"Copywrite" fail and ART THEFT

[nthdraft]

Please to boost signal. The fail is strong in this one. Stolen shamelessly, as would befit this type of story, from the headlines Wank Report.

some moron with the handle Canacreations lifts a pic from Rich Morris's Ten Doctors Dr. Who fan comic and makes a t-shirt out of it. Is outed as an art thief.

Thief then goes on the defensive to mansplain

Comments

[boogybunny]

Shocking surprise it's all happening on eBay.... how is "You didn't create it, so you don't have any rights to it" that difficult?
*head desk*

[nthdraft]

there's "you didn't create the art" fail, "you don't own the character trademark" fail, and "you're just making copyright jargon up out of your ass, aren't you?" fail.

It's like Christmas come early XD

And because he made such an ass out of himself, he's being reported to every outlet he sells at, from Ebay to Etsy to you name it. If he'd just said "my bad" he would have walked away with a light spanking. Furthermore, the artist says he offered to sell the guy the right to use the image but the guy ripped into him! Oh yeah, he's going down like the Bismarck.

[miseri]

Rich probably dodged a bullet there, when the guy refused to buy. Had Rich been given money for the image, he might have been in trouble with the BBC too. Small blessings, bright side, silver lining, whatever. I know Rich, he was probably kneejerking when he said he offered the "I'll let you buy it" compromise, because he's a nice guy and a gentleman.

Personally, I'm simply appalled at the attitude this t-shirt guy has been exhibiting. He's condescending as all hell and a I simply cannot understand what combination of stubbornness and pride could bring about this crazy way of thinking.

[nthdraft]

yah, now that you put it that way, I can see your point. I was thinking in terms of the physical piece of art, not the image on the art. That was my take on the offer too, a "well since you already did it, why not make it legit and we can both walk away" compromise.

The awesome thing is that it got picked up on Colleen Doran's blog, and taken a step further. So now it's not the sales outlets he was selling on that are getting notified: it's the trademark holders of the infringed items themselves. Now shit gets real...

http://adistantsoil.com/2010/10/24/comics-art-lit-links-plagiarism-rows-of-the-week/

[boogybunny]

Well, the reputable outlets he had his crap up have taken it all down, but not eBay. Shocker.
I might be a wee bit biased. :)
Usually the people who set up a company based on this sort of stuff are actually up on the fact that they're doing things illegally and have arranged backup sites and stores accordingly. Point is, if you're going to do stupid stuff, be smart about it. And for god's sake don't start trolling the people you stole from! :D

There should be a gif for "Troll-Be-Gone".

[nthdraft]

oh yeah, Ebay. With their arcane "only the holder can file a complaint" rules. Yeah.