YTWWN SAYS: They have ripped it but it is so direct, I think they wanted us to notice…

Original: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Man_(Ghost_in_the_Shell)

Iweston shop t-shirt featuring logo: http://iweston.spreadshirt.net/en/FR/Shop/Article/Index/article/DidShirt-9955499

Not only are the t-shirts Iweston is selling severly lacking in quality, but the’ve apparently gone so far as to outright copy logos. The “Laughing Man” is a is a fictional character in the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The T-shirts are also very expensive for what they are: 22 Euros for a shirt with a simple 1 color graphic on the front?!  This seems ridiculous when Design By Humans or Threadless sells amazing 4 color designs for as low as $15!

I wandered into Topshop in the UK with my girlfriend the other day and saw t-shirt i recognised from Threadless.com:

“Cookie loves milk”

http://www.threadless.com/product/342/Cookie_Loves_Milk#zoom

The one on Topshop by Newbreed girl: HERE

TBH i think its strange that Topshop are selling them as we don’t really have milk and cookies together over here…

I was browsing on Threadless when I found this guy:

…And immediately recognized it from a shirt that I’d bought about a year ago, at Yellow Rat Bastard (it’s by New Breed Girl):

Can’t be coincidence. I won’t be buying any NBG shirts in the future, that’s for sure.

I dont follow this site very much, but i randomly came up on Shiroi Nekos stuff.
Holy sweet 6lb 7oz baby jesus…did i come across horrible rip of a Ron Lewis design

heres the original seen on Threadless Select

and the amazing rip from Shiroi Neko

suxxxx

ive JUST now noticed that there is already a post about Shiroi Neko here
but decided to post this anyway

Design by Gemma Correll on Threadless:

source

Design by Hybrid tees on the Kohl’s website

source

I got an email from someone reporting that Forever 21 is selling a shirt that is a blatant rip-off of a design that I created for Threadless.com in October 2005

Here is my original design:

Here is the rip off:

From Forever 21:
http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog_name=FOREVER21&category_name=top_graphict&product_id=2052770814&Page=1
Ripping off my design here:
http://www.threadless.com/product/342/Cookie_Loves_Milk

It’s obvious that this is a rip off, but not only that, it even looks like a trace. The angle of the milk carton is the same in the rip off, as is the hand holding and the arms and legs.

you can see what I am talking about with the angle of the rip off in this gif a friend put together:

This is especially depressing to me since I went through something similar to this a few months back with Hot Topic and another on of my Threadless designs. I was able to get a lawyer and Threadless involved and got Hot Topic to stop selling the shirt.

You can read more about that here:

http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=861

and the resolution here:

http://finkenstein.livejournal.com/102250.html

I am very very glad this blog exists, but I still can’t help but hope I never have to post here again. It’s a sickening thing to know that people are making money off of your designs and ideas when those very ideas are the only things an artist can really own.

I and some very nice friends of mine have been contacting Forever 21 and requesting that they stop selling the shirt and respond to my Cease and Desist emails, if you feel like contacting them, please do:

online@forever21.com

http://www.forever21.com/customerservice/customerservice.asp?content=contact_comments

customerservices@forever21.com

The CEO Don Chang:

Chang@forever21.com

I haven’t gotten any response yet, but others have, which is usually how it goes. Please help protect artist’s rights and tell them how you feel about art theft.

Thanks,

Jess Fink

YTWWN EDIT: Both design are unoriginal, finger prints & tapes have been done by a few companies so I don’t think you can really call stussy or supreme the originators of those ideas.
Yes Forever 21 are notorious for ripping off stuff but I don’t think this is the best example.

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We’ve all heard of heritage, a company owned by forever21, mainly aiming at male perspectives. But, have you found their inspiration? They try to play the game carefully, but oh, i’ve noticed.

For starter’s they ripped off one of threadless’s design by Christopher Golebiowski called “Funkalicious” they were smart enough to keep that off their website, but walk by any forever 21 and i’ll guarantee you, you can find a mannequin sporting that same tee.

Now here are two shirts from heritage, you can find them at their store’s now, or even on the website.

& Where have i seen these before? Oh yes, from Supreme and Stussy in the late 2007’s.

picture’s from, flikr & blogspot

YTWWN: Possible inspiration but I would call this a rip… 

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I was handed this flyer last night. Banksy and threadless in one flyer! I’ve always envied these flyers as they always look cool but now I know where they get their “inspiration”!!

Originals…

This has been brought to my attention for a while. I’m the original artist of this concept–in this sense. My design won back in early 2005.

http://www.threadless.com/product/254/We_re_Toast#top

http://www.noisebot.com/run_or_well_be_toast_t-shirt

People have been telling me about this one for the last year or so. The positioning is the same, the concept is the same. The only thing different is the art style …Jesus Christ, even the title is ridiculously lengthy and therefore copied. I don’t know if the artist is profiting from noisebot, but he definitely is getting credit.

What do you guys think? I know the war between toast and toasters is not really anything terribly new. But I think it’s just a tad too close for comfort.

This has never happened to me. I’m not even really an established designer yet, I don’t have a website up or anything. I’m still in school and it takes all my time up. I feel like this fact could be used against me if I even tried to say something. This is one of my only pieces to ever make it wide-spread to the public. And It clearly came first…and look what happens.