How Can Anything As Dumb As Key Art Be Considered Intellectual Property?

Dear Edwina,

 Here’s an interesting topic sure to cause a poo tornado.

Recently your blog had a lot of chatter about mOcean dissolving departments, along with comments praising Deadline.  Here’s the truth about what Deadline was really about.

Deadline was sold to CMP (now mOcean) for undisclosed $$$. Now a certain someone is leaving mOcean to start a new creative agency using mostly old Deadline portfolio samples (many projects but not all can also be seen on mOcean's online portfolio.)

2 agencies, 1 portfolio (even the same digital files are used!)

First of all, we’re going to downgrade this from a poo tornado to category 2 gust of poo.

We’ve seen this happen several times following an agency split up. It’s always so hard on the children. 

Suppose Glorious Art Director leaves Horribly Rotten Design Group; is it ethical for Horribly Rotten Design Group to continue to include Glorious Art Director's finishes in their portfolio if there is no longer anyone in house capable of producing that quality of work? If Glorious Art Director sets up shop, does he have the right to display work done while he was employed at Horribly Rotten Design Group?

Or, suppose we throw a fabulous party on Saturday and another one the following Tuesday - is it really so terrible if we serve stale leftovers from Saturday’s party to our guests on Tuesday?

Comments

[Chuck]

Deadline should never be praised.

[David Byrne]

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

[Ben A. Round]

You need to get out more, Chucky. Deadline was pretty damn good compared to most agencies and owners in this biz. Get over it. I'm sure they've forgotten you.

[OrangeIsTheNewBlack]

Amazing!
.....keeping the out of date orange theme?

Reduce (standards), Abuse (authority), Recycle (old artwork).

[Edwina Trout]

Time to review the ground rules:

No personal attacks. No slurring of any individual by name or by inference.

Do not use this blog to post anonymous libelous remarks about other people by name no matter how big a bastard that person may be or how mightily you were wronged.

Also: no biting, no spitting, and no gum unless you have enough for everyone.

[Skippy the Woodchuck]

Deadline? Good god, who's digging that name up from what- 5 years ago?

The only thing remotely interesting here is that when a certain manager was recently ousted from mOcean, two lame attempts to smear the agency were subsequently posted here. Coincidence?

Move on people, move on...sheesh.

[OrangeIsTheNewBlack]

Skippy,
It seems Deadline has been resurrected and the new 2.0 version has decided to use the work that was acquired by Mocean to showcase as their own.

[Misty]

Awwe.. it's like a little trip down memory lane looking at that work. At least Mindhard.com presents the old Deadline portfolio a lot better than mOcean was ever able to. Here's the deal...We live and die by your relationships. When mOcean laid off those who had the digital relationships, they were essentially laying off their digital clients.

[Baillie "No Name " Lynch-Teitelbaum]

Or suppose Glorious Art Director created the Clifford key art while employed at Horribly Rotten Design Group… who gets to delete it from their portfolio?

[getting old]

Sell Sheets... I remember cutting my teeth on those inglorious little bastards. "Let the FNG do the sell sheets."

[critic du cine marketing]

It is as it's always been...Reward and praise for non-participants. Name one companies portfolio or reel that isn't the work of at least two other companies.

[MooPooToo]

Edwina can we run with scissors and pour molasses on the cat?

[Tony Fucking Seniger]

Fuck you Baillie "No Name " Lynch-Teitelbaum! I and I alone created the Clifford poster!!!!!

[TL-r]

Someone is in the wrong business! Get over it or get out!

[F.U. Facebook]

Whoa! What happened to the FU post!?