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Funnily enough I've been wondering lately just how commonplace plagiarism in the creative industries, as I recently had an experience with a reputable web design agency where they had completely stolen another agency's design, and all the respect I'd previously had for them completely went out the window
Robin
2008-06-05 12:47:04

still not sure what all the fuss is about with the original burrill one.
twee beyond words. almost on a daniel eatock level of twee. but not quite..
dadif
2008-06-05 14:08:14

Agree dadif -- a wee bit twee. Nay, trite.

That a 'respected' ad agency could be quite so transparent is not at all shocking :-)
honest joe
2008-06-06 10:04:55

It looks like the Saatchi one is just an internal thing - simply printed out and stuck to a window with a bit tape. I assume they're not selling this to anyone as original work - so is this technically plagiarism? If I sit at my desk and doddle Charlie Brown in my notepad, am I suddenly a plagiarist?

I belive that deconstructing the work of others is of great value, and shouldn't be frowned upon. It's actually a bit cheeky of CR to post this photo in the first place. Would you want all of your experimental and (as in this case) crappy ideas suddenly thrown into the public domain?
Daniel
2008-06-09 11:21:26

Daniel -- the difference is that the act of pasting up in a window turns into an external affair.
honest joe
2008-06-09 13:38:13

But what if it's an internal window?
Daniel
2008-06-09 16:28:46

it's on a show, sucka ;-) internal or not.
honest joe
2008-06-09 17:12:41

Hardly a surprise it's M&C Saatchi.
Maybe it's just their corporate culture.
Remember MFI? and that Bear?
Jun
2008-06-11 15:35:05

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