Trader Vic's LA Clipper's Tiki Mug - General Tiki

TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4105	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Sun, Dec 15, 2013 2:22 PM On 2013-12-14 07:27, the75stingray wrote: What do they say "imitation is the greatest form of flattery"? Well, whoever said that was not an artist. They never worked to create originality. People who "rip off" the talent of others generally have talent of their own, but no creativity. You'd almost feel sorry for them were it not for the fact that they were making money off of that true talent. It's a sad tiki mug. :sheckymug: I agree...and thankfully you don't get much of it in the music business....musicians have huge egos (myself included) and frankly we like coming up with our own thing, and feel it is lame to copy someone else. Having said that, there was one gross violation of outright intellectual theft of one band's style on this forum. Made me sick to my stomach when it happened. I am not going to mention names, but the band is a direct rip off of Jim Bacchi's Tikiyaki Orchestra. The one saving grace is that unlike most generic products, this one clearly was not as good as the original. Took people a while to catch on. As far as art goes, I for one would be embarrassed to blatantly copy someone else's design. Here is one notorious example of justice served. Little background here: jens Ritter makes highly original electric basses, and they are truly works of art (and among the most expensive basses on the planet)...thing is, at the NAMM show there was a chinese company who totally rips off Jens' designs...and in this classic clip, that company was totally busted by Jens himself, posing as an "investigating reporter" and catching this fucko in the act! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyVweFJH5A

On 2013-12-14 07:27, the75stingray wrote:
What do they say "imitation is the greatest form of flattery"? Well, whoever said that was not an artist. They never worked to create originality. People who "rip off" the talent of others generally have talent of their own, but no creativity. You'd almost feel sorry for them were it not for the fact that they were making money off of that true talent.
It's a sad tiki mug. :sheckymug:

I agree...and thankfully you don't get much of it in the music business....musicians have huge egos (myself included) and frankly we like coming up with our own thing, and feel it is lame to copy someone else. Having said that, there was one gross violation of outright intellectual theft of one band's style on this forum. Made me sick to my stomach when it happened. I am not going to mention names, but the band is a direct rip off of Jim Bacchi's Tikiyaki Orchestra. The one saving grace is that unlike most generic products, this one clearly was not as good as the original. Took people a while to catch on. As far as art goes, I for one would be embarrassed to blatantly copy someone else's design.

Here is one notorious example of justice served. Little background here: jens Ritter makes highly original electric basses, and they are truly works of art (and among the most expensive basses on the planet)...thing is, at the NAMM show there was a chinese company who totally rips off Jens' designs...and in this classic clip, that company was totally busted by Jens himself, posing as an "investigating reporter" and catching this fucko in the act!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyVweFJH5A

Post #702174 by tiki mick on Sun, Dec 15, 2013 2:22 PM