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Disney copies Artist's Humphrey the Bear Fanart
- Thread starter Dr.Cheeto
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Compare this to Walt’s era of Disneyland where the original background painters from the films painted the Fantasyland dark ride murals. It’s more upsetting than maddening, really.1) Build a rapids ride that gets people soaked.
2) Charge $5 to dry off.
3) Decorate dryers with traced fan art.
Imagination! Dream a fantastic dream!
VJ
Well-Known Member
Disney should hold a seance to bring the original background painters back.
Haha, you’re right, maybe there’s no use in complaining. It’s just sad knowing that there aren’t even many employed 2d animators on the payroll that are in a position to work on small projects like this. Sure they are out there. Look at this young person who is a fan of the classic Disney style and is able to nail it! Why doesn’t imagineering hire more people like this? The most “classic” and memorable rides are comprised of vignettes drawn by people like Marc Davis. That’s the kind of stuff that made Disneyland rides stand out from the rest.
lazyboy97o
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It’s understandable that Disney cannot monitor all fan art and then verify if work is original, but they should make it right. They paid someone to produce this art and that person stole instead of delivering. They should pay the artist who did produce the work and seek action against the thief.
asianway
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Would be tough to prove theft considering Disney owns the IP
George Lucas on a Bench
Well-Known Member
The entire contraption is a ripoff of the hallways in Star Trek.
Rich T
Well-Known Member
It comes down to the person they hired to produce the art. Did he/she claim to have drawn the image and charge for the work accordingly? Or was he/she up front about the source? Either way, this is sad. Nice bit of attention for the original artist, though.
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Reminds me of a recent incident where IGN fired a game reviewer for copying (with minor modifications) a fan’s review from another site and claiming it was their own work.
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Sharon&Susan
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I am no legal expert, but, unless if I’m mistaken, even if Disney went to court and won against the artist, Disney is not automatically allowed to use the infringing fan art without obtaining permission from the creator.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Now there is two sides to this, what is law and what is perceived as right by the public.
Under the law fan art unless specifically identified as a parody are usually not protected. Since its Disney's IP that the artist directly "created" without permission, the artist can't claim any right to the "art". Now hopefully the artist wasn't trying to profit off of this otherwise they could be violating copyright laws of their own.
Now as far as what is right in the court of public opinion, that is a completely different matter. And is usually very divisive.
Typically Disney "farms" out this type of work. So Disney isn't directly responsible to verify if the content was "copied" from another source.
However with that said, if I was Disney I would contact the artist and see if they want to intern for Disney Animation.
Under the law fan art unless specifically identified as a parody are usually not protected. Since its Disney's IP that the artist directly "created" without permission, the artist can't claim any right to the "art". Now hopefully the artist wasn't trying to profit off of this otherwise they could be violating copyright laws of their own.
Now as far as what is right in the court of public opinion, that is a completely different matter. And is usually very divisive.
Typically Disney "farms" out this type of work. So Disney isn't directly responsible to verify if the content was "copied" from another source.
However with that said, if I was Disney I would contact the artist and see if they want to intern for Disney Animation.
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Kram Sacul
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- Yes
Why did it take them so long to put up dryers next to Grizzly River Run.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
That's the real issue here....
mickEblu
Well-Known Member
Pay the guy who copied their character in a certain pose with a basic yellow background? I’m not sure about that. They should change it or the guy should just give them his OK to keep it. It’s not like some abstract fan art. It’s literally their character as he appears in all the cartoons with a yellow shaped bean background for crying out loud.
Magenta Panther
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Maybe...the Disney Merchandising Division artist assumed that the fan artist copied Disney art and so it was okay to steal it?