Diddy rips off Pentagram
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- hellojeehae0
....^ (response to neowe)
- ukit0
Whether the design is officially a logo or a font or something else isn't the issue. Every piece of artwork - movie, song, whatever - is all protected by copyright automatically. You don't need to do anything except have proof that you created it first.
The fact that he slightly modified a piece of work doesn't exempt him from being sued. Whether something is considered plagiarism isn't based on whether a single letter was changed or whether he used blue instead of black, it's a subjective legal decision decided by a judge.
A lot of the examples that were cited earlier as examples of how the system works probably do violate copyright. Campbell didn't originally object to the Warhol soup can painting, but they eventually obtained the rights to control how it's used. The Girl Talk albums were released on a label called Illegal Art as a reference to the fact that they broke copyright law. For that matter, there are probably more than a few albums at your local chain record store that are filled with uncleared samples. The issue is really whether anyone decides to enforce the law.
- neowe0
not in this case, they are letterforms, which as stated earlier are not protected by copyright due to their utilitarian (communication) use
- Countryman0
BURN THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!
- hold on...*runs and buys hotdogs, buns, ketchup, beer, etc*. back...okay. get started.akrok
- hellojeehae0
someones bored at work.
- e-pill0
sean john reminds me of shepard fairey .. just a vandal who takes other's peoples hard work for their own claim.. another useless artist.
- he's definitely useful to pop-culture just as warhol was.doesnotexist
- 74LEO0
I love it! I am so happy someone copied, ripped was influenced by pentagram especially a clothing line in mainstream media. Shows pentagram will always be at the center of design inspirations!
- neowe0
oh lol...
from http://www.bantjes.com/
the footer... All images and text © Marian Bantjes. Do not borrow or steal.- no shirt found to buy.
http://www1.seanjohn…neowe - Ok so diddy ripped a sub contractor who was working for a partner at pentagram. the plot thickens74LEO
- no shirt found to buy.
- lambsy0
since some are saying it's not a rip. what if they took just the 'S' and the 'e' and put them on a shirt?
They are the exact letterforms copied from the poster. does the inclusion of a few different forms sprinkled in with the exact copied designs make it ok then?
- utopian0
Does anyone here actually wear anything from the hack Diddy in the first place?
- dbloc0
Diddy is Doody
- Melanie0
The only reason to justify this obvious rip is if you yourself rip other people's work. Staying in denial eases the guilt.
It's a rip and if someone did that to me I'd fuckin' gut them or at the very least make them pay me for doing their creative thinking for them.
- randommail0
Look better and makes more sense to be on a t-shirt than on a poster for Yale.
- 74LEO0
we arent being crowd sourced are we? anyone her from the girl who designed it for pentagram?
- ask away http://www.bantjes.c…neowe
- her footer: All images and text © Marian Bantjes. Do not borrow or steal.lambsy
- yeah, i already posted that...neowe