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@VanUden
Sorry, but this is utter nonsense. Completely white bikes are not the sole property of the Ghost Bikes movement. Ghost Bikes as a phenomenon are not nearly widely known enough by the general public (or even a good deal of cyclists for that matter) for the majority of people to get confused in the first place. This smacks of good intentions and a great idea (Ghost Bikes) turned 'worthy' and 'holier than thou'. And if and when people do generally speaking know what a Ghost Bike is it should be fairly obvious to them that the white bike stuck up outside a thrift shop is simply a white bike...
To start trying to claim this sort of thing as intellectual property for a movement that started with a piece of street art is overly sensitive in the extreme. What if Charge produce an all white bike? White seat/stem/rims/hubs/frame/forks/etc. Would that also be out of order and in some way disrespectful but only when these bikes were chained up? Where do you draw the line? What you're suggesting here is some form of censorship...