This is the Akimbo

[Steve Connally]

Thats Shel Silversteen the giving tree.

 

[FreeFallin]

@FreeFallin do you own that artwork?...

I do not. The original artwork is by Shel Silverstein. I obviously added the Akimbo parts.

With that clearly stated, there are still some legal and ethical options. Under fair use laws I can take the image and have it put on a shirt for my own personal use, I can also give the artwork to friends for their own personal use, the problem comes if I try to sell the design or the shirts for a profit, or if we all wore the shirts in a commercial, for instance.

There is also the option of contacting the Silverstein estate (he died) and asking permission. Given his appreciation for nature they would likely support a group of arboriculture enthusiasts wearing his artwork, but would probably not want to support an individual product like the Akimbo.

So what I can do legally is clean up the artwork, upload it here to share in our group, and provide a link to sites where individuals can upload the file and make their own shirt.

This seems to be the best way to stay within fair use laws, give a nod to the Akimbo, and to Mr Silverstein for his brilliant art. Anyone have thoughts on this idea?

 

[Steve Connally]

Just make the shirts. We'll reimburse you for the price of the shirt plus the printing. No profit no fowl. Wither that or change the colors and change the font and all will be good.

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

We will all also deny any association with you if legal issues arise.

That book is neat but kinda creepy

 

[macswan]

Creepy but accurate

 

[monkeylove]

Creepy but accurate

So It's a lot like @JeffGu then?

 

[JeffGu]

But... but... I'm such a handsome devil!

 

[evo]

That is one sexy beast! (Not you jeff, the akimbo!). If one happened to fall into the mail and land in my lap I'd be a giggly monkey. I wish I had the funds at the time, now o have to wait for Rock O to start busting them out. Let's see some videos, now that they are coming out!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

https://www.google.com/search?q=unc...hWD6SYKHV5YAHEQ_AUICCgC&biw=568&bih=232&dpr=2

Just read a really great book...
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Have you ever read 'Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book' ?

 

[JeffGu]

There have been rumblings and whispered foretellings of late night shipments... soothsayers speaking in mechanical riddles and the entrails of a goat were found, tied into various stopper knots, from which the clairvoyants have cogitated imminent deliveries of strange devices with unfamiliar shapes and purpose. The natives are restless.

Could the mystics be right? Is the time close at hand, even in the backwaters of this distant, and forgotten land? I can almost hear the faint sound of it, in the wind...




"Akimbo... akimbo... akimbo..."

 

[TimBr]

You're a gosh-darn poet, JeffGu, that's what you are.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

My poetry is in my pictures, not my rhetoric.

 

[FreeFallin]

Have you ever read 'Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book' ?

I think I've read most of his stuff, his brain was something else. Where The Sidewalk Ends is still my go to for kids bedtime stories, I like the creepy flare.

 

[JeffGu]

My poetry is in my pictures, not my rhetoric.

You cut in line, ahead of me. I'm telling mom.

 

[96coal449]

There is always you to make me chuckle. Thanks @JeffGu.

 

[NorCalBrock]

One day - historians will look back and see that this was the place where the Akimbo cult was born


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[Brocky]

It does seem like some are elevating the Akimbo to graven image status.

 

[oldoakman]

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Looks like I need to be making a road trip soon.

 

[Worthaug]

Looks like I need to be making a road trip soon.

You going to Geezers @oldoakman ?


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[oldoakman]

Unfortunately some household maintenance issues have depleted the bankroll that was to fund the trip and I will again not be in attendance. I would really like to go sometime and compete, maybe next year.