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EDIT: I originally made this comment with the understanding that Nas literally just slapped a Nike logo onto the side of these shoes.

Knowing they're made by Nike to start doesn't make his campaign any less misleading; as - obviously - I had no idea this was the case until I just found out, for example...

It was pretty misleading and the dude probably could've found a shoe manufacturer to actually support him, Satan and all. Probably just not Nike.

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The shoes were made by Nike - MSCHF bought them, modified them and then resold them.

I don't even understand the legal grounds for the suit - you can do whatever you want to a product you own, and you can modify and resell it as you please. Maybe there were no legal grounds - could be that Nike was just using the suit as a vehement public statement that they're not involved with the product.

Nike is claiming brand dilution:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210330/09283346519/nike-...

you can do whatever you want to a product you own, and you can modify and resell it as you please

Not if companies like Apple and Tesla had their way...

According to all I've seen, they are modified Nike shoes, not fakes. Totally not my scene, but I thought artist-modified shoes aren't exactly unusual or ill-regarded?

> That's some fake Prada bag shit

I think it's different because they started out as actual Nike shoes

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