Photoshop Disaster Draws DMCA Notice For Boing Boing

Pickens writes: "Cory Doctorow writes that Ralph Lauren issued a DMCA takedown notice after Boing Boing republished the Photoshop disaster contained in a Ralph Lauren advertisement in which a model's proportions appear to have been altered to give her an impossibly skinny body with the model's head larger than her pelvis. Doctorow says that one of the things that makes their ISP Priority Colo so awesome is that they don't automatically act on DMCA takedowns and proceeded to dare Lauren to sue. 'This is classic fair use: a reproduction "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting," etc,' writes Doctorow. 'Copyright law doesn't give you the right to threaten your critics for pointing out the problems with your offerings.' Doctorow adds that every time Lauren threatens to sue he will 'reproduce the original criticism, making damned sure that all our readers get a good, long look at it,' 'publish your spurious legal threat along with copious mockery,' and 'offer nourishing soup and sandwiches to your models.'"

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Re:wth

[couchslug]

I propose that, for the simple reason that any male involved in fashion is gay (not a homophobic troll, hear me out!) that their preferred female models reflect the sort of boy they want to be, to fuck, or both.

Men that actually like women in a sexual way (normally) prefer feminine women, not meth waifs (not that some women can't make the "meth waif" look work for them).

Fashion is a matter of gay men wanting to sell what they enjoy. Nothing wrong with that, but "everything wrong" with anyone stupid enough not to instantly understand it because it's so obvious.

The target audience is vulnerable. Anyone who deeply cares about fashion as a consumer (and therefore doesn't make money from it) is of questionable intelligence and malleable character.