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" Looks like Starbucks has some competition. A Los Angeles business popped up yesterday handing out free coffee to customers and calling itself &amp;quot;Dumb Starbucks.&amp;quot; Using the same logo, menu and sizing as the real coffee chain, Dumb Starbucks differentiates itself by adding the word &amp;quot;dumb&amp;quot; in front of everything. So instead of ordering an iced tea, you order a &amp;quot;dumb iced tea.&amp;quot;  Customers received a document upon arrival to the store which answered several questions. &amp;quot;For legal reasons Dumb Starbucks needs to be categorized as a work of parody art,&amp;quot; the sheet reads. So as long as the shop is an art gallery and the coffee served is art, the fair use law allows this alternative coffee house to print the Starbucks label. Will that satiate the namesake chain? &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s for our lawyers to worry about,&amp;quot; the document continues. &amp;quot;All you need to do is enjoy our delicious coffee!&amp;quot; And lots of people are. Patrons waited for hours outside the shop hoping for a chance to get inside. &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re definitely not serving at Starbucks&amp;#039; pace,&amp;quot; joked Jeffrey Eyster, who had been waiting in line an hour without even getting to the door.  For now it seems that Dumb Starbucks&amp;#039; &amp;quot;parody art&amp;quot; status is keeping it in business, but Megan Adams, a Starbucks spokeswoman, said the real company is &amp;quot;looking into it.&amp;quot; If you live in LA and want a chance to see the parody in person, the address is 1802 Hillhurst Ave. in the Los Feliz section. As one Twitter user said, &amp;quot;Go buy some Dumb Starbucks before dumb lawyers get to it.&amp;quot; Do you think it&amp;#039;s fair for them to poke fun at Starbucks? Share your thoughts in the comments below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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