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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Beewyched on September 03, 2012, 04:14:00 pm

Title: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: Beewyched on September 03, 2012, 04:14:00 pm: Sorry folks - my OH just alerted me to this ad online ... I just can't :-X
:furious: ...
"Special Kune Kune pet piglets - Kune Kune pigs or "Disney Pigs" as they are sometimes known - are intelligent, loyal & fun - Stockport £100 each"
:rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: OK - so maybe Joe/Joanne Public has started to cotton-on to the whole "micro-pi" debarcle, so hey let's call them something else cutsie
... :furious:

Aaaaaarrrghhh
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: princesspiggy on September 03, 2012, 04:26:36 pm: im sure "disney" wont take off as its intellectual property.
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: Beewyched on September 03, 2012, 04:31:43 pm: Aha - Julia, never thought of that ... :thinking: What's the best way of contacting their legal dept? :excited:
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: bloomer on September 03, 2012, 04:38:50 pm: tips@disneyantipiracy.com

email them they are primarily there to protect the dvds etc but they will forward it to whoever need to know, bare minimum the vendow will get a cease and desist email!!!
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: Beewyched on September 03, 2012, 04:42:35 pm: Quote from: bloomer on September 03, 2012, 04:38:50 pm

tips@disneyantipiracy.com

email them they are primarily there to protect the dvds etc but they will forward it to whoever need to know, bare minimum the vendow will get a cease and desist email!!!
Cheers Bloomer :thumbsup: - will get onto this now
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: bloomer on September 03, 2012, 04:43:38 pm: google is my friend

that and i know how much you love people who don't label kunes correctly :-)
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: deepinthewoods on September 03, 2012, 04:44:49 pm: the full advert does state that they will grow to 220lbs.
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: robert waddell on September 03, 2012, 04:45:43 pm: go tiger :farmer:
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: Beewyched on September 03, 2012, 04:57:03 pm: Quote from: deepinthewoods on September 03, 2012, 04:44:49 pm
the full advert does state that they will grow to 220lbs.
Fair enough - BUT ...
How many folks (honestly) know what 220lbs looks like & a medium sized dog, such as a labrador is nearer to 50-70lbs - I think the advert is slanted towards the unsuspecting naives :huff:
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: deepinthewoods on September 03, 2012, 05:03:02 pm: i totally agree with you. the whole issue is a right royal pain. the comparison to medium dog is ridiculous. i just wanted to point out the proviso....
go get em!
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: Rosemary on September 03, 2012, 05:23:57 pm: Are you sure it doesn't mean "disnae dae this and disnae dae that"? :innocent:
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: Beewyched on September 03, 2012, 07:49:48 pm: Quote from: Rosemary on September 03, 2012, 05:23:57 pm
Are you sure it doesn't mean "disnae dae this and disnae dae that"? :innocent:
:roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :thumbsup:
Well, Disney[font=]© have been contacted to see if the rest of use can ~~mis~~use their name for selling "loyal" piglets too :-J [/font]
Title: Re: "Disney Pigs"
Post by: HappyHippy on September 03, 2012, 08:20:00 pm: It says on the BKKPS or somewhere in all the Kunekune promotional stuff that they are the Walt Disney version of a pig (ie. cute, and slightly comical/cartoon like in appearance ;)) compared to other breeds - it sounds like someone has taken that as the basis for their marketing :-\ If they're also saying they grow to 220lbs I don''t think they're trying to deliberately decieve anyone ???