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Dumb Starbucks, a comedic pop-up coffee shop by Nathan Fielder that parodies the Starbucks brand by claiming art gallery status as legal protection.
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Normally riffing off the Starbucks brand would be a copy write violation, but according to the sign posted on the door, “In the eyes of the law, our ‘coffee shop’ is actually an art gallery and the ‘coffee’ you’re buying is considered the art.”
More info here: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/dumb-starbucks-and-the-art-of-the-hoax.html