Ralph Lauren photoshop fail

http://www.ralphlauren.com/frontdoor/index.jsp?videoflash=false&flashversion=0

Thumbs down for Ralph Lauren crimes against free expression and for photoshop fail.

“First they came for the supermodels,
but I didn’t care because I wasn’t a supermodel…’

Ralph Lauren didn’t like people mocking their poor photoshop skills  and ordered their lawyers to suppress it  by drawing upon that shining example of American ‘liberty’ the DMCA.  

Boing Boing replied:

So, to Ralph Lauren, GreenbergTraurig, and PRL Holdings, Inc: sue and be damned. Copyright law doesn’t give you the right to threaten your critics for pointing out the problems with your offerings. You should know better. And every time you threaten to sue us over stuff like this, we will:
a) Reproduce the original criticism, making damned sure that all our readers get a good, long look at it, and;
b) Publish your spurious legal threat along with copious mockery, so that it becomes highly ranked in search engines where other people you threaten can find it and take heart; and
c) Offer nourishing soup and sandwiches to your models

See:

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/09/xeni-on-rachel-maddo.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/08/ralph_lauren_photoshop/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect