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With the help of a party named ‘Bambam’. This is taken from my original work tryypyzoyd. I’m furious. PLEASE SHARE TO HELP.
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=30672646&parentid=BRANDS
I will respond in the post to any inquiries: I emailed them and I’m waiting to hear back. Thanks so much to anyone who reblogs this post.
Sauce: http://aleshaterae.tumblr.com/post/86562911602/spires-urban-outfitters-is-ripping-me-off-with
EDIT: Not mine, but helping this guy recieve awareness
ihateyogapants
Its a bunch of fucking triangles, seriously... who fucking cares?
Mergrrl
Um, the artist cares. What's the big deal with plagiarizing - it's just a bunch of letters.
ihateyogapants
Those letters are in a specific order to express ideas. This is literally just a pattern of triangles, your analogy sucks.
Mergrrl
This is literally a pattern of triangles and parallelograms, arranged in a specific order of colors, which was copied "verbatim."
BrosaurusRex
Better call Saul
the13th
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/sick-reference.gif
DasAngst123456
So UO..thought you could hide that meth lab huh? CLASS ACTION SUIT BITCH
misterpipe
MY NAME IS SAUL. YOU CALLED?
fishfishcro
The pic says "SOLD OUT", so not even Saul can help it now.
ChefG0ldblum
So about that TV show coming up...
Dovelaaa
I think bambam is ripping you off, no reason to assume UO knew it was a stolen pattern.
ford1svt
But claim digital piracy is the same thing and people lose their freaking minds...
Snarknado4
that's a fucking amazing skirt, though
Mergrrl
Yes! From a fucking amazing design!
WeedlordBonerLover69
welcome to pattern making, reddit. you aint gettin shit.
TheBusThatCouldntSlowDown
This isn't the first time that UO has done this to someone...it's something they're pretty notorious for...they're dicks.
dyural
who in the world would buy this crap for $60?
thuggswearuggs
Copyright infringement: the most abominable of reposts. Fuck them, and +1 for you my friend :)
Dreadcry
urban outfitters hires people to design pieces of clothes half if not more of the time the people hired steal/borrow designs from others
SirWishbone
I think that Urban Outfitters plunder other people's artworks for profit and I will never buy their products.
artests
Damn thats an expensive ugly skirt.
HowComeDespiteTheFact
Clothes don't matter, it's all about what's under them.
thearenaspectacular
Urban outfitters is a rip off
Andilee
So, Her webpage has no information about this just pictures. Can someone link information about this?
ILoveKpopAndFood
What? They have the same colored triangles? omg! I can't even
Frightening
Scumbags.
silverfoxxflame
Isn't this already a fairly famous design? I thought it was a Gotye thing that was copied from somewhere else?
everyoneiskungfufighting
...and yet no link to the original art work.
tarataqa
I feel your pain -- http://i5.minus.com/iD8jSzEa99Bp.jpg
bigbowliofravioli
Starbucks has this too.
JezzaYouLilRipper
imagine your ass being the face of a lawsuit hahaha
RedWineAndSkyrim
lol
StillNotYouTube
All rise for the honorable judge @razor10000
awildcharmander
Of all of the razor references I've seen, this one is the coolest.
jsktrogdor
Is it even possible to claim you own the IP of "triangles arranged in this particular way"?
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Can you put a Mondrian on bedsheets without paying royalties? It's just rectangles and lines.
jsktrogdor
Probably.
itotesjustsignedupfordisafteryrsoflurKING
As someone with a law degree, I doubt it in this case. But ofc I don't know the story behind this, or in which jurisdiction it'd be tried...
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
It doesn't matter if it's triangles or a landscape. Can you put someone's work of art on merchandise?
itotesjustsignedupfordisafteryrsoflurKING
1st, the art must have been made public before the merch. 2nd, the merch must be "very" similar (degree of which is a bit different between-
itotesjustsignedupfordisafteryrsoflurKING
countries. 3rd, the art must be unique (at the same time 1st, of all). But to strictly ask your question, no. But every case is unique and -
itotesjustsignedupfordisafteryrsoflurKING
has to be tried before a definite answer can be given.
TF2215
So if I draw a picture of a white piece of paper can people no longer make white pieces of paper?
itotesjustsignedupfordisafteryrsoflurKING
No, "Typically, a work must meet minimal standards of originality in order to qualify for copyright" (Wikipedia). Most countries follows -
itotesjustsignedupfordisafteryrsoflurKING
the berne convention, which states what's copyrighted and not.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
There are criteria on obviousness. Going back to the post, it's exactly the same image, printed on cloth.
TheChinamanIsNotTheIssue
In most cases yes. The fashion industry thrives in the absence of IP rubbish.
itotesjustsignedupfordisafteryrsoflurKING
Another thing to remeber, just like patents in electronics - it's often worth it economically to infringe someones work, than pay for it.
Ezzybells
Apparently the artist has sold works to UO previously through society6 but this time hasn't received money.
jabbathesloot
$60 FOR A FUCKING SKIRT?!
iwannabeafridge
can't of been made in china
Equreuil
probably somewhere where labor is even cheaper so they make even more off their overpriced crap.
