Post #138938 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Feb 2, 2005 11:35 AM

Wow, what a fascinating Tiki "Chain of Transmission" (aka Tiki design rip off):

-I obtain a color xerox of the Enchanted Tiki Room ad from my Tiki agent at Disney's archives.
-I put it in the BOT (page 193 upper right).
-My German editor forgets to put the Copyright next to the image (Only in the first printing, which is now sold out, remedied in 2nd and 3rd printings).
-An almost exact copy by Design Toscano shows up in "Skymall" catalogues.

• A knock off of that shows up for less at Old Timey Pottery stores
• An knock off of that is now available for dirt cheap at Big Lots!

An examplary case study of Tiki devolution.
The next person who rips off the design has to give it away for FREE!

Just shows how these chains operate: "Hey, D.T. has a good selling item, let's just COPY it!"

D.T. not only swiped that design, but also the Tiki candle on page 184 (sans breasts), and to sell the two, they used my chapter 18 slogan "And The Gods Were Amused" in their catalogue.

Yep, I was. Just wish they would identify it as quoting "The Good Book".