Justice say Justin Bieber album logo was a “very conscious rip-off”

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Justin’s new album cover art and affiliated merchandise use a design that French electronic duo allege illegally infringes on their own logo, which is the word Justice with the letter T designed like a cross. Bieber’s management team have denied these claims .

Justice‘s Gaspard Augé said: “Though Bieber is from Canada, his actions fit this mindset of American hegemony: ‘Oh well, it’s just a small band from France, I’m sure we can take their name, nobody will care … ’”

“Obviously, we don’t own the word ‘Justice’ and we don’t own the cross. But [Justin’s] management got in touch first to ask where our logo came from, so it’s not some unhappy coincidence. To me, it’s a very conscious rip-off. And that’s where the problem is.”



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If Justin’s team got in touch with them to ask about their logo then it was obviously on purpose. 

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The fact that his team got in touch to ask about the logo before ripping it off 

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It’s a cross replacing a “t.” Do they really think this is worth any publicity? I wouldn’t even call this stealing. 

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10 minutes ago, Lady Ava Gaga Max said:

though Bieber is from Canada, his actions fit this mindset of American hegemony:

 

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5 minutes ago, Cello said:

The fact that his team got in touch to ask about the logo before ripping it off 

but Justin posted sketch as his original 

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I did this T as cross when I was in school on the table too

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8 minutes ago, Lady Ava Gaga Max said:

but Justin posted sketch as his original 

So damn basic

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The ONLY similarity is replacing the T with a cross.  I'm guessing the title has more to do with the fact that Justice is like Justin.  And, Justin has been all Jesus Christ-ey for a while now.  What would he have to gain by "ripping them off"?

Good for them, I guess, this is the most relevance they've had on the world stage.

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The only right way to use a cross as a "t":

 

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32 minutes ago, Lady Ava Gaga Max said:

“Obviously, we don’t own the word ‘Justice’ and we don’t own the cross. But [Justin’s] management got in touch first to ask where our logo came from, so it’s not some unhappy coincidence. To me, it’s a very conscious rip-off. And that’s where the problem is.”

The way y'all are ignoring this part and saying the same thing as they did already, about not owning cross

That's why being small indie artist is so shitty and hard 

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5 minutes ago, Lumiere said:

The only right way to use a cross as a "t":

 

The way this is all so ICONIC

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The fact his team got in touch to specifically ask for the logo answers y'alls questions 

 

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5 minutes ago, kukuryku666 said:

The way y'all are ignoring this part and saying the same thing as they did already, about not owning cross

That's why being small indie artist is so shitty and hard 

what did they lose though?  an album title is not a band name.  i just don't get what was taken from them or how they were affected.  Justin's team getting in touch with them was probably just a normal due diligence thing lawyers do around trademarking, etc.  They didn't try to be shady or sly about it.  In the end the logos look nothing alike and neither the world Justice or a cross are the type of "concepts" you pay for.

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Just now, Bonkers said:

what did they lose though?  an album title is not a band name.  i just don't get what was taken from them or how they were affected.  

Someone made the same thing as they did and gave no credit or money

It's not about loosing, but not getting