Sean Morrow, a writer for More Perfect Union, wrote on X: "Artist Rachel Kenaston shared an email saying UnitedHealth Group filed a DMCA claim to stop her from selling a merchandise with HER artwork of Luigi Mangione. There was no United logo on the design, just Luigi. How does that infringe on UnitedHealth IP or copyright at all?"
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UnitedHealth reportedly tries to stop Luigi Mangione merc...
Mangione remains jailed in Pennsylvania after being arrested in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.www.newsweek.com
Do we know for sure tht UHG filed a DMCA Takedown specifically for Rachel Kenaston's tshirts or was the UHG takedown directed to the online vendor, Teepublic? I haven't seen the actual DMCA Takedown filed, so wonder if it was directed to Teepublic and was a general DMCA Takedown for all tshirts and other items related to the shooting, since Teepublic was apparently selling some tshirts that had the UGH logo on them along with some Mangione images, words, etc. A DMCA Takedown request can be based on copyright infringement, trademark takedown, defamation takedown and others. I am thinking that UGH probably sent a general takedown to Teepublic and they took down all their Mangione merchandise as a precautionary measure to being sued. But without seeing the document that Teepublic received, it's hard to know.
In any event, glad to see that their are efforts underway to see that no one profits from the murder of Brian Thompson. More power to them, IMO.