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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday May 21 2019, @01:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the sincerest-form-of-flattery dept.

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Lenovo stole a fan's video to promote the foldable Motorola RAZR

Yesterday, Lenovo shared a promotional video for the rumored foldable Motorola RAZR. While the 30-second teaser was shared with members of the media during a group interview and was accompanied by the Lenovo logo, it appears that the company used video from a fan and branded it as its own. The footage that was played by Lenovo was actually spliced together from a render created by tech YouTuber Waqar Khan. According to Khan, he didn't give Lenovo permission to use the concept images that he created. Engadget has reached out to Lenovo and Motorola regarding the video and will update this story if we hear back.

The clip Lenovo showed to the press yesterday appears to be cut together from a number of renders that was first seen in a video titled "Motorola RAZR 2019 - Introduction & First Look!" that was uploaded to by Khan to YouTube on February 9th of this year. Many of the images in Lenovo's video are identical to those that appear in Khan's, and it even looks like Khan's Twitter handle watermark is still present in the footage shared by Lenovo. However, Lenovo's video ends with the company's logo, making it look like an official product.

Despite Lenovo's branding appearing on the footage, Khan confirmed that he was not approached by the company regarding the renders. "They used it without my permission," he told Engadget via direct message on Twitter. "I don't know what's going [on], man."


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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Wednesday May 22 2019, @08:01AM (1 child)

    by RamiK (1813) on Wednesday May 22 2019, @08:01AM (#846100)

    I thought maybe the music, but he properly attributes

    Just because a third party is willing to take the legal risk, transform the key and invert a few notes for you doesn't make it fine. Listen to the whole thing and decide for yourself.

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  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Wednesday May 22 2019, @04:13PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Wednesday May 22 2019, @04:13PM (#846279) Journal

    No, assuming legitimate ignorance that totally makes it fine (even if you believe in IP). I can't be expected to watch every show and listen to every piece of music ever composed. If somebody releases music that they claim as their own and allow me to repurpose, I don't have to check it against all other music to see how similar it is. That would be an unreasonable burden.