iEntry 10th Anniversary RSS Newsletter Advertising
Join the WebProWorld Forum!
Text: Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size | Print Print Article | Share: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Post to Twitter Post to Facebook
CommentThursday, August 2, 2007

Xinhua Caught With Homer's Brain

In China, the piracy isn't limited to software copiers and activation code crackers. An official news agency has no problem borrowing a little bit of copyrighted Simpson's art for its purposes. I don't know what constitutes fair use in China, but whatever it is looks a little embarrassing to Xinhua right now.

Computerworld picked up on a Xinhua article, a legitimate piece on multiple sclerosis. They needed an image illustrating the human brain, and someone with either an astonishing sense of humor or a colossal deficiency in pop culture knowledge chose a picture of an x-ray of Homer Simpson.

The cartoon character and current movie star. I've attached a screenshot of the Xinhua article with its delightful Homer photo should they decide to take it offline.

Computerworld's report accused Chinese media of routinely pilfering images, without attribution. Xinhua identifies the image as a 'file photo', which certainly backs that assertion.

On the topic of stealing Homer's brain, we can just imagine what he'd say to the editor who did that: "Why you little...!"

News Tags: Xinhua, Homer Simpson, Piracy

Publish A Comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
2 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
SEARCH
Popular WPN Business Resources












Subscribe to WebProNews


Send me relevant info