Family of Spanish artist Joan Miro Says Google's 4/20 Logo Violated Copyright

[mandy]

Artist's family asks Google to take down today's `painted' logo

After angering authors last fall with a wide-ranging book-copying project, Google may now be alienating some visual artists as well by allegedly reproducing famous works in drawings on the search giant's home page.

Today, the family of Joan Miro was upset to discover elements of several works by the Spanish surrealist incorporated into Google's logo. Google has since taken the logo off its site...

full article: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryne...389478.htm

[jezebel]

'Allegedly reproducing'?  'Without a doubt reproducing'! I liked their stolen logo. 

[stardust]

I saw it yesterday, too!  I thought it was pretty kewl!  Such a shame........