Leatherman Law also dropped a dime on Zimmy

[CatWoman]

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Good morning:

Did George Zimmerman steal Hoch Sollst Du Leben’s photo?

I have to link to and cannot display the photograph because it’s copyrighted with all rights reserved, but you can see it by clicking on the link.

Here’s a link to George Zimmerman’s “original” artwork

I recommend opening 2 browser pages and display the two images side by side.

The current bid on his “original painting” is $100,000.

I posted a comment on Hoch Sollst Du Leben’s flickr page notifying him.

Fred

http://frederickleatherman.com/category/george-zimmerman/

[1000words]

1. I could be wrong, but unfortunately, he altered the image enough ...

for it to be considered "original."

[Oilwellian]

10. Shepard Fairey probably thought the same way

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110112/10170012637/ap-shepard-fairey-settle-lawsuit-over-obama-image-fairey-agrees-to-give-up-fair-use-rights-to-ap-photos.shtml

[1000words]

12. That's surprising

Thanks for the link, Oilwellian.

P.S. Great handle, btw.

[SomethingFishy]

2. Anyone notice that there are 3 people who keep raising their own bid?

If you click on the bid you can see the progress. There are 3 names on the list that have topped their own bid half a dozen times.

I see this ending with.... Zimmerman getting away with fraud.

[Hoyt]

3. Zimmerman, his sad girlfriend, and Frank Taaffe. His dumb brother might be in there too.

[KittyWampus]

7. you can't outbid yourself. You can set a high bid and it automatically tops

subsequent bidders until someone finally outbids you.

[SomethingFishy]

8. Thanks.. never used E-bay before...

I was wondering why it kept going up just a few bucks at a time.

[Niceguy1]

4. its not even close so I doubt that there's anything there

[CatWoman]

6. such a nice guy

[Niceguy1]

11. I think Zimmerman is a jerk

but in reality the pictures don't look the same

[CatWoman]

13. seen your eye doctor lately

isn't that covered by the ACA?

[Glassunion]

5. Is this a rhetorical question?

To me it seems like you're asking if asshole is being asshole.

[displacedtexan]

9. I opened each image in separate windows, and GZ's is exactly the same...

Just poorly executed. If you superimposed one over the other and adjusted the sizes to match, you'd see the 2 stars close together because of the fold, the one star sort of sideways, and what the folds do to the entire star section.

I think GZ googled "US Flag" and found that image.

Hmmm. I googled it and found the exact photo, which was stolen by the wingnuts at http://redalertpolitics.com/2013/03/28/marine-told-he-cant-fly-american-flag/
and used there. Maybe GZ saw it there.