A series of commercials for TV and the web produced for the Irish National Lottery by Brown Bag Films are the target of claims of plagiarism. It has to do with similarities in look and style of animation of the three main bear characters. Long-time Max artists Matt Everitt and Matt Clark produced a series of short animations for Ricky Gervais a couple of years ago, and the similarities are striking. We'll keep our eye on this story and let you know of any updates.

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Comments:

That's outrageous (though not totally surprising)

I really hope you get something good out of it, Matts, other than a free scratchcard.

- Steve

Posted by: Steve Green at February 5, 2007 01:54 AM

The lotto are worth millions. Sue the arse off them.

Posted by: murph at February 5, 2007 06:38 AM