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10/17/2007 09:00:12 AM · #1 |
I found this Article interesting. Apparently Sony hired Passion Pictures to produce their new Bravia Ad. From many reports (just Google it) Passion Pictures contacted artist Kozyndan for samples of his work. He never heard back from them and was never compensated - later the Sony ad appears and you can clearly see the 'influences' in the ad.
Sony Bravia Color Bunny Ad
Comparasion of Kozyndan work to Sony Commercial
Sony's defense of Passion Pictures & Denial of accusation
Similarities? There is quite a bit of 'similarities'.
However, the most damning bit of 'evidence' would be if Kozydan kept the correspondence letters proving that Passion Pictures asked for samples.
So the moral?:
Any contact you receive asking for samples keep the hard copy letter around because you just never know (it would not hurt to send the work via a mail receipt as well to further prove correspondance). Mayhap also a good bit of advice is to ask for a contract first before sending samples.
Opinions?
Message edited by author 2007-10-17 09:04:59. |
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10/17/2007 09:16:45 AM · #2 |
| Interesting. Did Sony rip Kozyndan off any more than Kozyndan ripped off Hokusai's "Great Wave off Kana gawa"? Inspiration is a slippery concept. |
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10/17/2007 09:22:59 AM · #3 |
Definitely seems to be a few too many similarities for this to be just coincidence, that's for sure!
Agree wholeheartedly with your point about keeping correspondence records - you never know when you may need solid back-up.
Esquite - briefly checked out his website, but didn't find anything similar to Great Wave off Kanagawa. However, inspiration certainly can be a slippery concept - there can be a very fine line between what is inspiration and what is plagarism. |
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10/17/2007 09:24:38 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by eqsite:
Interesting. Did Sony rip Kozyndan off any more than Kozyndan ripped off Hokusai's "Great Wave off Kana gawa"? Inspiration is a slippery concept. |
It is indeed a slippery concept but with differences.
Katsushika Hokusai lived in 1760ΓΆ€”1849 and his work is generally well recognized. I don't know if Kozyndan mentions that one of his works was inspired by Hokusai's work but it would be a nice nod if he did. It would of course, be very hard for Kozyndan to get Hokusai's input or approval since he is no longer amoung the living.
However the case with Sony/Passion Pictures points to that they did contact the artist asking for samples - now they say that they had the idea all along and that any similarities is purely 'coincidental' or rather that is was not based on any pre-existing artwork.
Personally, I would not be surprised if Sony did trample on Kozyndan's copyrighted works only because from one particular work experience in the industry I have observed a blatant back and forth 'borrowing' from two competitor companies.
Message edited by author 2007-10-17 09:26:52. |
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10/17/2007 09:31:58 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by CNovack:
Katsushika Hokusai lived in 1760ΓΆ€”1849 and his work is generally well recognized. |
Yes, I know, and his work is probably in the public domain (not positive, but it would make sense).
Originally posted by CNovack:
I don't know if Kozyndan mentions that one of his works was inspired by Hokusai's work but it would be a nice nod if he did. |
Probably not necessary given how well known that particular image is.
Originally posted by CNovack:
It would of course, be very hard for Kozyndan to get Hokusai's input or approval since he is no longer amoung the living. |
:)
Originally posted by CNovack:
However the case with Sony/Passion Pictures points to that they did contact the artist asking for samples - now they say that they had the idea all along and that any similarities is purely 'coincidental' or rather that is was not based on any pre-existing artwork. |
Agreed that it's not nice, but is it a copyright violation? I'd be interested to know where that line is. Imitation in art has a long histroy. It certainly looks to me like Sony started with Kozyndan's work (it would be hard to question that), but then they took it somewhere else from there. How far do you have to take it before it becomes an original work?
Again, I'm just saying it's slippery, not black & white.
Message edited by author 2007-10-17 09:32:15. |
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10/17/2007 11:04:11 AM · #6 |
Kozyndan's note on the Bunny Tsunami:
Title: Uprisings
Media:mixed media
What: We were honored to be asked to do the cover and be featured in issue 28 of Giant Robot Magazine. We only had a few days to take the piece from concept to completion, and still ended up being one of our best. It is an homage of sorts to Hokusai with our own furry twist.
FYI :)
Edited to add bold for clarity :)
Message edited by author 2007-10-17 11:06:40. |
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