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  1. Re:Why is this news? by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 1 · on MIT Steals Comic Book Character
    read the article. MIT appoligzed

    From http://horizoncomics.com/radix/:
    Though MIT's lawyers acknowledged using the Radix image, the school claimed it was allowed to use the image and refused to apologize. The school also remains unwilling to publicly credit Horizon Comics.
  2. The Punisher by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on MIT Steals Comic Book Character

    The guy at top center has the Punisher logo on his beret. Kind of odd, yes?

  3. Mr Pot ... by Batou · · Score: 1 · on MIT Steals Comic Book Character

    ... meet Mr Kettle.

    Is it just me, and the otaku on this site can back me up on this, or does the suit and helmet used here look almost exactly like this Orc power armor from Masamune Shirow's Appleseed (sorry, but I couldn't find any better images, and I'm too lazy to scan my books and post the pics online). The suit is just different enough from the K-2 Gasium to side-step plagiarism, but the helmet these guys are complaining about is identical - down to the triangle shaped plate on the forehead.

    I say make MIT pay royalties on this blatant ripoff as soon as Mr Shirow starts receving royalty checks from Horizon Comics for their outright theft of his "intellectual property".

    Bunch of hipocrites.

  4. Re:Naaaah by SEWilco · · Score: 1 · on MIT Steals Comic Book Character
    If you STFP (See the Freakin' Pictures) you'll see it's not "drawing something similar". The Radix images show the body, helmet, and background were in Radix. It's possible that some things could be the same due to the way that two artists might design armor -- such as seams at joints.

    Some parts of the images have nothing to do with the design of armor. How likely is it that two artists would create identical poses, identical knee decorations, identical guns, and the same patterns on windowless buildings?

    Also, look at the left side of the Radix image -- there is a tire blocking the view of the armored leg, starting at the level of the lower knee decoration. See the indentation in the leg of the MIT image?

  5. Look familiar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on US Army to Try Out New, Anime-based Uniforms

    Take a look at the image on the USA Today page, then take a look at this image. Look familiar? Radix 1