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raygungeisha aka Christine Ly has been a member since October 18, 2006, has scored 39 submissions, giving an average score of 2.62, helping 1 designs get printed.
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A bit of justice at last! I like the way the "Tagged" rip-off submission was dealt with. Now it' s time that this "Who I Am" submission be dealt with. I've seen this image in at least a dozen different places as backgrounds, avatars, etc. so I seriously doubt that Marconi is the true owner of the design.

Also, it is truly a ripoff of a Miyavi image. (For those who didn't already know, Miyavi is a famous Japanese rock singer.) It's been months since this has gone unnoticed by Threadless moderators! I know it would be almost impossible to contact Miyavi all the way in Japan and confirm this issue with him, but at least stop selling and producing this design.

miyavi

miyavi

Look and compare:


And please don't say that it's a possibility that Miyavi saw this design and wanted to replicate it in real life. There's no way he could have "coincidentally" come across this site (out of the billions of sites on the WWW). Furthermore, he's half way across the world in a nation that primarily doesn't speak English.

ir0cko
   ir0cko on Dec 18 '06 at 1:53pm
i think there was a blog about this already.
mindtrance
mindtrance on Dec 18 '06 at 1:55pm
It's not a rip off... if you compare there are subtle details that are different.



Obviously they turned that image into a vector.. but tagged was a direct one for one copy. Nothing was done to really change the design.



This one has multiple elements that change it enough I don't think it's an issue.
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secret_crazn_man
secret_crazn_man on Dec 31 '06 at 8:52pm
my friend told me this yesterday and all i can say is @%#$ miyavi he is a horrible singer and a freakin transvestite practically...hey dont get me wrong i listen to j-music sometimes and overall he is like low rates as simple plan...

only loved by idiots

AND I STILL WANT THIS SHIRT!!!
deathcabfortom
deathcabfortom on Dec 31 '06 at 8:56pm
? did you just try to start something?
secret_crazn_man
secret_crazn_man on Jan 01 '07 at 10:07am
ehhh not really...jus had to express my passionate hatred to him...but yea

i didnt target anyone so its all good sorta
MeLa de Gypsie
MeLa de Gypsie on Jan 01 '07 at 10:21am
whatever you said about halfway across the world??



I'm more than halfway across the world and I found this site...



like.. whatever kiddo
stubby43
stubby43 on Jan 01 '07 at 10:29am
Heres a tip dont make accusations about a rip off, it tends to come back and bite you in the arse very, very quickly.



Its not a rip off, its drawing from refference, and theres enough changed about the image to make it a new one, for a start its no longer a photo, but then you've got the brain and the other stuff around the outside.



This design has been around for a very long time, a good 2 years atleast and its a popular tee threadless has a huge user base and its just got around.
Kojima
   Kojima on Jan 01 '07 at 10:55am
Rip

People will say it's a rip if the design is poorly copied and shows no imagination.



Not Rip

People will say it's not a rip if the artist is respected or they like the design.
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Jyui_love
Jyui_love on Jan 29 '07 at 1:10am
... PS company would hate to hear about this .. I really think its copyright infringement. Threadless should really pull this..
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shampoosuicide
shampoosuicide on Feb 01 '07 at 9:23am
The design is changed enough that it's not a problem. I doubt that image is copyrighted, or else someone would have noticed by now and sued the creator. Designers are pretty careful about using images that don't belong to them.
Kojima
   Kojima on Feb 01 '07 at 9:28am
It can't be pulled because it's sold out.
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robot_food
robot_food on Mar 06 '07 at 2:46pm
Quote from MeLa de Gypsie:

''I'm more than halfway across the world''



What a great comment... Haha



You can't be 'more than halfway across the world' because if your more than halfway across the world one way, then your less than halfway across the world the other.



Sorry, slightly off topic but funny all the same.
gubercootichunks
gubercootichunks on Mar 07 '07 at 10:30am
miyavi is much prettier and he's a hella good singer...and i never really liked this design anyways. :/



but miyavi is love!
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gold_silk
gold_silk on Jun 02 '07 at 7:40am
So the image is based off a guy? Woah o.O
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chopsticksss
chopsticksss on Jul 11 '07 at 11:29pm


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Arnen
Arnen on Jul 16 '07 at 1:02am
The hair looks like it was changed a bit, moved up on the head more. And besides, there's not anything wrong with using a photo as a model for a vector drawing. Not to mention the addition of the brain and the background.
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dragonkeeperkid
dragonkeeperkid on Jun 16 '08 at 5:41pm
Yeah But Miyavi is really famous, and awesome. It wasn't changed that much. =/
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