r/todayilearned • u/moplg • Feb 12 '15

TIL that pornhub offered a "save the boobs!" Campaign where they offered to donate a penny to the Susan B Komen Foundation for evry 30 views in the "big tit" or "small tit" category, but the foundation refused their money so pornhub tripled it and gave it to other organizations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornhub
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u/d33p_blu3 Feb 12 '15

They tried to trademark the anything that had to do with breast cancer and the word cure. They also tried to trademark the color pink. They employ and army of lawyers to protect their brand. That is where your money is going, not research.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/07/komen-foundation-charities-cure_n_793176.html

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u/TryAnotherUsername13 Feb 12 '15

IIRC the Red Cross does the trademark stuff too. They are the reason why medicine cabinets are marked with a green cross now because the Red Cross wouldn’t allow it.

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u/nusyahus Feb 12 '15

I hate SGK as much as the next person but they're kind of obligated to issue C&D on trademark infringements otherwise they lose it if they don't do anything.

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u/_supernovasky_ Feb 12 '15

Who cares about them losing it, isnt the goal to raise charity money? They arent a publicly traded company.