Another day, yet another art plagiarism accusation at CIG

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It has been that kind of week for CIG.

It all started with the disparaging tagging of backers in their Zendesk CS system: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1soosem

The latest plagiarism fiasco involves actor Ian Somerhalder.

The privateer concept image created by Rob Mckinnon for CIG is of the actor

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0813812/

An image which, like the Banu ship in yesterday's fiasco, was used to sell yet another JPEG concept ship

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/12976-Aurora-Sale-Thanks

An image which CIG then plastered a copyright notice (see lower right corner of screen) on

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/xtdzzbsiamwidr/source/SC_PRIVATEER_OPTION_001_FRONT_RM.jpg

Here is the composite comparison: http://i.imgur.com/PxxZVga.jpg

In case you missed the previous plagiarism festivities from earlier this week:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sop5hj

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sop3k1

Make no mistake, contractor commissioned art or not, CIG is 100% liable for this stuff because it is their responsibility to vet and approve of any assets used in any form; especially in a commercial "for profit" venture. And no, this is not Fair Use; so just ignore all those nutjobs on Reddit who don't have a clue what they're talking about.

This is CIG. There's always more; and it's always worse.

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