Comments on: Steampunk mask-maker gets justice after being plagiarised

By: Dave MacLachlan

Dave MacLachlan — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:57:00 +0000

Very, very cool handling of an aggravating and awkward situation. Not too many people would have been as gracious and reasonable when faced with something similar.

On a totally unrelated note, are you both missing CoH as much as I am? I had the honor of teaming with you two briefly one fun evening; my toon was H. Beam Piper :)

By: Andi S

Andi S — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:49:00 +0000

If it makes you feel any better, I’ve always thought it had an excellently creepy Silent Hill vibe . . .

By: Andi S

Andi S — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:44:00 +0000

As a random fan of both your art and Misty’s books — that was a generous and kind thing to do. I’ve always thought both of you were lovely people, and this has only raised you in my esteem :)

Cheers for doing the right thing! (And for the Judge Dredd reference *grin*)

By: Andi S

Andi S — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:42:00 +0000

Bob Basset has now posted that he has been contacted, so we can go back to wondering whether this is a holiday micro-miracle :)

By: Larry Dixon

Larry Dixon — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:41:00 +0000

Thanks Bill. Misty (Mercedes Lackey) and I are firm believers in GKC … Greed Kills Cool.

If I’d been greedy and sued them, then something that makes people happy would have died because the company didn’t have much money to begin with. Something cool would have been killed.

The tattoo company got duped by a crim (To use Mega-City One parlance) (Five years in a cube, creep!), so they were messed with once. If I sued them, they’d be messed with twice, and it still wouldn’t really be their fault.

I have a 2 for 1 policy when I encounter a wrong: do one good thing to counteract that bad thing, then, do a new good thing so the average is raised.

By: bill_mcgonigle

bill_mcgonigle — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:02:00 +0000

That was a nice thing to do, Larry. Kudos.

By: Felton / Moderator

Felton / Moderator — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:19:00 +0000

We’re out of glue!

By: Ian Wood

Ian Wood — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:07:00 +0000

You were always jealous of this lamp. Jealous because I won!

By: TheMadLibrarian

TheMadLibrarian — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:12:00 +0000

Um… cake, please.

By: traalfaz

traalfaz — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:42:00 +0000

Glad to hear this. We’ve been Toscano customers for many years and they’ve always struck me as a decent company. I’m glad to find that belief justified.

By: Spinkter

Spinkter — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Props to Toscano. Now if we can only get them to get rid of that hideous, vaguely misogynistic female torso floor lamp that annoys me every time I flip through Skymall.

By: Over the River

Over the River — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:10:00 +0000

On the product page, above the description it now says “by artist Bob Basset”

Good job all.

http://www.designtoscano.com/product/indoor+statues/new+indoor+statues/steampunk+apocalypse+gas+mask+statue+-+cl6072.do?sortby=bestSellers

By: mccrum

mccrum — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Oh, what a relief! The universe is still as messed up as I’d previously thought.

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:17:00 +0000

And one doesn’t need to charge for the time involved in creating a unique design (although there must be some cost associated with surfing the web for likely appropriation targets).

By: Felton / Moderator

Felton / Moderator — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:45:00 +0000

Cake or death!

By: mccrum

mccrum — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:40:00 +0000

The cake is a lie. /ManditoryCakeReference

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:27:00 +0000

Yeah, WTF?

By: CaptainPedge

CaptainPedge — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:07:00 +0000

And provide us with cake

By: NateXT

NateXT — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:55:00 +0000

You’re right! Why don’t I ever learn to double check what Cory writes :

“Design Toscano, a wealthy, fast-growing company, is selling a leather steampunk mask “

By: Dave X

Dave X — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:50:00 +0000

What I don’t understand is whether DT will continue selling the “extra-doodad” resin version of Basset’s work or not. At least they could produce a resin version that is an accurate copy, sheesh.

By: oasisob1

oasisob1 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:15:00 +0000

Yes, it does appear that it might not be completely sorted. It would be nice to see a post on the Bob Basset FB page or website assuring us it’s been handled.

By: devophill

devophill — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:59:00 +0000

Well, one is selling a hand made leather mask, and one is selling a cast resin sculpture based on that mask.

By: SoItBegins

SoItBegins — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:40:00 +0000

Expect us.

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:44:00 +0000

If I were in your shoes Cory I’d be seeing if an interview with Basset would be possible. It would be very interesting to hear his side of the whole story regardless of whether this deal has actually been made or not. Design Toscano claiming that it has been, someone with a Bob Bassett facebook account claiming that he’s yet to hear any deal. Something fishy is happening one way or the other.

By: ottocrat

ottocrat — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:42:00 +0000

So is this mysterious plagiarising supplier going to get called out? Named? Shamed? Sued? Run out of town? Or keep passing off other people’s work as his/her/its own? I need closure.

By: NateXT

NateXT — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:37:00 +0000

Pretty sure this thing hasn’t been cleared up yet.

Also, DesignToscano stated that they spoke with the person Bob Basset, but I thought that Bob Basset was the name of the company and not the designer?

By: NateXT

NateXT — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Big difference in the prices between the two companies though.

By: oasisob1

oasisob1 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:53:00 +0000

We are BoingBoing. We are legion… etc.

By: oasisob1

oasisob1 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:52:00 +0000

more likely.

By: John Waterman

John Waterman — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:50:00 +0000

Right on! Congrats to Boing-Boing for speaking out about this. A feel-good story to round off a questionable 2012.