Clothing Company Rips Off 4 color rebellion Artist
By Shaun Hatton - February 14th, 2008
This piece of art is so good, it’s apparently worth ripping off for one clothing company.
Mitch over at 4colorrebellion.com is a talented artist who, apart from having his own web comic, illustrates Nintendo-themed Valentines each year that are posted on 4cr for all to enjoy.
Unfortunately, some people will do anything to make money, and those with little to no integrity see nothing wrong in blatantly ripping off independent artists. Take that image above, for example. On the left is a detail from a Valentine Mitch drew back in 2006. On the right is a product shot of a T-shirt a certain London, England-based company is selling on its website for a wallet-destroying £40. It’s bad enough that they’re charging such a ridiculous amount of money for a T-shirt, and that in itself is arguably criminal. But plagiarizing an independent artist (they’ve at this point still not given credit or royalties to Mitch), is just as low as one can get.
I would not be surprised to find out they employ blind child labourers. While I’m not going to link to the offending company’s website, I will direct your attention to Mitch’s post on 4colorrebellion.com in which he details how he found out he was being ripped-off. He takes it quite well, considering he should be absolutely livid. Just goes to show that he’s a stand-up guy. It’ll be interested to see how and if the clothing company responds.
Link: Zounds! We’ve Been Plagiarized! (4cr)
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2 responses so far:While a Tetris Heart is hardly original, they could have at LEAST used different coloured pieces to make the pattern. If they made their own Tetris Heart, I think thats fine. But to blatantly copy the image, is uncool. And your right, 40£ is the true crime here. Does the shirt come with its own copy of Tetris?!?
Dude, it had better come with a GameBoy, too. Apparently, details on this are still unfolding. We’ve yet to hear a statement from the clothing company’s side and hopefully this thing can be sorted out without Mitch having to resort to litigation.