Post #323957 by head_hunter on Tue, Aug 7, 2007 8:56 PM

On 2007-08-07 14:08, arriano wrote:
I think you're all being ridiculous.

If someone was taking your art, reproducing it and selling it as their own design or putting your name on it and selling it as by you, that would be most likely grounds for a lawsuit.

However, from what I've seen, someone took inspiration from your drawing and made a ceramic mug that looks similar to your artwork. And no one did it behind your back -- the son sent you a note and a photo of the final piece. You yourself describe it as a poor representation, so you obviously don't think it looks enough like your own work.

It's pretty common in art schools for students to copy other people's work in order to learn their craft and develop their own skills and techniques.

It's one thing to do such things for fun or for learning, and it's a different thing if someone is trying to make money off your design. But there's been no evidence of the latter. So I'm failing to see what the real problem is.

I agree with you to some degree, I still think he could have handle this situation better. For example, Tiki Ray is doing a special carving for the Tiki Magazine art show at the Bali Hai in November based on my design for the poster. Guess what? He asked me first, it's all about respect. It's not an ego thing, it's not a money thing, it's simply respect.