Jeff Daggett
@jmdaggett.bsky.social
Retail, brand and licensing entrepreneur with some experience and much left to learn
Congress will need to enact a mechanism to claw back our tax dollars from the personal accounts of any individual that enabled or participated in this personal, partisan retribution. This is not the business of state - it is the business of an individual who has confused themselves for the state.
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Congress will need to enact a mechanism to claw back our tax dollars from the personal accounts of any individual that enabled or participated in this personal, partisan retribution. This is not the business of state - it is the business of an individual who has confused themselves for the state.
We have all the evidence we need that they are unfit for natural selection. Exhibit A is every financial crisis, we have to bail these geniuses out; Exhibit B is the ‘disrupt everything’ bros now trying to lock everything down. (No, this behavior does not establish genius, only rent-seeking skill.)
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We have all the evidence we need that they are unfit for natural selection. Exhibit A is every financial crisis, we have to bail these geniuses out; Exhibit B is the ‘disrupt everything’ bros now trying to lock everything down. (No, this behavior does not establish genius, only rent-seeking skill.)
This. Our tax dollars are now going to be spent in settlements to all of the IP holders being violated. ‘These were not the smartest guys, and things got out of hand.’
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This. Our tax dollars are now going to be spent in settlements to all of the IP holders being violated. ‘These were not the smartest guys, and things got out of hand.’
Judge, jury and, in the hands of a tired chef, executioner. I don’t know if this is true or not but Japanese urban legend has it that Fugu (Blowfish) restaurants used to have hard slate floors so chefs could hear the sound of chopsticks clattering to the floor and make a run for it.
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Judge, jury and, in the hands of a tired chef, executioner. I don’t know if this is true or not but Japanese urban legend has it that Fugu (Blowfish) restaurants used to have hard slate floors so chefs could hear the sound of chopsticks clattering to the floor and make a run for it.
David Lean would like a word with Mr Sarandos. Well, two words, actually.
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
David Lean would like a word with Mr Sarandos. Well, two words, actually.
There goes DHS spending all our tax dollars waving the red cape in front of all the best IP lawyers - maybe they licensed the clip but I’m guessing no. Hope we can get a clawback from these numskulls after they’ve burned our national treasure on legal fees. Meanwhile, grabbing some 🍿
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
There goes DHS spending all our tax dollars waving the red cape in front of all the best IP lawyers - maybe they licensed the clip but I’m guessing no. Hope we can get a clawback from these numskulls after they’ve burned our national treasure on legal fees. Meanwhile, grabbing some 🍿
“Imagine a child actor, bashing away for decades at the weak material that made them famous as they age from moppetry into bleak middle age; imagine, too, that the material in question all militates towards making it impossible for various classes of vulnerable people to exist in public.”
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“Imagine a child actor, bashing away for decades at the weak material that made them famous as they age from moppetry into bleak middle age; imagine, too, that the material in question all militates towards making it impossible for various classes of vulnerable people to exist in public.”
I’m a Yank and I’m for a ‘mute America’ button. (I shall now quietly return to my oar.)
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I’m a Yank and I’m for a ‘mute America’ button. (I shall now quietly return to my oar.)
We are thankful for your journalism. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We are thankful for your journalism. Happy Thanksgiving!
This is why I subscribe to Aftermath - thank you. If an industry regularly and falsely accused of fueling literal violence in its presentation of fictional violence, as in all other art forms before it, cannot tell the difference, I’m concerned we all have lessons to re-learn.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is why I subscribe to Aftermath - thank you. If an industry regularly and falsely accused of fueling literal violence in its presentation of fictional violence, as in all other art forms before it, cannot tell the difference, I’m concerned we all have lessons to re-learn.
Ofc in this instance buddy is likely the one taking picture after uncontrollable bouts of ROFL.
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Ofc in this instance buddy is likely the one taking picture after uncontrollable bouts of ROFL.
This is why, if you’re in costume, you never leave the green room without your buddy / crowd & door handler. I feel for Terumaru kun- it can happen to the best. がんばれ！
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is why, if you’re in costume, you never leave the green room without your buddy / crowd & door handler. I feel for Terumaru kun- it can happen to the best. がんばれ！
Great article! Nike is likely to cite Air Force One (the shoe) as their AF1 objection. This does all seem confusing, and you’ve hit the nail on the head with USPTO often reasoned into granting common or generic marks. (I live in a glass house on this one, having benefited from such grants.)
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Great article! Nike is likely to cite Air Force One (the shoe) as their AF1 objection. This does all seem confusing, and you’ve hit the nail on the head with USPTO often reasoned into granting common or generic marks. (I live in a glass house on this one, having benefited from such grants.)
The polarity between E B White and the modern authoritarian movement is striking. Our would-be overlords get 0/100 on Elements of Style and 0/100 on having read and understood E.B.’s clear writings on the fascism of his time.
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The polarity between E B White and the modern authoritarian movement is striking. Our would-be overlords get 0/100 on Elements of Style and 0/100 on having read and understood E.B.’s clear writings on the fascism of his time.
Mind blown. I will never look at the floppy disks I now use as coasters the same way ever again. ‘Hey ChatGPT, why do my coasters look like vending machines?’
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Mind blown. I will never look at the floppy disks I now use as coasters the same way ever again. ‘Hey ChatGPT, why do my coasters look like vending machines?’
Where should ‘we the people’, send the invoice for the (mis?)use of our well-known marks? Are we careful, organized capitalists, or are we not? Looking forward to the new IP developments that derive from this. If we’re going to license our marks, let’s protect, collect and apply to national debt!
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Where should ‘we the people’, send the invoice for the (mis?)use of our well-known marks? Are we careful, organized capitalists, or are we not? Looking forward to the new IP developments that derive from this. If we’re going to license our marks, let’s protect, collect and apply to national debt!
The alternative ヨドバシカメラ下（under the *new* Yodobashi Camera) would be no less confusing, as we associate Yodobashi Camera with Shinjuku. Late-stage capitalism with its off-the-chain naming rights landrush is such stupid fun!
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The alternative ヨドバシカメラ下（under the *new* Yodobashi Camera) would be no less confusing, as we associate Yodobashi Camera with Shinjuku. Late-stage capitalism with its off-the-chain naming rights landrush is such stupid fun!
It is most likely that someone in his circle regularly asks him “Are you ready?”, and now he is using it, as he’s realized it can be effective. Next he’ll be demanding read-backs “Roger, ready.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It is most likely that someone in his circle regularly asks him “Are you ready?”, and now he is using it, as he’s realized it can be effective. Next he’ll be demanding read-backs “Roger, ready.”
Cue a year of YT vids on why a subway sandwich is sub-standard as a Personal Defense Weapon… :-P
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Cue a year of YT vids on why a subway sandwich is sub-standard as a Personal Defense Weapon… :-P
I salute your parental calm in the face of PlaRail Ninja invaders. That said I look forward to the next episode of プラレール忍び物語リ、wherein our antihero proceeds to Catherine Zeta-Jones’ his way through a laser field to drive the 100系 at Spielberg speeds. Sounds like a good TakaraTomy Netflix series.
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I salute your parental calm in the face of PlaRail Ninja invaders. That said I look forward to the next episode of プラレール忍び物語リ、wherein our antihero proceeds to Catherine Zeta-Jones’ his way through a laser field to drive the 100系 at Spielberg speeds. Sounds like a good TakaraTomy Netflix series.