Google Offers Illustrators Opportunity To Work For Free
Google recently annoyed dozens of illustrators when it approached them about contributing art to the new Google Chrome browser. The artists would receive exposure as compensation for their work- and nothing else. From the NY Times:
In the first quarter of this year alone, Google reported profits of $1.42 billion, an increase of 8 percent over the same period last year.
In a statement responding to questions, Google said that the project was modeled after a similar one last year for iGoogle, a personalized home page, where artists and companies (including Jeff Koons, Bob Dylan and Gucci) contributed images to be used as skins.
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