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She ought to get something.

It's enough that she was not approached for permission. What added to the injury is that the public thought she was the one who copied the design from the movie.

More than the cash she deserves, she should also be awarded the recognition of designing that air-freshener.

someone needs to slap that bitch. I have one of those air freshners and I would probably had no interest in buying one if I hadn't seen it in the movie. The movie just made her 99 cents off me, so if anything the movie is free advertising for her. If anything SHE should be the one paying the movie to advertise her product, but fortunatly she got free advertising thanks to it!

Theres so many little details in a movie, how can you remember to go out and copyright every little thing. Whats next are the Strokes going to sue Shia for whereing there shirt in the movie?

I really want to meet the lady and slap her. Seriously this is the stupidest thing I think I have ever heard of! No wait nevermind, the dumbest lawsuit was the guy who stuck his junk in a hot apple pie trying to copy Jason Bigg's scene in "american pie" and tried to sue the creators of the movie for giving him the idea... thats the dumbest lawsuit I have ever heard of! This might be second though

Cormaster628 wrote:Seriously this is the stupidest thing I think I have ever heard of!

Oh I dunno, i've heard stupider. Stuff like

someone needs to slap that bitch

and

I really want to meet the lady and slap her.

I mean really, how bloody stupid is it to want to slap someone you've never met just because they're trying to get money owed to them for something they created?

Honestly ... like I said before, some people need to seriously grow up, and maybe get a touch of reality.

And one parting thought. I am truly disgusted by some of the attitudes from my "fellow Seibertronians" in this thread. This woman created something. Sure, it may not have taken her long to do, but the fact is, she created something. She was approached to offer up a sample of her work, which she did in good faith. That work was then used WITHOUT HER PERMISSION. That work was also mass produced, WITHOUT HER PERMISSION AND FOR WHICH SHE RECEIVED NO ROYALTIES.

So please, all of you who want to call her something derogatory or inflict physical harm on her, please enlighten me as to why you would support someone's intellectual property being stolen and why you feel the need to criticise and abuse someone you don't know.

I bought one because of the movie. It didn't say dreamworks or transformers or anything on it, it was in a cheap generic Air freshner bag. I don't think Dreamworks is selling "transformers bee-otch" air fresheners. Like I said its free advertising and if it was my product I'd be flattered. If anything she should be Paying them to put it in the movie!

People will sue for anything these days, its just ridiculous. She should just be flattered her air freshener gets to appear in a movie. I think its ridiculous how many people are suing borat! If theres money to be had, people will have it.

It's a small thing. Copyright may not be necessary.

But at least the production could have informed her, or asked permission.

Since this item will be a central piece in the most important car of the movie.

If dreamworks was selling the knock offs, and
she was wasn't getting paid for these knock offs,
then she would deserve the 850K from DW

If dreamworks was not selling the knock offs, and
she can't link them to those who were,
then she would not deserve the 850K from DW

Robinson wrote:Whether or not she's got a legit case is to be determined. Most likely she will have to go after the company that produced the item for the actual infringement.

however, not being credited for the creation of the item might warrant 85K from DW w/ an apology.

Movie credits do tend to feature clothing designers, makeup artist/product, and vehicle company/product, are prop designers to be left out in the cold?

A little foresight from the production team and the lady could have been working with DW rather than suing them now... ain't that a bee-otch?

That Bee-otch thing is the main reason why the movie became successful.

Auto Bot wrote:That Bee-otch thing is the main reason why the movie became successful.

Um, for some odd reason I don't think that an air freshener is the "main" thing that caused the movie to make over 600 million.

Robinson wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:That Bee-otch thing is the main reason why the movie became successful.

Um, for some odd reason I don't think that an air freshener is the "main" thing that caused the movie to make over 600 million.

Bee-otch contributed the "$6" in the "$600" million. Without it, it will all be a bunch of zeros!



Come, on. Smile for the new year.

I don't think she really has a case. But at least her design elicited a pretty good response from the audience. And Bumblebee approves.