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Thursday, May 26, 2005

Don't tell me you haven't heard about the latest chism about BAYO. Well, then let me share this to you. My opinion about this topic is that BAYO's side should be heard first before we make any judgement. You see, they are probably in deep shit right now for allegedly stealing intellectual property but it doesn't give us (the consumer and mere spectators) the right to call them names and throw even more far-fetched accusations. Read on and tell me what you think...

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From Zach Yonzon, Mango Press

Hello friends, ang ganda ng bayo kids ano? Pati yung mga display ng bayo. Kaso, we are very disappointed to inform you that BAYO has been RIPPING OFF illustrators from japan for their designs. And most of these illustrators are artists who contributed to a book and web compilation from Delicatessen. The title of the book is MONDOFRAGILE: MODERN FASHION ILLUSTRATORS FROM JAPAN (available at Powerbooks). If you check out www.mondofragile.com (plus links to each artists' sites), you'll see that:

1. TADAHIRO UESUGI's untitled artwork for a japanese magazine (top shot of a girl in a bikini sun bathing)was traced and used for bayo's summer window displays (with fake grass background) without him knowing it

2. YUKA MAEDA's black-outlined little girls are on BAYO KIDs shirts, without her permission and

3. EMMA.MORI's big-eyed vector girls and animals are used in BAYO's display ads, the little deer on their tag now? that's EMMA's, not BAYO's.

I had a talk with a socialite-celeb who was part of BAYO's research team, who did speculate na hindi nga siguro nag paalam ang BAYO sa mga Japanese illustrators na ito. They have an artist who traces/copies it for them.

Also, if you check out EMMA.MORI's site (google: BAYO PHILIPPINES EMMA) you'll see this:--hi! your illustrations are the cutest i've ever seen! unfortunately, a clothing brand here in the Philippines named BAYO seems to be using your drawings for their children clothing line(t-shirt and bag logos). Do they have your permission?--hello!! i don't know BAYO...I look BAYO's web. I was very much surprised. My illustration was being used without my permission. This is a crime. It it here so that it warns BAYO soon. thanks!!! (check Emma Mori's website)

I think early this year pa ito na post. Diba nakakahiya? Tapos maglalabas pa ang BAYO ng shirt na: YOUNG TALENTED FILIPINA, but they ripped off other artists!it's not an excuse anymore to say na 'di ko alam eh,' 'i didn't know these were not original.' Come on. We're in a globalized economy. They have a website. they're an established clothing line. They should have checked first, it's their responsibility.and i think it's ours too-to be responsible buyers. Especially since we're artists too. We dont want other people riping off our artwork and claiming it as theirs so they can sell a few shirts without giving us the heads up. These corporations should give the artists their due, and respect. We have a thing called intellectual property rights, we should protect it. alam kong magaganda ang damit sa BAYO, pero for now, please keep out of their store until they fix this. BAYO was on such a good roll with Leah Salonga, and now they stoop to this? It's really sad. Whether you're an artist in the Philippines or Japan, or kahit saan, dapat magpapaalam muna sayo ang mga gagamit ng works mo.

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And this other post I got from Girl Talk.

I learned about this BAYO incident from pinoyexchange.com. From the forum, it claims that BAYO ripped off its designs from japanese illustrators without their permission. We don't know yet if these claims are substantiated, hence the question mark in my topic; however, it's good that people are aware of these issues so they can be more adamant and vigilant in researching about it, and also so that we're more informed about the companies we patronize.

If this is true, then this is just so sad. Bayo, should this issue be for real, should rectify its actions and clear its name first. I like Kamiseta more than Bayo, but I bought some stuff from Bayo too, so I'm also kinda disturbed by this issue. I hope this gets cleared soon.

Click the BBS button left side of the screen (referring to Emma's website) there are posts there about the supposed plagiarism of BAYO and Emma's reaction. She said she already contacted the Philippine/Japanese embassies and awaiting their response.

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I'm not sure if what I'm about to say will make sense but let me try: people here in the Philippines don't make a big fuss about certain people getting avatars, icons, images from other sites without linking or asking permission from the orignal site. How come these simple things are more negligible? Should there be any difference when some random person does it as compared to a big company such as BAYO? I just noticed these people who make accusations, point fingers and judge right away are the same people who have those avatars or images which they just got without linking them back.

Anyway...

Every corner of the world wide web, there is something to be found about this certain topic. It's starting to be a global issue and it's quite alarming, although a lot are still not aware of this locally. I just hope that BAYO fix / clear this out immediately, if not sooner... when? To save what's left of their name.

Sweetalicious`SmuacKs
1:14 AM