Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Gap Steal?

     Another example of how hilariously small this world is. So funny how people think they can get away with things without realizing, hmm this is a small world and this could come back to bight me. I view this situation a little different than the previous, however. According to the picture comparison, it does seem the be the same car from the picture on the onesie. Where I am getting hung up, is that the picture as transferred on the onesie is much different than that of the original picture. For instance, on the baby's outfit it is green and not a solid object, sure the line marks are there as noted by the friend.\, but Gap has made that image their own through the use of technology and editing. I think that the owner of the image should have been contacted first, but I do not think Gap is crossing any lines by producing this t-shirt.
    My automatic connection with this issue to education is the use of music in assignments, projects, whatever it may be. As discussed in class the use of garage band is a great tool and app for students to use in the classroom. This allows the student to create their own music and provide their own tools for something they may be working on. In class the idea of using music through garage band was suggested through the avoidance of copyright laws in music. For the same reason of using garage band verses youtube, I can see how The Gap would change this picture from the original. Students are suggested to use garage band to create something, it could be similar to the original, but they are making it themselves and have the proof. The Gap took this picture from Flickr and made it their own.

2 comments:

  1. Well, again, this was technically a copyright violation because it was used to sell onsies. But, again, the design firm was in India, and difficult to hold responsible internationally. I believe Gap did make an undisclosed settlement with the photographer on this one as a good will gesture.

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  2. And, again, this could have been used in most classroom work without a copyright violation - the problem here was that the image was used for a commercial use. :-)

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