From Clash:
Billie Eilish has been forced to cancel a new fashion line after a designer involved admitted plagiarism.
The new capsule was crafted in association with Siberia Hills, and on its launch last week fans noted a t-shirt and hoodie which made use of anime character Nozomi Tojo from the Long Live! show.
The close-knit anime community soon pointed out, however, that the designs were incredibly close to previous work by Makoto Kurokawa.
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After the comparison went viral Siberia Hills had an internal discussion, with the line now being pulled.
A full message was placed on Instagram, apologising to Kurokawa and explaining that Billie Eilish and her team were completely unaware of the infraction.
They wrote: “To the talented artist Mr. M_Qurokawa, we apologize for taking from your artwork for our merchandise collaboration with Billie Eilish. Billie and her team were not aware we used your art, they just believed in the product.”
Link to the rest at Clash
PG says copyright infringement and plagiarism that, in prior eras, would likely have gone undiscovered for years, maybe forever, won’t work anymore.
Publication of creative works online effectively crowd-sources the discovery of “borrowed” or copied works to a much wider range of eyeballs than would have been possible during the pre-internet era.