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Originally Posted by loweiy
I am all for tradition and having heard Morecambe say this year that they changed because they could not get copyright on a town crest I was upset at yet another loss to the world of cash.
However I have had some design work done by Acedmey print and they are superb, they understood exactly what I wanted and I have every faith in them to come up with the right blend to keep us all happy.
I do think that we as fans should get the final say and I am sure the new team at the club will ensure this happens as why would you cheese off all the people who you want to sell the stuff to?
Loweiy
P.S not an advert for Acedemy but I was blown away by how good they were
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The first sentence is a very important issue regarding the merchandise side of the club. You can't protect your brand if you can't copyright it.
The current design is an absolute nightmare for merchandise. In some ways it actually does the club a favour because most of the copy companies won't even bother trying to do it, but the other side of the coin means the club are actually restricted as to what merchandise can be done with a complex piece of artwork.
Is there not room for the traditional badge to be used in some areas of the club, ie official documents etc, and then another logo to be used by the commercial/retail side of the club ?