Large brewery commissions work or sets fake interviews to solicit marketing ideas, steals them without paying or crediting the contributors. Owner doesn't understand when people take issue.
the scale of response to my tweet proves why it is so important to flag these things. It has clearly a struck a chord with creative professionals fed up with their work being pilfered by brands following a pitch process. It’s time we made a stand.
Brewdog have become particularly bad recently, they have started suing people for using the word 'punk' despite the fact that the word punk is by definition anti - conformist.
hCarez on May 11st, 2019 at 11:57 UTC »
What a sad state of affairs! I used to like Brewdog and their products but now I am definitely boycotting their beers!
frauenarzZzt on May 11st, 2019 at 12:31 UTC »
From the original Tweeter's company Medium:
Bashwhufc on May 11st, 2019 at 13:31 UTC »
Brewdog have become particularly bad recently, they have started suing people for using the word 'punk' despite the fact that the word punk is by definition anti - conformist.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/28/brewdog-lawsuit-bar-punk-brewer-pub
They started out making a nice beer in Aberdeen, Scotland and have become a massive multi national conglomerate with a terrible sense of humour
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/06/brewdog-pink-beer-for-girls-punk-ipa
This new thing doesn't surprise me in the slightest, shady company and shady business practices.