Artist's family asks Google to take down Thursday's `painted' logo
I've got to say, this seems seems a bit off to me. I've never heard of Joan Miro until today. Seeing the Google logo introduced me to her style. Shouldn't that be a good thing?
From the Mercury News:
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.On Thursday, the family of Joan Miro was upset to discover elements of several works by the Spanish surrealist incorporated into Google's logo.
The Artists Rights Society, a group that represents the Miro family and more than 40,000 visual artists and their estates, asked Google to remove the image early Thursday morning.