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"Java Jitter" singer thrown out of 203 Starbucks

New York City Entertainer DaVido Thrown Out of 203 Starbucks for Crooning Original Tribute Song to the Starbucks Corporation

The whole world is watching as DaVido aims to convince Starbucks CEO and founder Howard Schultz to put 'Java Jitter' on their CD racks.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVido, the outrageous crooner, has been thrown out of over 200 Starbucks and it's all captured on video on YouTube.com. Because of his courage and tenacity, DaVido's Starbucks Rejection Tour Video is rapidly getting worldwide attention.

After Starbucks Corporation rejected his song "Java Jitter," DaVido decided to take matters into his own hands, and performed his song in as many stores as humanly possible hoping that corporate headquarters would take notice and embrace him and his quest. Unfortunately, every time DaVido tried to sing "Java Jitter" in the stores, he was consistently kicked out. DaVido's relentless goal: have his CD on the Starbucks music racks next to superstars such as Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and Ray Charles.
The Youtube Vid: Starbucks Rejection Tour Vid

After Long Dispute, a Russian Starbucks

The first Starbucks in Russia opened Thursday in a mall near Moscow. The company was slow to enter this market, initially because of the economy and later because of a trademark squatter.

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

KHIMKI, Russia, Sept. 6 — With the hiss of an espresso machine and a note in Russian explaining the meanings of “tall,” “grande” and “venti,” Starbucks opened its first coffee shop in Russia on Thursday in a mall in this city near Moscow.

The opening sealed a victory for the company in a fight with a trademark squatter who had kept Starbucks from coming to Russia for more than three years, just as a coffeehouse culture was emerging here. Starbucks refused to pay the squatter to yield the Starbucks name in Russia and eventually prevailed in court.

The dispute illustrates the challenges Starbucks will face as it strives to expand outside the United States, where growth is expected to slow. Starbucks intends to open 20,000 coffee shops overseas while expanding to about that number at home.
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Yup, I saw the words "thrown out of however many starbucks" and it dragged me in. Although, strangely enough, alot of Russians have been coming to florida which I have no idea why....and they all wanna make bears for their significant others and buy cigars. I wanna know if this is some great conspiracy like in the zombie bum episode of South Park where one town advertises another town to get rid of the population. OO;