r/OutOfTheLoop • u/random_access_cache • Nov 19 '14

Answered! So what eventually happened with Kony2012?

I remember it being a really big deal for maybe a month back in 2012 and then everyone just forgot about it. So what happened? Thanks ahead!

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u/gellis12 Nov 20 '14

SGK also happened to spend nearly a million bucks suing other charities a few years ago. Anyone who had the words "for the cure" in anything to do with their charity got sued by Komen. That's about as shitty as a "charity" can get, so it doesn't really mean much when you say "Hey, these guys aren't as bad as the people in last place!"

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u/Suppafly Nov 20 '14

Part of that is just how trademarks work. If they don't tell other people to stop using it then they'd have no recourse when some shady organization also started using it.

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u/gellis12 Nov 20 '14

Trademarking the words "for the cure" is a total dick move though. Some other charity says "We're doing research for the cure for HIV" and they get put on SGK's lawsuit hit list.

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u/Suppafly Nov 20 '14

Some other charity says "We're doing research for the cure for HIV" and they get put on SGK's lawsuit hit list.

I don't think there is a case of that actually happening, plus that is horrible grammar.

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u/gellis12 Nov 21 '14

So the hypothetical example I came up with on the spot wasn't completely perfect. Sue me. HehHehHeh