> It just came to my attention that the logo for :wumpscut: bears a striking resemblance to the Weyland-Yutani logo from the Alien lore. Weyland-Yutani: the corporation that is willing to sacrifice human life in the name of technology to obtain a specimen for its Bio-Weapons Division.

Rudy: Yes?

> Is the logo resemblance pure irony?

Rudy: Never made up my mind about that. If you watch in detail, you will find that in Alien, there are no triangles behind but a Y - 'pure coincidence'.

> Did :wumpscut: ever share any commonalities with this fictional corporation?

Rudy: Nooo.

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What he doesn't fess up to (or doesn't know) is that the WY logo is stenciled in Alien3 in a much more simplified form on the backs of shirts and cargo containers etc. and *that* logo is identical to what he uses.

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interesting. I didn't notice that either. Now I have a reason to watch Alien3 :lol:

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I was totally gonna steal a Wumpscut flag off someone's tent at Ozzfest a few years back.
Decided not to.

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Scapey wrote:
I was totally gonna steal a Wumpscut flag off someone's tent at Ozzfest a few years back.
Decided not to.


That might have been the better choice. :)

Besides the flags are include in some :W: CD Boxsets.
It could be in “Women and Satan First” not sure ad hoc. I might pick up one on the next festival.

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another piece of music with a familiar logo and name!

https://soundcloud.com/dalpha/sets/dani ... n-made-ep/

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