Every time I pass EDSA from my house, on the way to watch a movie over at Trinoma, I see this very annoying ad from Giordano:

Look familiar to you?

It’s one thing to rip off designs. People do it all the time. I’m not saying it’s right, just that it’s a fact of life. This is why laws to protect artists and their “intellectual property” have been made. This is why “copyright” exists. I really have no doubt in my mind that it is nearly 100% impossible to get rid of copycats. But to lift a design almost directly from a “non-profit movement” is really frakking heinous.

I have no idea if this design was copied from To Write Love On Her Arms with their permission or not, but either way, this just really pisses me off.