DISQUS

Trey Reeme · 1 year ago

My favorite part of the NYT article:

"One of the videos showed a Subway sandwich running to a Quiznos store to find more meat. Another showed two submarines fashioned as sandwiches, with the one representing Subway being obliterated because it did not have enough meat, according to the suit."

Ummm. Technically that's a false claim, I guess.

Lighten up, Subway.

Morriss Partee · 1 year ago

Robbie, this article does indeed raise some very interesting legal questions about who is responsible for UGC. However, I don't think this particular lawsuit is going to go very far since I think it's simply factual that Quizno's subs have more meat than Subway. Don't you think? I just love the hilarious and creative ways that their fans came up with to get the point across. It's only libel if it's not true.

Tim McAlpine · 1 year ago

Ron Shevlin pointed me to this article. Very interesting indeed. Technically speaking, Larissa is a paid employee of Common Wealth Credit Union. So, if she does something offside that causes a lawsuit, Common Wealth is even more connected than a renegade third party. I think this works in Common Wealth's favour though, in that she is less likely to do something that would jeopardize her employer.

It takes a brave organization to embrace this stuff. You really have to weigh each piece of content and be prepared to pull it if it gives you that bad feeling in your gut. Luckily, there has not been anything like that yet!

Denise Wymore · 1 year ago

Lawyers.

They ruin everything. I'm so sick of this politically correct world we live in. It's a sandwich for god's sake. I love Quizno's not only for their spunk (remember those little blobby urchins they used to use?) but for their meat.

I hope this does NOT chase credit union marketers back into the cold-dark-shiny-happy-people-pun-marketing-safe corner we've been for years. Larissa!!! Help!!!! Make another video!!!!