Saw a tweet by John Hodgman (@hodgman):

Re http://bit.ly/179m8g what’s worse: the deception. Many will presume David made these ads and is getting paid. Not true.

And I’m scratching my head…”deception”??? Who gives a fuck? Why does this matter?

David Rees didn’t really do anything original to begin with. It would be nice if Jamba Juice acknowledged that Rees was the first to combine ironic humor with stiff clipart drawings of 1980s cubicle drones, but there never seemed to be a lot of actual work involved in that in the first place.

I probably sound like a defender of the corporate appropriation of privately created art. Well, I wish the legal system was different, but there seems to be way too much litigating in the area of intellectual property. I am all for the timely expiration of copyrights, but I also like seeing inventors paid for their work…not going to get into anymore detail here.

What’s funny is that Rees won’t even take legal action on his own behalf…but what’s really funny is that Rees couldn’t help himself from criticizing the content of the copy-cay advert:

1. “Bob?” You violated the first law of the GYWO clip art!!! THESE DUDES DON’T HAVE NAMES. It’s “Accounts Receivable” and “Accounts Payable” and that’s IT.

No Justice, Part II: Boycott Jamba Juice!