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Disney have stolen my artwork

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Re: Disney have stolen my artwork

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Post by darxius »

I wonder what license the image was released under. While this could have been deliberate by Disney, I doubt they would use a (seemingly) very popular design on production material.

Then again, things like this have happened.

Re: Disney have stolen my artwork

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Post by speeder »

darxius wrote: post #2

I wonder what license the image was released under. While this could have been deliberate by Disney, I doubt they would use a (seemingly) very popular design on production material. Then again, things like this have happened.

Many times that I knew some sort of stuff like this happened, it was because one specific worker, KNEW that he was doing wrong, but did it wrong anyway to take the credit, and hope his bosses would not find out.

This also apply when the "worker" is a boss, but working for a client, he do it in a lazy manner hoping his client won't notice...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbaland_plagiarism_controvers...

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Post by xsmasher »

The cosmetics bag looks like a straightforward copyright violation.

The second example, where no artwork was copied but there may have been some influence, is more complicated. How do you prove the inspiration came from the "stolen" art, and not Disney's own film or the original story?

http://www.cornel1801.com/disney/Alice-Wonderland-Painting-R...

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Post by _chrismccreadie »

darxius wrote: post #2

I wonder what license the image was released under. While this could have been deliberate by Disney, I doubt they would use a (seemingly) very popular design on production material. Then again, things like this have happened.

I was under the impression that this would be covered under copyright and not a particular licence. As soon as the artwork was created by the artist it belongs to the artist, they don't even need to put a copyright symbol next to it. My advice would be get in touch with Disney, it seems the artist has support on tumblr already. I suspect a public spectacle of Disney's mistake (assuming it was a mistake) is probably the artist's best bet. DKNY were caught up in something similar and ended up paying and apologising for their mistake [1].

[1]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732388430457832...

Edit: Sorry, silly formatting

Re: Disney have stolen my artwork

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Post by cjbprime »

> I’m so mad because I have no chance at getting Disney to do anything about it.

For such a straightforward violation, I don't see why there's any call for pessimism. Send them an invoice for a worldwide license, follow it up with a lawyer letter (find someone willing to do no-win-no-fee if you want) once the invoice is overdue.

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Post by potatolicious »

xsmasher wrote: post #4

The cosmetics bag looks like a straightforward copyright violation. The second example, where no artwork was copied but there may have been some influence, is more complicated. How do you prove the inspiration came from the "stolen" art, and not Disney's own film or the original story? http://www.cornel1801.com/disney/Alice-Wonderland-Painting-R...

> "How do you prove the inspiration came from the "stolen" art, and not Disney's own film or the original story?"

And even if you did prove it, is it illegal, and should it be illegal?

All art is a derivation of something that came before it. Can someone reasonably claim ownership to "girl painting roses with paint brush as viewed from behind"?

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Post by dangrossman »

_chrismccreadie wrote: post #5
darxius wrote: post #2

I wonder what license the image was released under. While this could have been deliberate by Disney, I doubt they would use a (seemingly) very popular design on production material. Then again, things like this have happened.

I was under the impression that this would be covered under copyright and not a particular licence. As soon as the artwork was created by the artist it belongs to the artist, they don't even need to put a copyright symbol next to it. My advice would be get in touch with Disney, it seems the artist has support on tumblr already. I suspect a public spectacle of Disney's mistake (assuming it was a mistake) is probably t…

Copyright is the law from which licenses get their power. It's because the author has the exclusive rights granted by copyright protection that they can dictate the terms under which others may use their work (that is, offer licenses). When no license is offered, the author retains exclusive rights. The parent comment was implying that the author may have offered some kind of license (for example, by uploading his artwork to Flickr and ticking off one of the Creative Commons boxes in the license selection).
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