A few months ago, Anthrax released its ugly Hanukkah sweater in response to all the bands that were releasing ugly Christmas sweaters. Everyone got a chuckle out of it, I'm sure the band sold more than its fair share of the clothing item through Rockabilia, and the world kept on turnin'.What's interesting is the design first appeared in a MetalSucks joke post in 2013, where they just found a random Hannukkah ugly sweater and stuck an Anthrax logo on it. Then, somebody from Anthrax's camp printed that exact design without notifying the original designer.
Well, that designer, Aaron Cummins, definitely saw the new Anthrax sweaters and the Detroit Free Press reports that both the band and their online distributor, Rockabilia, are being sued by designer for $1 million. Cummins claims he has a copyright filed from 2012 for the design the band used and now he wants to get paid!
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