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Dentsu Utama award win pulled by 4As for plagiarism against UK artist Tom Anders

on Jan 8, 2016 | 0 comments

By Charlotte McEleny

An ad by Malaysia-based agency Dentsu Utama has been pulled from the 4As Kancil Awards after it had won, after UK-based artist Tom Anders accused the agency of plagiarism.

Tom Anders tweeted about the work for the ‘Anti-Poaching’ WWF ad campaign last week, accusing the agency of copying his art. The 4As has responded by disqualifying the winning work.

Hey, @dentsuaegis @WWF I think you may have blatantly copied my design in your award winning poster. pic.twitter.com/2XUTF65CkW

— Tom Anders Watkins (@TomAnders_) December 29, 2015

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Source: The Drum