Comments on: Eureka selling iPhone for KD400 and stealing other peoples artwork

By: Nour

Nour — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:30:36 +0000

Wow its been along time Huh
Guys let me tell u the real story of stealing Artwork from somebody else by eureka,i have one of my best friends in eureka the one who told me this “Eureka dont deal with any agency and the one who is doing all kind of artworks and marketing stuff is just one person his name Ahmed Muneer and he is a very creative guy who doesnt need to steal other People artworks,BUT when i told him that i saw by myself the image, he said yes this was not his work !!! i said ok who did this, he answer it was suggested by the iPhone dealer who gave eureka the iPhone quz he use it already in his country and eureka management also Ahmed Muneer got this artwork from this guy and he mentioned the artwork coming from his agency company, haha everybody in kuwait was a victim HUH, any way i met Ahmed Muneer by passing eureka and i told him about what the people saying and he just shocked !!!!! it was his first time to know this, but he said if i can do any thing to the real artist quz am also a “creative director” who understand the feeling to be ripped by some one else and he give me his email address to contact the artist to see what he can do for him
moneer@eurekaq8.com
thats all ,hope you artist guy send him back
bye

By: fatfukka

fatfukka — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:29:29 +0000

when Kuwait’s such a commercial shit-hole (hear you all saying “not only commercial…”) why expect anything less than blatant rip-offs? this isn’t a real country with ethics and values, you know.

By: Bo Bader

Bo Bader — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:56:48 +0000

Moey and Cajie. Thats what I was saying “as per terms and conditions”. well, Kuwaiti newspapers did copy other people work before and they still do. The problem is not with Eureka or the people who copy those copy protected images, the problem is with Kuwait justice system. When it comes to journalists and people who express their opinion all hell breaks.
I don’t think that Eureka actually hired someone to do it! I looks like they just copy and paste it.

By: someone

someone — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:01:22 +0000

I’m just wondering, don’t we have an authorized Apple dealer in Kuwait?

By: Moey

Moey — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:44:30 +0000

Bo Bader, you are allowed if the user allows you to do so. with the image tag, plus for the last time

EUREKA DID NOT PAY AN AGENCY THEY HAVE AN IN HOUSE DESIGNER, HE DOES IT. THEY APPROVE IT THEN HE SENDS IT TO THE PRESS.

By: cajie

cajie — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:41:55 +0000

Bo Bader,
You should read up on “Creative Commons” licence.
Just because a photo is posted on Flickr or DeviantArt does not automatically make it fair use for commercial purpose. Most of the pictures posted to Flickr are “All rights reserved”, which means they CANNOT be used without proper authorization.
Even if a photo is posted uner “Creative Commons licence”, it has many restrictions.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

By: Bo Bader

Bo Bader — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:50:46 +0000

Check this out:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20896643/

Mark Content posted on Flickr and DeviantART are allowed to be used by others as per the terms and conditions. However, credit should be given to the owner. Unfortunatly, in the Middl East it is a mess. I am wondering how did Eureka got that many iPhone in stock though!

By: SWOS

SWOS — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:22:58 +0000

Karim, hope everyone gets an iPhone, its not like ”i got it first” thingy.. sooner or latter every1 will have it or at least have one in their house its going to be like the iPod.

And i mostly use mine either @ home or work, other than that i don’t like to connect wirelessly.

By: Karim AK

Karim AK — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:15:03 +0000

SWOS, you sound like one of those sad fanboys who bought their iPhone especially so they could sit in Starbux and wave their new toy around to impress the chicks.

Sadly for you, and thanks to Eureka, the agad will soon be brandishing them on every street corner. Lol.

By: SWOS

SWOS — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:10:02 +0000

Karim whats your F problem? stupid kid.

By: Holla

Holla — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:05:46 +0000

there is no way eureka is selling the UNLOCKED iphone legally bc it’s an AT&T exclusive and LOCKED to that network and not even supposed to be available outside the US. also eureka APPROVED the ad so they are just as much to blame as the agency that did it.

are ppl here really that stupid or just arguing for the sake of arguing?
let’s clarify things: eureka is advertising an ILLEGAL product at an EXORBITANT price (even by local standards) using blatantly PALEGERISED and lame materials. it doesn’t get more “typical shitty local advertising” than this.

By: Karim AK

Karim AK — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:04:19 +0000

SWOS, you’re a class A dork dude. Do you really think Apple give 2 shits about a Kuwaiti retailer using a copied piece of art?

LOL….

I can just see it now…..Jobs will jump onto his private jet especially to bust Kuwait’s Eureka, not only for plagiarism but for illegally selling iPhones. He’ll then order the Ministry of Commerce to revoke their retail license and convisgate their 15 iPhones that they are illegally selling for 400 Kd a pop.

Lol….

By: K.TheKuwaiti

K.TheKuwaiti — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:57:49 +0000

I think someone needs to print out the true cost of a apple iphone and unlock and pass it out randomly at Eureka stores .. then call the marketing/sales manager and ask them to explain themselves.

By: SWOS

SWOS — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:52:37 +0000

i tried to contact Apple about this issue but sadly they don’t have an email on their website..just phone numbers…hmmm

By: SWOS

SWOS — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:40:55 +0000

Aziz yup, double checking is always a good idea..at least to make it 100% legal… on the other hand the price makes me laugh LOL