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  • Sure. But saying “that’s how things go” ignores the context of the overall atmosphere of fear and intimidation against anti-genocide activists.

    I don’t actually agree.

    Indigo is required, legally, to defend their trademarks or risk losing them. They have to go to court on cases like this. If they went to court and the judge said “fair use” then they wouldn’t be terribly harmed; but if they didn’t go to court, then there is a chance someone else could open up a bookstore, copy their material, and point to their lack of protection as justification.

    And if you’re taken to court and don’t show up, it is guaranteed that you’re going to lose.

    I hate to say it, but fighting corporations (or governments!) requires commitment - which means money and lawyers and risk. Setting up a protest website is easy - but protecting it can be hard and uncomfortable. Screaming “this company is bad” is easy, but fighting them can destroy your life. If you want to change the world, you have to fucking COMMIT!

    Please don’t mistake my comments though - I fully support the fight against Indigo funding Israel’s genocide, and have lost friends over the issue. But if you accuse me of ignoring the context of anti-genocide protests, then I could say you’re ignoring the context of generic, boring, due legal process in the matter.