Post #26262 by Tiki King on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 9:47 AM

So, Ok. I know that by nature, all Tiki art is derivative. I also know that there is such a thing as "in the style of" I also know that anything done in a theme may look similar to other things done in that theme. But my question is this: If some one "borrows" your style or design, at what point does it go from "homage" to "rip off" If someone has done a fairly exact copy of one of your carvings, and is offering it for sale, with no mention of you, it seems to me that it falls into the rip off category. Here is an example. This is my carving, which can be seen in the Art section of my website:

And here is a carving I found for sale on another website:

It seems fairly obvious that this carver used my original carving as a template, rather than an inspiration. So what is the consensus? homage or rip off?

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[ Edited by: Tiki King on 2003-03-12 09:49 ]