Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15M over cardboard boxes

[Hadrian 1,801]

1 hour ago, PartySick said:

They're called pilot lights but I like your term better  

You can use a lighter to light your burners btw. My pilot light died on the main burner I use so I light it with one of those long lighters. Just be sure to light the lighter before you turn the gas on 'cause gas spreads quick and lighting it too slow is a great way to lose your eyebrows  

i use this method on my busted one but i'm always afraid of blowing the house up 

[gagzus 20,057]

Copyright law is pretty strict I studied an entire module on it in university and I remember the lecturer telling us there’s more lawsuits about image misuse in design than anything else. They even changed DCMA law a few years back to negate the original law that was you had to change 80% of an image to get around it now I think it’s like 95% so in that case just take an original image lmao 

[nATAH 54,997]

such an amateur error... what's stopping a major company from paying a brunette girl for a photoshoot?

and i hate to say it but we're in the era of generative AI... whoever designed this box is getting FIRED

[bpmMonkey 7,301]

7 hours ago, River said:

nobody buys a tv because who's in the box, be for real 

I mean, if you're planning on buying a TV anyway, you go to the store, basically every TV in a cost range has the same specs and then you see one with a huge Gaga picture on it, I for sure would pick that one, plus Samsung is a perfectly fine product. 

[River 124,730]

5 hours ago, MACATL said:

Then why use a celeb‘s image?

Probably a dumb mistake 

The average person wouldn’t even notice that it’s dua

[River 124,730]

2 minutes ago, bpmMonkey said:

I mean, if you're planning on buying a TV anyway, you go to the store, basically every TV in a cost range has the same specs and then you see one with a huge Gaga picture on it, I for sure would pick that one, plus Samsung is a perfectly fine product. 

but in this one u see a half face of a woman 

u barely notice that it’s dua

[bpmMonkey 7,301]

2 minutes ago, River said:

but in this one u see a half face of a woman 

u barely notice that it’s dua

A barely noticeable Dua is somebody's half face of a woman ☝️ ITS CALLED EMPATHY ☝️

[Rahrahbitchson 22,443]

What in the money hungry Taylor Swift is happening here

[River 124,730]

34 minutes ago, bpmMonkey said:

A barely noticeable Dua is somebody's half face of a woman ☝️ ITS CALLED EMPATHY ☝️

I'm autistic, I don't understand empathy 

[bpmMonkey 7,301]

Just now, River said:

I'm autistic, I don't understand empathy 

Thoughts and prayers 

[River 124,730]

3 minutes ago, bpmMonkey said:

Thoughts and prayers 

 

Now you show lack of empathy to me 

I was diagnosed with AuADHD last year, even made a thread about it 

[Helxig 44,859]

I think this is fair enough tbh. Every major corporation and marketing team knows that you can't just use anyone's image willy nilly. That's why they usually use a specific model or stock image they pay for, or whatever

 

But I also do wonder, when we talk about these court cases and say "Dua Lipa sues Samsung for 15 MILLION DOLLARS".. is it even her? Or did someone in her large team, who handles everything legal, make the decision because they are paid to automatically deal with legal situations? Like how involved actually is she? She might not even know that 'she' is suing Samsung. Or maybe it was a 5 minute phone call from her legal team that she signed off on. Who knows

Edited Sunday at 09:51 AM by Helxig

[bpmMonkey 7,301]

8 minutes ago, River said:

Now you show lack of empathy to me 

I was diagnosed with AuADHD last year, even made a thread about it 

Guess I missed that, I'm sorry 

[PartySick 171,015]

4 hours ago, Hadrian said:

i use this method on my busted one but i'm always afraid of blowing the house up 

So fair  

My dog used to like standing up against counters (like, she'd put her front paws on the counter to stand up) and she did it on the stove once when I wasn't in the kitchen and pressed/turned the knob so the gas came on but there's no pilot light so no flame...just gas spewing out into the house  

Smelled it as soon as I walked into the kitchen, turned it off, and ventilated the house. Then got to work correcting that behavior from miss thing so she didn't blow us all up  

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,832]

I find it hard to believe that Xite Hits, which is the app being promoted, wouldn't retain promotional use rights.