p2pnet - rss feed: Google’s Miro faux pas
p2p news / p2pnet: Google is in copyright-violation trouble again.
Yesterday it was running what it obviously thought was an ultra parody of its own logo, based on elements of paintings by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miro.
But Miro’s family didn’t find it clever or amusing and, "The Artists Rights Society, a group that represents the Miro family and more than 40,000 visual artists and their estates, had asked Google to remove the image," says the Mercury News.
“There are underlying copyrights to the works of Miro, and they are putting it up without having the rights,” Theodore Feder, president of Artists Rights Society, is quoted as saying.
Last September, the Authors Guild sued Google for reproducing works in its ‘library project’ that were still under the protection of copyright, the story says.
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April 21st, 2006 at 5:39 pm
this is stupid. the right to parody and make derivative works is protected by law. can’t remember which right now.
April 21st, 2006 at 5:54 pm
not to mention if you clicked the image, it took you to a search about what it was all about. they never claimed anything as their own.
April 22nd, 2006 at 9:41 am
god how pathetic people have become
April 22nd, 2006 at 6:41 pm
two days ago
google office: Hey lets put up this picture, it’s a parody of one of my favorite surreal artists, maybe we can generate some interest for him.
one day ago
google office: We’re being sued for trying to gererate positive awareness…