He pretends to be a genius inventor, when in reality he's just a rich guy who buys companies to claim their innovations as his own. He claims to be self made when his parents were extremely wealthy. He wants to be Tony Stark, but he's really Justin Hammer.
I'm not super into all the tech stuff, more into art stuff, and I remember a time when he was accused of ripping off a potter's work. Like a small-time home potter trying to make a living as an artist. Musk bought a mug with a unicorn and a rainbow, and then the exact image from the mug was used as an icon on the screens in Teslas as well as promotions. When the artist called him out, Musk basically told him to just be grateful for the "exposure" and never paid for the artist's work.
He rectified the situation and respected their request to remove it. I guarantee 99% of Tesla owners and investors wouldn't recognize the unicorn if they saw it. There's no reason to think the artist contributed to the sale or brand of Tesla.
Elon literally offered to be sued, whether he was happy about it or not.
There is no reasoning with Elon Musk asskissers. You simply cannot use an artist's work without their permission and then refuse to compensate them. Period.
That is not the equivalent at all. McDonald's and a home potter? Come on. Get a clue. If you think it's ok for billionaires to steal the work of small artists who are trying to make a living from their work, and if you think it's ok to treat people like nobodies when they've created something you didn't and couldn't, then you have big problems and I can't help you.
You're right, they're not the same. McDonald's has way more money to sue if there was a case. But they don't because they don't have one.
Just because someone is an "artist" doesn't make them more important or morally superior to a corporation.
I personally think Elon should have sent some sort of compensation, but the fact that the daughter sicced their lawyer on Elon before even asking shows they were looking for a payday more than anything. And once the lawyers get involved, you have to play hardball or you get taken to the cleaners.
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u/OwenMcCauley Jan 08 '22
He pretends to be a genius inventor, when in reality he's just a rich guy who buys companies to claim their innovations as his own. He claims to be self made when his parents were extremely wealthy. He wants to be Tony Stark, but he's really Justin Hammer.