Dear Spike Lee
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- Continuity0
Excellent, the CBC has picked up the story:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/oldb…
- shellie0
Best of luck to the artist on this one. The way the agency handled this was wrong. Spike is no agency newbie. He knows the game. He should and can right this.
- Continuity0
The Guardian's also got it now:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/…
- mekk0
lol Juan, fuck Spike and his agency, your phone must be ringing now. They didn't lie when they said this will get you a lot of attention..
That project turned out to be your best promo ever, telling people you do good work AND to pay you! Yeah!
- OSFA0
Damn, just found out JLG. Sorry you are going through this bro, btu you're an internationally known Designer now! Hehe. I am sure this will work out in your favor brah, we're here to support you!
https://twitter.com/SpikeLee/sta…
Fucking Tool. YO.
Just for shits and giggles... what's your analytics page looking like?
- set0
The internet, social media and sharing of minds = justice.
If you're famous, you can no longer get away with being a cunt.
Like it.
- Continuity0
So now we can pretty much say that Spike Lee is in the same cunty cesspool as Bertt Barsh, Batesole and that other freakshow of a director who ripped that installation for Forever 21 that we tear a new one for (I keep forgetting his name).
- set0
He clearly doesn't care about creative rights so that gives us all free reign to download torrents of his movies.
- PonyBoy0
Lee's Twitter post to JG_LB (osfa's link above):
"I Never Heard Of This Guy Juan Luis Garcia,If He Has A Beef It's Not With Me.I Did Not Hire Him,Do Not Know Him.Cheap Trick Writing To Me.YO"
—Spike Lee
- set0
^ hay guise, 'pparently spike lee ripped someone's movie poster
- PonyBoy0
I'm curious as to what JG_LB's life is like at the moment?... I see a few media links etc... are you being contacted for interviews etc, Juan? Keep up posted, JG_LB! (if you can...)
Fuck... I hope the designer wins for once...
(and yeah... *sigh... NO MORE FUCKING SPEC, ALL!!! It is very much 'our fault' for saying yes and letting 'glamour' or 'exposure' veil reality... I'm really tired of these stories (reading and telling))
- fadein110
It's interesting how the media and social media are turning it into a Lee vs JG battle (or read Samson and Goliath)... He was just appealing to Lee for help. Why Lee reacted like he did is ridiculous! Turned some minor poor PR into a media event now. He aint gonna be pleased with the agency though so what goes around comes around.
- Samson lol -hour 12 of work so brain not working againfadein11
- Continuity0
'I'm curious as to what JG_LB's life is like at the moment'
If I try to put myself in his shoes, I can only imagine it's incredibly stressful, and scary, too.
It's one thing to feel you've been wronged, but imagine crossing that point of no return by expressing it online, especially when one of the parties is a major Hollywood player and the other is part of huge global agency network. Both parties have incredibly deep pockets and access to the best in legal resources. That is not an easy decision to make, by any stretch of the imagination.
It's a David and Goliath scenario, and I can only imagine JG_LB's life in really incredibly stressful at the minute.
I really, really hope you come out on top, mate.
- +1GeorgesIV
- he didnt make the decision - it happened.fadein11
- well putPonyBoy
- He made the decision to go public with the fiasco, though. And that's the scary bit for him, I expect.Continuity
- prophetone0
assuming all the facts are straight and on the table, can't see why he won't win in this.
they don't have a signed agreement, apparently. they prob also don't have his source artwork. plus he has all the crappy correspondence where they flipped out because he stood his ground. they then used his designs w/o permission to promote the movie all over their social channels and put ©Spike Lee on them, wtf!
they can't erase any of this now that it's out there.
with all the high level news stories out there now and we still don't know for certain what agency is responsible for this mess it's like a loaded gun of terrible pr looking for the real target.
someone needs to answer for it one way or another. if agency/spike go after him they will be vilified imo.
spike needs to do the right thing in the form of a tweet that says he sorted it out, ad agency were jerks, designer has been compensated, btw love the posters dude sorry for the wharves my bad YO.
- Salarrue0
we need to do a SpikeLee PSB
- chossy0
Without doubt spike has to start shaking the tree. He has a foundation that he set up to help finance struggling film makers. This episode and the proximity he has with it should make him feel a moral obligation to assist. If he doesn't then he is a total bogan. Also girl 6 was the only good film you made cause it geen ees a stawnner.
- sureshot0
wow its all over the internet worldwide...even big design comps are tweeting about it. maybe he'll be on Kimmel next week!
- he better get a haircut and some fresh threads readyprophetone
- haha awesome
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