So I finally get a response from www.slucarnival.com as to why they are using a photograph from Harts Carnival to advertise St Lucia Carnival 2011, click on the photograph below for an enlarged view of the response:
www.slucarnival.com Listen Calude, why not ask the carnival band why do they buy all the unused castumes (sic) from trinidad. why dont they produce their own costumes. So WTF drifference does it matter what pic was used. If a pic of this yeard coatume(sic) was used from one of the bands it would still be a costume from TNT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SMH!!
I can understand now the level of ignorance in that response since the issue is not that bands in St Lucia buy costumes from Trinidad but that the image is Copyrighted and belongs to Harts! Even if the bands in St Lucia buy costumes from Trinidad I am positive they do not use the exact same photograph that is on the website of the band they bought it from in Trinidad to advertise in St Lucia.
Red Unlimited buys unused materials from Spice and they also used a Trinidadian designer who produced costumes that were eerily familiar in design for St Lucia Carnival 2010. The bands Just for Fun and Toxik have bought costumes from Pulse 8 in the past.
And www.slucarnival.com is NOT a Carnival Band in St Lucia, they are a website promoting their Carnival so I am sure it was very easy to pluck a photograph from any of the St Lucian band's regardless of that imbecilic response to my question. But, at the end of the day I have to sum it up to the fact that once again Trinidad's Carnival costumes are so superior to all the other costumes in the region that they have to steal OUR photographs to advertise THEIR Carnival! How sad.
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7 comments:
Good grief! That response made me cringe. Not only is the content appalling, but the grammar, the spelling errors.... I hope the person who wrote that does not represent SLU Carnival in any official capacity.
www.slucarnival.com is not the official carnival website of St. Lucia Carnival, this is the official website http://www.luciancarnival.com/
As a St. Lucian I am ashamed at how they are portraying us and even to give that kind of response is just crazy...we have always used our own images in our magazines portraying out beautiful lucian ladies, even if at times we have recycle costumes, lol...
Wether or not slu is an officially sponsored/recognized organization they are still in a public forum "trying" to represent St Lucia Carnival and the outright infringement on Hart's intellectual/artistic rights and their response when confronted leaves a lot to be desired of any ethical or professional group.
I would like to know what is harts going to do, I am extremely curious keep us updated on this one eh saucy...
Well, the photo has subsequently been removed!
Well since alot of the Trinidad costumes come from China, why complain?
A just to take your chain up let me say this. China does not DESIGN Trinidad costumes, they may produce SOME of them as in their factories bead the bras and belts, but best believe our designers are the talent behind the costume design and prototype.
And once again this is about the theft of an image that belongs to Harts to promote another Carnival. These costumes were designed by Harts.
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