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| | MTV News - Nike Apologizes To Minor Threat For Co-Opting Band's Logo, Artwork |
 | | The poster, for Nike's Major Threat skateboarding demo tour (used to promote its newest line of SB shoes), misappropriated not only the Minor Threat logo, but the imagery from the band's 1981 self-titled EP and its 1988 Complete Discography. |
 | | MacKaye, also the frontman for Fugazi, was incensed that the company never sought his or his label's permission to reinterpret the classic hardcore record's cover, which depicts a bald man sitting on a stoop, head resting in his folded arms. |
 | | Despite the apology, a Dischord Records spokesperson said once MacKaye returns from touring with his current band, the Evens, later this week, there will be a meeting involving all the members of Minor Threat — MacKaye, Lyle Preslar, Brian Baker, Steve Hansgen and Jeff Nelson — to explore the legal options available to them. |
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