#FreeTheFlag

Via Change.org/FreeTheFlag, started by Clothing The Gap/Spark Health:

Did you know that the Aboriginal Flag is copyrighted?

Currently, WAM Clothing hold an exclusive world-wide licensing agreement with the Flag's copyright owner, Harold Thomas, to reproduce the Flag on clothing.

This is not a question of who owns copyright of the Flag. This is a question of control.

Should WAM Clothing, a non-indigenous business, hold the monopoly in a market to profit off Aboriginal peoples' Identity and love for "their" flag?

We believe that this control of the market by a non-indigenous business has to stop.

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Via Change.org/FreeTheFlag, started by Clothing The Gap/Spark Health:

Did you know that the Aboriginal Flag is copyrighted?

Currently, WAM Clothing hold an exclusive world-wide licensing agreement with the Flag's copyright owner, Harold Thomas, to reproduce the Flag on clothing.

This is not a question of who owns copyright of the Flag. This is a question of control.

Should WAM Clothing, a non-indigenous business, hold the monopoly in a market to profit off Aboriginal peoples' Identity and love for "their" flag?

We believe that this control of the market by a non-indigenous business has to stop.

Viable channels for new licensing agreements, especially those for Aboriginal organisations and businesses, must be created.

Unite with us to see the Aboriginal Flag celebrated, shared and worn for #PrideNotProfit as we lobby government and relevant bodies for action.

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Nearly 140,000 people and every AFL team in Australia now stands with #FreeTheFlag. Today, Clothing the Gap is asking you to contact your federal MP and ask them to support the campaign.

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I write to seek your support for the Free the Flag Campaign.

Free the Flag is campaigning to:
- Free the Aboriginal Flag from its current licensing agreements
- See the Aboriginal flag be treated like every other proclaimed national flag in the world with a free public license.
- Enable the celebration of the Aboriginal flag without asking for permission or paying to do so.
- Enable the consumer to have freedom of choice from whom they purchase flag products.

Recently, all 18 AFL Football Clubs united to stand alongside the campaign during the league’s Indigenous Round. With ‘Free the Flag’ featured in every major media outlet the awareness of the movement continues to grow.

I implore you to join with me and over 140,000 other Change.org petitioners (www.change.org/pridenotprofit) to urge the Government to resolve this issue. The inaction on this matter cannot continue.

This is an issue of importance to not only myself as a constituent of your electorate, but a vast number of Australians. The Aboriginal Flag is an iconic symbol of national significance to Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

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