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Disney "Looking Into" Allegations of Design Theft Over 'Solo' Posters
Hollywood Reporter ^
| MARCH 05, 2018 9:46am PT
| by Ryan Parker
Posted on 03/05/2018 1:28:53 PM PST by sparklite2
Disney is looking into allegations from French artist Hachim Bahous that art he did for a series of albums in 2015 was ripped off for Solo: A Star Wars Story posters.
Bahous made the claim over the weekend via a Facebook post that was set to public, but was changed to private on Monday morning. The Hollywood Reporter got a screenshot before the page was changed, which shows Solo artwork next to Bahous' album covers.
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To: sparklite2
The design firm that came up with “The Reebok Pump” got sued by Reebok for using the idea for a baseball glove manufacturer.
To: sparklite2
Ha! That’s turning the tables! Disney loves going after folks copying their work ... now someone’s getting them for doing it. Hilarious!
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:33:00 PM PST
by
al_c
(LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
To: sparklite2
Ummm... photoshop or MS Publisher I can do the same thing and have been doing it for years. So Am I ripping off this “artist” ???
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:33:05 PM PST
by
SolidRedState
(I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
To: sparklite2
Just a coincidence, surely.
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:38:17 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: sparklite2
To me, the posters look very similar to the album covers.
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:39:07 PM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
To: SolidRedState
You can do the same or you did do the same?
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:41:14 PM PST
by
libertylover
(Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
To: Calvin Locke
I wonder how the suit turned out that the Beatles’ My Sweet Lord was ripped off from “He’s So Fine.”
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:42:37 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: al_c
Well, Han Solo admits he’s a thief...
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:43:17 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: SolidRedState
Ummm... photoshop or MS Publisher I can do the same thing and have been doing it for years. So Am I ripping off this “artist” ???”
Same here. I made a whole series of images like that more than twenty years ago.
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:43:25 PM PST
by
pjd
To: sparklite2
You can copyright the alphabet?
Who knew?
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:44:19 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
To: sparklite2
It was a George Harrison solo track. And he lost. Bigly.
To: sparklite2
I’d say he has a pretty good case.
Pink Floyd decided not to pursue Andrew Lloyd Webber for ripping off the iconic theme of “Phantom of the Opera”, but then they made millions anyway and this artist probably hasn’t.
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:45:16 PM PST
by
libertylover
(Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He’d better not mess with Disney —
they’re no Mickey Mouse outfit.
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:46:41 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: sparklite2
I wonder how the suit turned out that the Beatles’ My Sweet Lord was ripped off from “He’s So Fine.” That wasn't from a Beatles' album. It was from George Harrison's solo album "All Things Must Pass."
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:46:56 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
To: sparklite2
It's not theft. It's an homage.
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:48:09 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: al_c
In all likelihood, it was an outside agency that did these posters. Studios don’t typically do that work in house. The designer will get fired and the design agency won’t get work from Disney again. And no lawsuit against the studio will go anywhere, if only because a) it’s hard to show damages, and b) Disney has an army of lawyers on staff who LIVE for this sort of thing. French graphic designer dude is the unlikely to have the resources to go after them. Notice that he’s trying to hide his previous posts now. He’s realizing that he’s way better off letting this go than making a big issue of it.
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:54:32 PM PST
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
To: Yo-Yo
Surely. I mean he’s French
and homage is French for cheese. ;)
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posted on
03/05/2018 1:54:51 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: Bubba Ho-Tep
In all likelihood, it was an outside agency that did these posters. Studios don’t typically do that work in house.True.
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posted on
03/05/2018 2:08:10 PM PST
by
al_c
(LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
To: sparklite2
Oops. I gotta say the artist has a point.
CC
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posted on
03/05/2018 2:09:27 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(It don't matter if your heart is in the right place, if at the same time your head is up your a$$)
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