Javier
Aramburu is a professional photographer. He went to the cinema in
Barcelona to see the well publicised film 'The sounds of Tokyo'. He was
irritated even before he entered the auditorium, when he saw the
publicity poster in the foyer showing a closed eye, beautifully made up
with triple coloured eye-shadows. He immediately recognised it as his
own photo published in 2008 in the fashion magazine 'Avenue'.
After a brief negotiation without satisfactory outcome, he presented the case in court against the film production company 'Mediapro' claiming credit acknowledgement and the 'moral' damage caused by plagiarism. If the judge decides in favour of his petition, all the posters in the streets and anywhere else will be taken down.
After a brief negotiation without satisfactory outcome, he presented the case in court against the film production company 'Mediapro' claiming credit acknowledgement and the 'moral' damage caused by plagiarism. If the judge decides in favour of his petition, all the posters in the streets and anywhere else will be taken down.
Isabel Coixet, the famous director, had admitted she had liked it very much, and had cut it off from a magazine to make a collage. Up to this point perfect. But the use of it as cover for the script and the cinema programmes is for commercial use, as publicity material in posters all over the world, even as a disc cover for the music tracks of the film in an album
I find it quite strange that with her respected status in the international film industry, and her work so closely connected with publicity, she had not bothered to find out whether there's an author behind the art work, and no doubt she knows too any photos for commercial use carry a 25 year period of copyright.
Current Mood: 
Contemplative
Contemplative
