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heidipetterson
heidipetterson aka heidi petterson is a girl, has been a member since August 15, 2007, has scored 1,450 submissions, giving an average score of 2.39, helping 27 designs get printed.
How is this not plagiarism?
I really like this but I am so curious about the obvious Disney rip off. This is not the first time I have seen this on Threadless ( E.T., star wars, My little pony, etc. ) and I am just wondering how it works? Anybody know how you get away with it? I have some ideas that would use obvious copyrighted material and wonder what my boundaries are.

stalliongsta
stalliongsta on Feb 08 '10 at 1:34pm
they're not disney characters. they're simply drawn in a similar style.
fatheed
   fatheed on Feb 08 '10 at 1:34pm
parody (noun)

/ˈpær.ə.di//ˈper-/

•

[C or U] writing, music, art, speech, etc. which intentionally copies the style of someone famous or copies a particular situation, making the features or qualities of the original more noticeable in a way that is humorous
bortwein
   bortwein on Feb 08 '10 at 1:55pm
Parody
phillydesigner
   phillydesigner on Feb 08 '10 at 2:00pm
the spaceballs movie was pure plagiarism
jublin
   jublin on Feb 08 '10 at 2:04pm
it's not even a style that is only associated with Disney. These types of characters were popular everywhere in the 20's/30's and so on.
spygrl1
spygrl1 on Feb 08 '10 at 2:38pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
shirak23
shirak23 on Feb 08 '10 at 3:47pm
The biggest problem with this shirt is that it's already been done back in 2008:



http://shirt.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=4563



So in this sense it a bit of plagiarism, but off of another t-shirt.
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Feb 08 '10 at 3:55pm
I'm so fucking mad at people who make this accusation and have no idea about cartoon history.
sonmi
   sonmi on Feb 08 '10 at 3:59pm
you mean frickin mad
Torakamikaze
   Torakamikaze on Feb 08 '10 at 4:01pm
frickinmadsome
fatheed
   fatheed on Feb 08 '10 at 4:02pm
frinkinhandsome
rossmat8
rossmat8 on Feb 08 '10 at 4:07pm
Plagiarism: Using another person’s work without giving credit.



In his design description he mentions he was inspired by old cartoons so that sounds like giving credit to me.
swimmom
swimmom on Feb 08 '10 at 4:08pm
Hey it's toile girl!
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Feb 08 '10 at 5:52pm
haha, frickinhasbeen!
GreyGrey
GreyGrey on Feb 08 '10 at 9:36pm
1. Its a parody



2.It doesnt include disney chracters



3. Its loved by All
Tasmith2009
Tasmith2009 on Feb 08 '10 at 10:49pm
I dont think this design has already been done. The other design is completely different. Same concept, different approach.
Tasmith2009
Tasmith2009 on Feb 08 '10 at 10:49pm
I dont think this design has already been done. The other design is completely different. Same concept, different approach.
heidipetterson
heidipetterson on Feb 10 '10 at 9:43pm
Um, chill out frickinawesome. I was not making an accusation, I was curious. Thanks to everyone else who actually gave answers worth a poop! I appreciate it.
heidipetterson
heidipetterson on Feb 10 '10 at 9:44pm
Remember, be nice!
27 days later
idlekaty
idlekaty on Mar 10 '10 at 4:35am
@Heidi:

Well actually in your original post you did come across as being rather accusatory and ignorant. Hence the annoyance of others.
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