[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by primavera

Idk, I see where it isn't courteous but the extent to which that is a problem is very subjective. But I don't really get some of these expectations. Like what, people want ayu to pay people? I guess.

There are people on Ayu's team who, on avex's dime, are receiving compensation to design things. And instead of putting out original designs, they're getting paid to...trace over fan made artwork? Yeah, I would say there's cause for concern there. But discussing compensation would be a long way down the road when the reality of the situation isn't really being acknowledged.

Ayu and avex probably don't see it as a big deal. And in reality it isn't.

Of course it's a big deal.

But ayu doesn't need to give money to any fan for coloring a photo or adding some designs to the A logo.

I'm gonna reiterate my point above about how there are people on her team that get paid to "add some designs to the A logo" and would, rightfully, expect to get paid for it as part of what they do to fulfill their job duties.

Originally Posted by Linza-mo

To be honest when I wrote that it was a" good intuition" it was ironical, because I know it isn't really a coincidence haha =D

Definitely not a coincidence, lol...especially since it's markedly different from every other typeface she's used for her releases. But thanks for picking a cool font

Originally Posted by Yoake

It's not as if the logo was the element that sells the goods.

In some cases, of course the logo is the deciding factor. Who would have bought the keychain from this last tour, for example, if they didn't like the logo?

It would be different if we were talking about a cheap clothes shop that were selling a T-shirt with a pic or a design found on Internet and that this T-shirt was popular. In this case, it would be the design itself that make people buying it and the shop that were really making money off the author.

It's depressing how often this happens with larger corporations--they steal artwork from lesser known artists, mass produce it, and then act surprised when the artist serves them a cease-and-desist letter or stands up to defend their right to credit and compensation. This entire situation is just another variant that shows how tricky things can get.

When Ayu used the fan video made by AHS members in her concert and didn't give credits to them in the DVD or money, nobody cried foul. I wonder why it is creating problems now?

She should have given them credit--it absolutely would have been the right thing to do. But in that particular situation, they called a spade a spade, and everyone knew it was a fanmade video. It's her team taking other people's designs and passing them off as their own that I have a problem with.