[Linux-aus] penguin shirts

[Michael Davies]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan
<sridhar at dhanapalan.com> wrote:
>
> The limiting factor, IIRC, is that Aboriginal-style dot paintings are
> as seen to be the reserve of native Aboriginal artists. I think this
> is just a social matter of courtesy rather than the result of any
> legislation. Nevertheless, non-Aboriginal use of such a style is often
> frowned upon.
>
> If anyone else has more information on this, I'd be glad to know.

There's been no problem before, and this discussion has been had
before (circa 2005).

The key issue IIRC is that we only have a low-res bitmap version of
the graphic, not a high-res or vector version.  This means the current
already printed t-shirts become extra valuable.  Perhaps LA should be
charging a premium for the remaining unsold t-shirts - they cannot be
reproduced without a large amount of effort :-$

maddog's idea of recognising and publicising Aboriginal artists is a
good idea, and would offset any idea that we're exploiting a cultural
group.
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