Aaron Carter tangles with Berlin digital artist Jonas Jödicke over unauthorized use of his artwork
Aaron Carter tangles with Berlin digital artist Jonas Jödicke over unauthorized use of his artwork: ‘Take it as a compliment’
Aaron Carter is tangling with digital artist Jonas Jödicke over claims he misappropriated his work to promote his merchandise.
The 32-year-old singer and Jödicke, 25, clashed Friday on Twitter after the Berlin-based artist addressed his grievances with Carter in a tweet after the St. Petersburg, Florida native posted a shot of a pair of lions while linking to his website.
‘Hey @aaroncarter .. You are using my artwork to promote your merchandise,’ Jödicke wrote. ‘I have not given you permission to do so. My art is being commercially exploited by people on a daily basis. We artists have rights, too!’
The latest: Aaron Carter, 32, is tangling with digital artist Jonas Jödicke over claims he misappropriated his work to promote his merchandise. He was snapped in LA this past October
Carter had a hostile response over the claims, telling the artist, ‘You should’ve taken it as a compliment d***,’ adding, ‘Guess I’ll see you in small claims court F***ERY.’
Carter added, ‘A fan of MINE sent this to me. oh here they go again, the answer is No this image has been made public and im using it to promote my clothing line.’
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Jödicke expressed his frustration with his work being lifted without credit or permission
‘I‘ve had Madonna use my art in the past, photo shopping her face into one of my paintings,’ he said. ‘I am so fed up with people taking my hard work for their own purposes without even asking.’
Center of attention: The lion-themed art was at the heart of the clash between Carter and the artist
Sabre-rattling: In a subsequent Instagram video, Carter vowed that ‘those people are gonna be sued’ because he paid for all of his artwork from Shutterstock
Beef: The pop singer and Jödicke clashed Friday on Twitter after the Berlin-based artist addressed his grievances with Carter in a tweet after the St. Petersburg, Florida native posted a shot of a pair of lions while linking to his website
Jödicke said that ‘celebs like @aaroncarter should set an example, especially since he’s also from a creative background and knows copyright laws.
‘If they can take art and do whatever with it, anyone can and will do it. If they’re not held responsible, people won’t stop treating artists like crap.’
Jödicke said he ‘would have been happy to handle this issue differently, had [Carter] reached out privately after [his] tweet’ addressing the grievance.
‘But the way he responded is making a mockery of the artist community and I can’t sit with that,’ he said. ‘I‘ve had enough of people treating artists that way.’
Hostile: Things did not go smoothly when Carter responded to Jödicke
Speaking out: The Berlin -based artist addressed his grievances with Carter in a tweet after the St. Petersburg, Florida native posted a shot of a pair of lions while linking to his website
Statement: Jödicke expressed his frustration with his work being lifted without credit or permission
Back and forth: The artist acknowledged Carter’s jabs at him on a livestream
In a subsequent Instagram video, Carter vowed that ‘those people are gonna be sued’ because he paid for all of his artwork from Shutterstock, adding, ‘Tell your friends to f*** off, idiot. F***ing idiots!
Jödicke later spoke to Forbes about how Carter called attention to his complaint, leaving the artist community ‘outraged.’
‘His response to my tweet was what got the whole tweetstorm going,’ the artist said. ‘Instead of apologizing or reaching out to me to discuss things, he insulted me and said I should be glad he was using my art to promote his store.
‘I was absolutely amazed as to how he could respond in such a way and not expect people to lash out. I shared his response on my Twitter and Instagram and that is when it really blew up. In his Youtube livestream, he joked about my tweet having “17 likes.” As of now, it has more than 70k likes and reached more than 5 million.’
Carter was past embroiled in a similar predicament last fall when he was accused of lifting another shot involving a lion.
‘I’m pulling the lion image I was accused of stealing this and bullied and I’m throwing it in the trash and suing everyone coming [at] me for clout I’m going to render a new one for myself,’ he said in a September 28 tweet.
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