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NIИ: McDonald's Steals Artwork from Nine Inch Nails

i19.tinypic.com — A side-by-side comparison of art found at a UK McDonald's and screenshots from a teaser trailer of "The Fragile".

Who dugg this? Made popular Dec 16, 2007

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  • shyner, on 12/16/2007, -6/+988The Hamburglar is stepping up his game, I see.
  • Dreamscar, on 12/16/2007, -8/+622Dugg for the backwards N
  • omnithought, on 12/16/2007, -14/+473McTheft
  • japface, on 12/16/2007, -2/+353For the whole image that is at mcdonalds restraunt in the UK: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Spookymuffin ...
  • rjc5056, on 12/16/2007, -8/+215Am I the only one who thinks Tila Tequila looks like the Hamburglar?
  • Alex2, on 12/16/2007, -9/+182Maybe they bought the rights to use the images. Maybe it's the ad company's fault if it happens to be recycled.

    But it's all ok, they're just stealing from the music industry.
  • gllopc, on 12/16/2007, -14/+135They probably used the same clip art CD. The same thing happens with sound samples in commercials, too.
  • doctorfungi, on 12/16/2007, -6/+88McDonalds being unethical? Say it aint so!
  • graphictype, on 12/16/2007, -9/+80Who's to say the images belong to NIN? They could easily belong to anyone with a right to sell them off to who ever. Unfortunately Trent should not allow that to go to mcdonalds.
  • Sparkster185, on 12/16/2007, -5/+62I didn't believe it until the last one.
  • Rickler, on 12/16/2007, -2/+56Did anyone ever think that the photo's might just be LICENSED from a 3rd party. Look how high the quality is for McD. I doubt it was ripped from some video or w/e.
  • inactive, on 12/16/2007, -2/+55I want to eat you like an animal
    You make me closer to god*

    *via heart attack
  • inobla, on 12/16/2007, -7/+53It's the Terrible Fries!!
  • sup4141, on 12/16/2007, -3/+47will the RIAA sue McDonalds?
  • nogami, on 12/16/2007, -4/+46Perhaps it's just stock photography/artwork that both of them used?
  • jon30041, on 12/16/2007, -3/+42Those bastards... THOSE BASTARDS!
  • thegardengnome, on 12/16/2007, -11/+48They're probably just stock photos, and McD's happened to use the same one as NiN. This happens more often than you'd think when advertisers pull from the same pool.
  • GawtMilk, on 12/16/2007, -0/+35No the McDonalds corporation definitely scanned a NIN album and used the image. It's the only logical explanation.
  • chess64, on 12/16/2007, -0/+35It's Cyrillic—И.
  • psion01, on 12/16/2007, -13/+46Um ... Is it possible that BOTH McDonalds and NIИ licensed this artwork from a different source?
  • theafroguy, on 12/16/2007, -2/+35And as we all know, stealing from the music industry doesn't count.
  • stealth45, on 12/16/2007, -8/+36Ad agencies pull crap like this all the time, i don't get it.
  • felch, on 12/16/2007, -4/+31That's not the case. The artwork for the Fragile was done by David Carson, and is not clip art.
  • iamnotbill, on 12/16/2007, -7/+34They should settle this in a celebrity boxing match.

    Grimus vs Trent.

    my money is on the purple machine.
  • spoodigity, on 12/16/2007, -3/+29Not lovin' it.
  • zephc, on 12/16/2007, -1/+23Nothing to do with her, but everything to do with that conniving Hamburglar!
  • ScottoGato, on 12/16/2007, -2/+22Hamburglar must be waterboarded! We need to know the details of where the McDonald's sleeper cells are located.
  • BigBrother87, on 12/16/2007, -0/+18Unicode character 0418
  • lcmatt, on 12/16/2007, -9/+26How do you know its not just some stock image which both NIN and McD has used.
  • CokeClassic, on 12/17/2007, -0/+17Check these backwards letters out:

    A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X
  • inactive, on 12/16/2007, -1/+18Possible, but the McDonald's logo cut in half like the NIN's one is proof enough.
  • AlanLivingston, on 12/16/2007, -9/+26McD's just torrented the images and the design layout off of the toobs. That's not wrong, is it?

    Silly me, I forgot I was on Digg, where hypocrisy rules.
  • LostSignal, on 12/17/2007, -0/+17The photos aren't stock, they were shot by designer David Carson. He actually has a whole chapter about the making of this cd in his book "trek". Also there's a video on the making of the album on a DVD.

    Also, it's more than just the photography. The whole layout, logo alteration, typographic conisderation, etc is aped from the layout. The layout, as well as Carson's work on the next two albums and a bunch of the singles had their rights purchased by Nothing Records so that they could make merchandise and other derivative works off them.

    And while I'm not that concerned about Trent and NIN having their cover ripped off, and I don't think this is really McDonnald's doing (more the fault of their ad company), I am concerned that someone took money out of David Carson's pocket. He's a damn good designer and should be paid for his work.
  • mtgentry, on 12/16/2007, -0/+17David Carson designed that NiN album cover and took that photo. I wonder if McDonalds hired him to design the poster and he then used the same photos in the design.
  • rheaume, on 12/16/2007, -7/+23She can look however she wants with her legs wrapped around my waist
  • Klowner, on 12/16/2007, -0/+16Seems a little odd they'd use the flowers AND the yellowish photos with "easy" and "natural" on them. Even the same font for crap sakes, with the insides of the 'A' and 'R' filled in, I'm pretty sure it's an intentional ripoff.
  • inactive, on 12/16/2007, -4/+19They probably thought that nobody would notice. I mean seriously, who has ever heard of Nine Inch Nails or McDonald's?
  • erikwithaknotac, on 12/16/2007, -1/+15I think you owe me a great big apology. TERRIBLE FRIES!
  • Velirno, on 12/16/2007, -3/+17Stock font as well?
  • maddhopps, on 12/16/2007, -0/+14Dugg for the url of the larger image (but "Spooky McMuffin" would've been even better).
  • wild, on 12/16/2007, -9/+23Its called purchasing Stock photography. Designer resources for in-expensive photos.
  • Murphious, on 12/17/2007, -2/+16Hahaha.. The NINE INCH nail if you will..
    Oh god, I'm going to get buried for that.
  • rreadysetno, on 12/16/2007, -3/+16Does Trent use Digg?
  • inactive, on 12/16/2007, -0/+13Я
  • Intenseboredom, on 12/16/2007, -3/+16So, does that mean she'll never have the right to look the way she wants?
  • karel747, on 12/17/2007, -0/+13You just got wiki-owned.
  • Deviant_Tech, on 12/16/2007, -1/+13I'm lovin it.
  • SPECOPS, on 12/16/2007, -0/+12On the clip art template, that is where it says "insert your logo/company here'
  • doople, on 12/16/2007, -2/+14Not to say that McDonald's is a noble company (not so by any means). I do have to point out though, when we steal music/movies/artwork on the web, it's promoting the 'free flow of art and information', but when McDonald's jacks someone's art, it's theft.
  • voetsjoeba, on 12/16/2007, -0/+11Unicode baby!
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