Our Starbucks website to go down on 14/01/05
thevacuumcleaner | 08.01.2005 11:07 | Culture | Repression | Social Struggles
After a long and sometimes boring legal battle with the Starbucks Corporation over the domain name 
http://www.starbuckscoffee.co.uk, the latter will be transferred to the evil and ubiquitous coffee chain on the 14/01/05 (approx)
http://www.starbuckscoffee.co.uk, the latter will be transferred to the evil and ubiquitous coffee chain on the 14/01/05 (approx)
After a long and sometimes boring legal battle with the Starbucks Corporation over the domain name http://www.starbuckscoffee.co.uk, the latter will be transferred to the evil and ubiquitous coffee chain on the 14/01/05 (approx)
This hasn't really come as a surprise to us, since we didn't put up much of a fight (we didn't think it worth taking on £400 per hour lawyers on our own).
The site can now be found at
http://www.starbuckscoffee.org.uk
or
http://www.starbucks-coffee.co.uk
(or my favorite)
http://www.starbucksatemymonkey.co.uk - thanks isa
A full version of the legal decision taken by Nominet (the internet domain name authority) can be found at
http://www.starbuckscoffee.co.uk/sos/starbuckscoffee.co.uk.final.pdf (some funny bits in it)
If you have taken part in DDD (Domino Domain Disruption) please repoint your domain to the .org.uk one.
We (I) would like to thank all those people who have supported us, through stickering their local multinational, buying domains, writing e-mails of support or by colouring in logos.
It goes to show that we are more powerful than they can possibly imagine (since we did all this with a £1.99 domain and a green felt tip pen - and it has cost them 10's of thousands in legal fees and infinite brand damage - the website has had over 30,000 hits and stickers have been stuck on starbucks all over the uk, u.s.a, singapore, japan and europe!)
The battle to keep our neighbourhoods unique, to fight mono-culture and to end the exploitation of developing world workers continues.
Don't give them your coffee pennies, telling them to fuck off is much cheaper and more fun. Anyway their coffee is shit!!
Love and rage
the vacuum cleaner xx
http://www.starbuckscoffee.co.uk, the latter will be transferred to the evil and ubiquitous coffee chain on the 14/01/05 (approx) This hasn't really come as a surprise to us, since we didn't put up much of a fight (we didn't think it worth taking on £400 per hour lawyers on our own).
The site can now be found at
http://www.starbuckscoffee.org.uk or
http://www.starbucks-coffee.co.uk (or my favorite)
http://www.starbucksatemymonkey.co.uk - thanks isa A full version of the legal decision taken by Nominet (the internet domain name authority) can be found at
http://www.starbuckscoffee.co.uk/sos/starbuckscoffee.co.uk.final.pdf (some funny bits in it) If you have taken part in DDD (Domino Domain Disruption) please repoint your domain to the .org.uk one.
We (I) would like to thank all those people who have supported us, through stickering their local multinational, buying domains, writing e-mails of support or by colouring in logos.
It goes to show that we are more powerful than they can possibly imagine (since we did all this with a £1.99 domain and a green felt tip pen - and it has cost them 10's of thousands in legal fees and infinite brand damage - the website has had over 30,000 hits and stickers have been stuck on starbucks all over the uk, u.s.a, singapore, japan and europe!)
The battle to keep our neighbourhoods unique, to fight mono-culture and to end the exploitation of developing world workers continues.
Don't give them your coffee pennies, telling them to fuck off is much cheaper and more fun. Anyway their coffee is shit!!
Love and rage
the vacuum cleaner xx
thevacuumcleaner
e-mail:
howard@starbuckscoffee.org.uk
Homepage:
http://www.starbuckcoffee.co.uk
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Something missing
08.01.2005 13:52
Coffee Drinker
starbucks
08.01.2005 14:13
Coffee Giant Discriminates Against Union Employees
New York, NY- The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Starbucks alleging that the company has been, interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed [by federal labor law]. The NLRB further alleges that Starbucks has been unlawfully discriminating against pro-union employees to discourage unionization. The complaint comes as a result of a well-documented unfair labor practice charge filed by the Starbucks Workers Union (IWW I.U.660).
The NLRB complaint includes the following allegations. Starbucks:
-Created an impression of surveillance among employees to deter them from supporting the Union.
-Threatened employees with loss of wages and benefits if they supported the Union.
-Interrogated employees about their support for the Union.
-Promised to promote pro-Union employees if they agreed to withdraw their support for the Union.
-Discriminatorily refused to allow employees to wear pro-Union buttons.
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fwd / revbilly
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Missing Money
08.01.2005 16:00
Rick
so...
09.01.2005 11:36
Fair play.
spukerdabeans
fact finding?
09.01.2005 16:46
and how do they serve americanos in america??
nero