[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-boo-that-panda-looks-awfully-familiar":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cb>\u003Ci>Edit: The issue has now been resolved: my agent and her lawyer tracked down the owner, they have apologised and paid a fee for usage of the image. But I will leave this blog post here as a deterrent to any business owner or sign maker thinking of using images found on search engines without permission.\u003C/b>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nUh oh. My studio mate, Lauren O'Farrell, was in Dalston, east London yesterday and saw this sign...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bubble_tea_panda_ripoff-0651322bf9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n...which she immediately thought looked very much like one I'd posted on my blog a couple years ago, \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/306488.html\">here\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pandapanda-1-2484ff94ae.gif\">\\r\nHere's the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.localdatasearch.com/london/dalston/restaurant_-_oriental/cafe_coco-12737965\">front view of the shop\u003C/a>. Did the \u003Cb>Cafe Coco at 77 Mare Street\u003C/b> nick my design for their logo image? What do you think? This is hugely annoying. If they had contacted my agent or me, we could have negotiated a price they might have found very reasonable. Now I'm wondering what I should do. Talk to my agent, I guess. What a pain. \u003Cfont size=\"3\">\\r\n\u003Cb>**BUSINESS PEOPLE, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET DOESN'T MEAN IT'S FREE TO USE ANY WAY YOU LIKE.**\u003C/b> \u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nThank you, Lauren, for spotting and photographing it! Please, illustration supporters, boycott this cafe, at least until this is sorted. (And I'll be sure to leave a note here if and when it is.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Update: I've contacted my agent and she's already got the United Agents lawyer on it, so fingers crossed they'll pay up with minimum of fuss.\u003C/i>","2012-09-25T23:25:00.000Z","boo-that-panda-looks-awfully-familiar",[],"boo. that panda looks awfully familiar...",1776628724752]