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Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 9:43 am
by Jwar
So sorry for put this in gear but it's upsetting the fucking shit out of me. I woke up today to a bunch of negative comments and trolls on my Acid Splash Designs because I did a
Mr. Sparkle design for a customer.
Come to find out they offer that on a pedal. Which I did not know.
What baffles me is that someone called it plagiarizing and another said to sue me??? How about I contact Matt Groening and ask if anyone has purchased rights to his images??? I'm sure that would be the end of it.
I'm so dumb founded by this. It's the most petty thing I've ever seen.
I wrote Them an apology letter, because I felt bad, then I see this.
So I have to say. I'm a bit taken back by someone being so upset as to have his minions come after me. Someone actually said to sue me!!! I can't believe it. Good fucking luck dude.
He talks about me copying him? Look at his site.
http://gojira.co.uk/ I don't see one original image on there at all.
I'm so fucking pissed about this. First time every I felt like telling people to go fuck themselves on my Acid Splash page.
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 9:48 am
by aens_wife
So they grabbed an image from someone else and are mad that you also made use of said image. Stay classy, people...
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 9:54 am
by Ghost Hip
aens_wife wrote:So they grabbed an image from someone else and are mad that you also made use of said image. Stay classy, people...
This. How many times has the Hokusai wave been used on pedals? Don't let it get to you, dude. Looks like a bunch of people who don't know a thing about art or plagiarizing. It sucks now but will be forgotten in good time.
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 9:54 am
by Eivind August
Wait... what? Copying a picture from pop culture on to a pedal is all good fun - I've had you do it for me before. But claiming rights to using the spesific picture (which you don't own the rights to)?

Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 9:59 am
by Chankgeez
Matt Groening is rolling in his grave.
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:01 am
by backwardsvoyager
custom one-off pedals are cool because you can pick whatever image you want on it and not get sued.
these guys are substituting google images for actual graphic design on production pedals, so they're definitely the kind of fucking morons that would get angry at you over this.
can i commission an etch from you using the same image they're grabbing for one of their other pedals? pretty please?

Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:03 am
by foomanfat
What a bunch of idiots.
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:03 am
by Strange Tales
Can I get a custom etch of a gojirafx pedal, onto my pedal?

Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:06 am
by futuresailors
make a special etched version with the facebook comments as the graphic.
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:06 am
by onyxrhino
I think what everyone is missing here is that behind the cheap stick on artwork of publicly sourced images lies Gojira FX's real originality: Tubescreamer, Rat, and Muff circuits.
Yeah, this dickhead should definitely worry about someone ripping him off.
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:06 am
by BLOOD EAGLE
backwardsvoyager wrote:can i commission an etch from you using the same image they're grabbing for one of their other pedals? pretty please?


you should totally get an etch of a picture of their pedal onto a pedal
according to the name, i'm assuming its a tubescreamer clone as well,
not exactly re-inventing the wheel there either....
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:09 am
by goroth
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:09 am
by resincum
these guys usethe crappiest stickers and have some of the shittiest quality builds out there. also wasn't he rehousing mooer pedals and up marking them? goes to show..
their minions are just a bunch of yuppies who are exaggeratedly stoked to have 'custom art' on their half ass clones.
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:11 am
by Jwar
futuresailors wrote:make a special etched version with the facebook comments as the graphic.
This would be hilarious!!!
Thanks guys for the good comments. I honestly felt like I was hit with a bag of bricks by this. Just couldn't believe it. Made me angry and sad at the same time.
I just don't get it. Why would they think I was stealing from them? It's beyond bizarre to me.
Re: Gojiria FX just accused me of plagiarizing them.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:13 am
by Ev_O)))
Don't let it get to you man. Dickheads will be dickheads. Also it's hilarious how his compatriots call jumped on his wagon, no thought for themselves, no question at all. Dickheads.
(I love how dickheads registers as a single word here without being all underlined in red)