Post #370509 by Tiki-Kate on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 4:46 PM

On 2008-03-31 13:27, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
..and jo-anns is probably not aware of any infringement and they are not manufacturers, only retailers....it is the supplier/manufacturer that is most likely to blame. whatever company made those is gonna have to account for what happened here with paul designs....of course, continuing to buy them in light of what happened to doesn't show any support for paul or any designer whose stuff gets copied....in fact, that people continue to purchase these signs when they now know better, is what keeps perpetuating the problem...

sorry, this is not meant to guilt tiki paul..if she paul bought one and alerted paul to this right away like she did, it may have taken a little longer for him to nip this in the bud....

No offense taken. When I saw the hooks at Jo-Ann, I thought they were very reminiscent of Pariarts' style. It wasn't until I got home and checked their website that I realized they were identical copies.

Now back when I first saw the Whaler's Rum tiki mugs, I knew right away that they had taken their designs from existing Tiki Farm mugs. I still don't own any of those.

Going even further back, I did buy the t-shirt from Target that featured Bosko's artwork. Oops. I already confessed to him that I own this.

Hopefully, there will be some more swell tiki items to be purchased this spring that do not make use of anyone else's artwork without their permission.