The gist of this being that Hipster Runoff borrowed one of Kyle's photos for the sake of his art. The above ensued. Photographers should be credited. But there is something admirable in the man who receives a notification that he is in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright ...

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http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/12/hipster_runoff.php

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http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/hipster-runoff-thought-it-would-be-chill-use-copyrighted-photo-which-then-itself-becomes-meme/

UGH

"Stage combat" is a "skill"

Carles responds! Funnie as ever!

"Bro,

It seems better for both of our careers if you continue to throw lil twitter fits about our ordeal. I feel like the more coverage we can get, the more famous+successful we have the opportunity to be. I am excited about getting coverage from the Village Voice (used to read that one on the subway before it was a blog) and the Daily Swarm.

I feel like we should not worry about the photographs any more, because we created something more valuable than the pictures of the band--we created a bloggable new story. It seemed like your biggest concern was making sure that the members of the XX and their management team still trusted you, and would utilize you, enabling you to stay close to the music + able to remain bros with the band in some capacity. I feel like at this point, it is something that every one could laugh off, or you could just blame it on me, saying something like, "That guy is a renegade. I hate that guy" if they took any offense

Please feel free to leak our email conversation to the Village Voice or another outlet that will help us to establish our brands in the alternative scene. I have heard numerous stories that you submit and tweet your photos to numerous outlets, so I honestly feel like this is 'best case scenario' since your brand is probably 5x to 10x stronger now.

Let me know if you have any strategies about how we can make this situation have even better outcomes.

Bros4life,
Carles