Category Archives: Copyright Carelessness

Lady Di’s Forgotten Career?

Found in a Yangon, Myanmar sidewalk bookstall.

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment

Why buy generic no-name Beijing loafery when you can pay just a few extra kuai for the sweet wheat of Wikipedia-brand bread? Oops, sorry, Wekipedia-brand. That's right! The Free Encyclowheatia That Anyone Can Edit! Now all that's left to do is pair it with some McDonald's Eggs for a copyright infringing Egg in the ...

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Andy Deemer / 2 Comments

Another Gem of McDonald’s Piracy

A few weeks ago I found these gorgeous McEggs at the local supermarket... McAwesome! But Jade Garden Jewelry has also jumped on the McBandwagon. Clearly, there's a new Beijing logo-piracy McMovement.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment

Ain’t Eggs-actly McDonald’s

New eggs from Jenny's seem a little McFamiliar.

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment

Sri Lanka’s Strangely Familiar Fast Food Chains

Old Galle may be protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site, but that hasn't stopped fast food chains from sprawling around the town. Oh, don't worry, they all appear to be Sri Lankan, but they are strangely familiar...

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment

Chisney & Koreansney: Local Disney Knockoffs

We already have a Beijing ChineDisneyland, and the abandoned WonderDisneyLand. But what about these Disney knockoffs... Government-published Travel in Chinese language books... Papa Daniel Koreatalian diners.... Yes Madam (It's My Choice) Body Lotion, at every local pharmacy.... My favorite, though, is this Disney toy I found in with other toys at the market down the ...

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment

Best Skirt in the Worst Spot Possible

You may have seen my post about the Red Restaurant, where dancers, singers and audiences recreate and celebrate the years of famine and starvation of the Great Leap Forward, and the torture and slaughter of the Cultural Revolution. Something I left out was this lady. While many were dressed in the red guard dress of ...

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment

More GameSpot Logo-Theivery

I found a flyer on the subway, for Beijing's "岭郡ONE: Tuscany Romantic life" apartment complex, units from 430 sq-ft. Clever... looked like an ipad. WAITASECOND!!! Is that Ethan O'Brien or James Cheung's GameSpot logo, promoting "No limit loans" (不限贷)??? Oh yeah, it is. Nice work, Chinese bootleggers! Reminds me of that sweet Wii-knockoff "Wü Music Kit" ...

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment

Consumerism, Copyright Carelessness

Plants vs Zombies, The Chinese Knockoff Toys

Zombies -- along with time-travel -- are banned in China. (So don't watch my Beijing zombie music video, Zombie Girl. Or buy a bootleg copy of my movie, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.) But that doesn't stop Plants vs Zombies from becoming China's favorite videogame. You hear the theme song ...

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Andy Deemer / 2 Comments

Beijing’s incredible (and completely fake) Disneyland

I was always sad Beijing didn't have a Disneyland for weekend fun, but it turns out we do. Well, a fake one. Not far from the center of town, at the Bajiao stop on subway Line 1, is the incredible Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park (北京石景山游乐园). Admission was about US$1.50, and what a ...

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Andy Deemer / 3 Comments

Dairy Queen vs Mango Queen

(found in Tianjin.)

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment

AO Events, Copyright Carelessness, Theme Parks

Sat July 30: Join us at Copyright Infringement Park (aka Disneyland Beijing!)

There's no reason to travel all the way to Hong Kong, when Beijing has it's own Disneyland right here! Sure, it's fake, and weird, and... crumbling, but it couldn't be more fun! Discover the unlicensed (and probably unsafe) Shrek, Indiana Jones, and Batman rides, all surrounding a dusty Epcot Center. Admire the ...

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Andy Deemer / Leave a comment