Archive for March, 2010
It’s England Time T-shirts – Update
An update to our recent post about the It’s England Time T-shirts. Despite creating the design and having prior approval to sell these designs for the benefit of the charity, we’ve been asked to remove the ‘It’s England Time’ T-shirts from sale. We are sorry to announce that as of today they are no longer available to buy from Force 18.
You can however still buy our England 2010 T-shirt featuring the same flag design which we borrowed for Chico’s T-shirts, to show your support for England in the 2010 World Cup.
Keep Calm and Carry On
Almost everyone in the UK has probably seen some form of Keep Calm and Carry On media in recent years. The media has reported on it widely and many outlets produce posters, fridge magnets and many other products bearing the slogan. Being well over 50 years old, the design is widely believed to be free of copyright.
Or so we thought…
One day last week, we were lazing around at the Force 18 offices when we were hit with a letter from Her Majesty’s Government, pointing out that the crown design on all Keep Calm and Carry On products, in fact remains the copyright of the Crown and reproduction of the crown design could result in a holiday, at Her Majesty’s Pleasure, at the Tower.
Being rather attached to our heads, and not wanting to lose them any time soon, we have redesigned the Crown on all of our Keep Calm and Carry On T-shirt designs, including Get Drunk and Fall Over and the STFU variant, to include a new crown, entirely designed by Force 18. We like it and we’re sure you will too!
As the new design has been officially approved by a Government office as not infringing on Crown copyright, we can now officially sell Keep Calm and Carry On products again!