{"id":12438,"date":"2016-07-26T18:43:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T22:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/how-do-you-make-sure-you-arent-buying-from-companies-that-have-stolen-artists-work\/"},"modified":"2016-07-26T18:43:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T22:43:27","slug":"how-do-you-make-sure-you-arent-buying-from-companies-that-have-stolen-artists-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/how-do-you-make-sure-you-arent-buying-from-companies-that-have-stolen-artists-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you make sure you aren\u2019t buying from companies that have stolen artists\u2019 work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Last week, illustrator\u00a0Tuesday Bassen\u00a0took to Twitter to accuse fashion retailer Zara of ripping off her designs. She\u00a0posted a side-by-side comparison, above, of her original illustrations and Zara\u2019s near identical versions. To anyone with eyes, Zara&#8217;s versions are undeniable copies. Bassen tweeted the graphic in response to a letter she received from Zara denying her claim, arguing that the designs in question weren&#8217;t distinctive enough to be associated with her, and that any complaints coming from her small customer and fan base were insignificant compared to Zara&#8217;s millions of\u00a0clientele worldwide. But Zara might be wrong about the impact one independent artist can have when she gets enough interested parties on her side. In the week since her tweet went up, Bassen&#8217;s situation has been covered by several\u00a0media outlets and a third party has even set up a Go Fund Me\u00a0in her name. And it&#8217;s drawn attention to\u00a0other artists whose work Zara has co-opted.\u00a0Shop&hellip; Read More<\/p>\n<p>How do you make sure you aren\u2019t buying from companies that have stolen artists\u2019 work? : <a href=\"http:\/\/brokelyn.com\/companies-ripped-independent-designers\/\">Brokelyn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Last week, illustrator\u00a0Tuesday Bassen\u00a0took to Twitter to accuse fashion retailer Zara of ripping <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5893,"featured_media":12439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2729],"class_list":["post-12438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-brokelyn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How do you make sure you aren\u2019t buying from companies that have stolen artists\u2019 work? 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