[New post] Japan scraps Tokyo Olympics logo amid plagiarism controversy

sskarthik posted: "Japan's Olympic committee has decided to scrap the logos for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, amid accusations of plagiarism. The committee announced the decision after convening an emergency meeting Tuesday evening, reversing its stance on the logo " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on SKarthik.info Japan scraps Tokyo Olympics logo amid plagiarism controversy by sskarthik Japan's Olympic committee has decided to scrap the logos for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, amid accusations of plagiarism. The committee announced the decision after convening an emergency meeting Tuesday evening, reversing its stance on the logo after it was revealed that the designer, Kenjiro Sano, used images taken from the internet when presenting it, and that his studio copied designs for a previous promotional campaign. After the logos was unveiled in July, Belgian designer Olivier Debie accused Sano of copying a graphic he created for a theater company in Liège, and later took legal action to block the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from using the designs. Read more... sskarthik | September 1, 2015 at 4:27 pm | Categories: Computers and Internet | URL: http://wp.me/p1eKZE-3hVB Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from SKarthik.info. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sskarthik.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/japan-scraps-tokyo-olympics-logo-amid-plagiarism-controversy/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com