Years ago, I participated in a brainstorming session with Richard Saul Wurman, the entrepreneurial whiz and founder of the Ted Conference. During our meeting he made a simple statement: "Ideas are free, it's what you do with them that counts." A chill ran up my spine. I said nothing for the rest of the meeting, for fear that any creative spark I offered would be fair game.
This memory begs the question: Who owns an idea? What's the difference between being influenced by someone's creativity or simply stealing it?
The ubiquitous "I (Heart) NY symbol designed by Milton Glaser must hold the world record for the greatest number of design ripoffs.
However, somewhere in the back of Glaser's virtuosic mind was Robert Indiana's Love sculpture a seed of inspiration?
Shepard Fairey's infamous Obama campaign poster, with its questionable appropriation of an AP photo, appears Warholesque to some. Fast Company...
This memory begs the question: Who owns an idea? What's the difference between being influenced by someone's creativity or simply stealing it?
The ubiquitous "I (Heart) NY symbol designed by Milton Glaser must hold the world record for the greatest number of design ripoffs.
However, somewhere in the back of Glaser's virtuosic mind was Robert Indiana's Love sculpture a seed of inspiration?
Shepard Fairey's infamous Obama campaign poster, with its questionable appropriation of an AP photo, appears Warholesque to some. Fast Company...
- 12/22/2009
- by Ken Carbone
- Fast Company
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