Editing Minor Threat (section)

==Copyright issues==

==="Major Threat"===
In 2005, a mock-up of the cover of Minor Threat's first EP (also used on the ''Minor Threat'' LP and ''[[Complete Discography (Minor Threat album)|Complete Discography]]'' CD) was copied by athletic footwear manufacturer [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] for use on a promotional poster for a skateboarding tour called "Major Threat". Nike also altered Minor Threat's logo (designed by Jeff Nelson) for the same campaign, as well as featuring Nike shoes in the new picture, rather than the combat boots worn by Ian MacKaye's younger brother [[Alec MacKaye|Alec]] on the original.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Pitchfork |date=2005-06-28 |title=Nike Pulls Major Threat Ad, Issues Apology |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/23540-nike-pulls-major-threat-ad-issues-apology/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

MacKaye issued a press statement condemning Nike's actions and said that he would discuss legal options with the other members of the band.  Meanwhile, fans, at the encouragement of Dischord, organized a letter-writing campaign protesting Nike's infringement. On June 27, 2005, Nike issued a statement apologizing to Minor Threat, Dischord Records, and their fans for the "Major Threat" campaign and said that all promotional artwork (print and digital) that they could acquire was destroyed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/v2/letter/ |title=Major Threat East Coast Tour Poster |publisher=Nike Skateboarding |website=Nike |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504105559/http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/v2/letter/ |archive-date=2015-05-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 17, 2007}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==="Salad Days"===
On October 29, 2005, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] played the first few seconds of Minor Threat's "Salad Days" during an NFL broadcast. Use of the song was not cleared by [[Dischord Records]] or any of the members of Minor Threat. Fox claimed that the clip was too short to have violated any copyrights.<ref>Moyer, Justin "[http://www.econoculture.com/m/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=45 Fox Uses "Salad Days" on NFL Broadcast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924052243/http://www.econoculture.com/m/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=45 |date=2008-09-24 }}" ''EconoCulture''. Retrieved on March 17, 2007.</ref>

===Wheelhouse Pickles===
In 2007, Brooklyn-based company Wheelhouse Pickles marketed a [[pepper sauce]] named "Minor Threat Sauce".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wheelhousepickles.com/shop/threat |title=Wheelhouse Pickles |publisher=Wheelhouse Pickles |access-date=October 23, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106122319/http://wheelhousepickles.com/shop/threat |archive-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref> Requesting only that the original label design (which was based on the "Bottled Violence" artwork)<ref name="Gothamist_MinorThreatSauce">Del Signore, John (December 14, 2007). [http://gothamist.com/2007/12/14/mackaye_mildly.php "MacKaye Mildly Endorses Minor Threat Hot Sauce"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220133042/http://gothamist.com/2007/12/14/mackaye_mildly.php |date=February 20, 2009}}. ''[[Gothamist]]''. Retrieved October 23, 2011.</ref> be amended, Ian MacKaye gave the product his endorsement.<ref name="Pitchfork_MinorThreatSauce">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090302032412/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47674-minor-threat-turns-condiment-but-ian-doesnt-mind "Minor Threat Turns Condiment, But Ian Doesn't Mind"]. ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''. Archived from [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47674-minor-threat-turns-condiment-but-ian-doesnt-mind the original] on March 2, 2009.</ref> A small mention of this was made, where MacKaye commented, "I don't have an occasion to eat a lot of hot sauce, but I also thought the Minor Threat stuff was nice."<ref name="Gothamist_MinorThreatSauce" />

=== Urban Outfitters ===
In 2013, Minor Threat shirts began appearing in [[Urban Outfitters]] stores. Ian MacKaye confirmed that the shirts were officially licensed. Having spent what he described as "a complete waste of time" trying to track down [[Counterfeit|bootlegged]] Minor Threat merchandise, MacKaye and Dischord made arrangements with a merchandise company in California to manage licensing of the band's shirts, as well as working to ensure that bootleg manufacturers of the shirts were curtailed. In comments that appeared in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', MacKaye called it "absurd" for the shirts to be sold for $28 but concluded that "my time is better spent doing other things" than dealing with shirts.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ian MacKaye Approves Urban Outfitters' Minor Threat Apparel|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ian-mackaye-approves-urban-outfitters-minor-threat-apparel-20130731|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100539/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ian-mackaye-approves-urban-outfitters-minor-threat-apparel-20130731|url-status=live}}</ref> Dischord had previously taken action against [[Forever 21]] in 2009 for marketing unlicensed Minor Threat shirts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forever 21 Sold Bootleg Minor Threat Shirts|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/34804-forever-21-sold-bootleg-minor-threat-shirts/|website=Pitchfork|date=March 10, 2009|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205181736/http://pitchfork.com/news/34804-forever-21-sold-bootleg-minor-threat-shirts/|url-status=live}}</ref>