Broken27Arrow
That's the real crime. Am I right?
Broken27Arrow
No really, I'm a guy and have no idea how much clothing for women costs.
Silverkeys
Edit: $60 for fucking elastic!?
pikachuichooseyou
Back before I wised up, I spent $140 at UO and I got a skirt, tank top, and button up. FUCK I was dumb.
doodlesdork
welcome to fashion
duranddurand
As a woman: Yes. As a reasonable woman: No.
IJustReallyLovePingu
Yep. Urban outfitters are extremely pretentious and overpriced
QuietLittleLeaf
I took a look at this and tilted my head,but Urban is full of 5+ 10 dollar clothes, oh nope Urban Planet.This looks like a clubbers Holister
FisterRobot0
It's the hipster money pit. I went once to pick up a gift. I came out sporting a shitty mustache, a PBR shirt, and cheap plastic sunglass.
ImInnocentISwear
That's why you buy it on sale.
AdorableEvil
Even on sale, it's still too expensive for me
ImInnocentISwear
If you wait long enough some shirts and skirts are $10 that's when I buy.
AdorableEvil
sigh. I'm also a size 8 trying to get back into a size 4 (I used to be model-thin, 0) but I have a sprained ankle and can't go run.
plummerthedrummer
did starbucks do it too? http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/85debbb0d2d44b9a9d0fe5bf9087c789.jpg
Kerrus
That is clearly not an identical copy of his work, whereas the stuff in the OP is.
netflixpilot
limited edition let's do some simple addition fifty dollas for a skirt that's just some ignorant BITCH SHIIIIIIT.
Odincdaj522004
I call that getting swindled and pimped (SHEEEEIT)
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
i call that getting tricked by a business. Day skirt's hella doe.
armyhadahalfday
And stealing art from that guy is a hella no
DexterM
Peep game, come take a look through my Etsy sto'
CuntCuntCunts
I love you all.
JPRiddles
If it's not yours then why did you put "me" in the title?
MrR3c0rdMan
Did I catch you staring at dat ass Maggie?
thescarydude
Someone else is gonna get sued for fake internet points.
rwidebrant
Yeah, OP should really change that or risk moving to oblivion.
icommentonthings
Semantics... they matter immensely.
cousteau
Karma whoring.
soniawesome
its from reddit..
wiperwoper
Erm, no it's not. And if it was, all the more reason to think of karma whoring. You said that as if in reddit karma whoring was not a thing.
releasetheboobs
I think op may have just copied and pasted the whole tumblr post without changing pronouns
icommentonthings
Yeah! Let's focus on the semantics. Burn the witch! ... These points don't matter, which means you shouldn't care if somebody wants them.
jvjanisse
I THINK THEY ARE DOING DAMAGE CONTROL! IT NOW SAYS SOLD OUT AND THERE IS NO PICTURE OF IT ON THEIR STORE ANYMORE!
MasterTenzin
If by damage control you mean they've stopped selling them to limit how much they have to pay, sure. Seems like the right course of action.
kittytittycommittee
and they actually deactivated the reviews on this item, leaving only the very positive ones. what a buch of cheetas!
Mega1mpact
Archive.org bro https://web.archive.org/web/20140212172907/http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/pro">.org">Archive.org bro https://web.archive.org/web/20140212172907/http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=30672646
JemimasWitnessss
I think they'll get away with it
MasterTenzin
You can't get away with something that's been photographed/screenshot and has multiple reviewers who can turn up an actual skirt as evidence
saywiz
I think due to the success of this post, 225k views, maybe they actually sold out
tomassirolo
dat ass... I mean, that's outrageous!
OobedoobScoobyDoobyBenubi
what ass?
megaepicllama
It's abstract art, you have to be the art to embrace the ass
dylfs
good gracious ass is bodacious
NAD4
I swear I see dat ass when closing my eyes, weird...
LordTickleDick
*outrageASS
thegreatbrandinocirca1984
why doesn't this have more points??
MOTHERFUCKINGGANESHA
Because more people didnt upvote
Twenty3Skidoo
Dat outrageous ass...
NessasaurousRex
Truly.
silverfoxxflame
Isn't this already a famous design from somewhere else? I thought this was in Gotye's famous song and it was already copied from elsewhere?
Kosyxo
silverfoxxflame
Yeah, noted. I feel like i've seen the exact same design somewhere a logn tiem ago too... may have been the artist. *shrugs*
MasterTenzin
Going through the creator's tumblr, they've been shitting out variants of that exact thing for a long, long time, so that's likely.
pleasemrlostman
you mean polygons? yes... polygons are quite famous
feystorm
On the other hand, so are pixels...
sissichu
That's what I thought. The design isn't all that original, but the skirt is quite obviously almost copy pasted of that artwork
iateadragonfly
I took Color Design last semester, and while I'm no professional, I can now appreciate how difficult something like this actually is.
sissichu
Difficult, yeah. Original? I don't know, correct me if I'm wrong :P