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21/07/2008
Orange Order's Dan In Copyright Wrangle
With this year's Twelfth celebrations being billed more than ever as a family festival, the Orange Order's new cartoon mascot, Diamond Dan, (pictured) was set to be a central icon that leaders of the organisation hoped would help to transform their formerly sectarian image into something more family and tourist friendly.
Dan has already featured on the Order's Christmas cards and was unveiled in his full superhero glory just before last week's 12 July marches commemorating the Battle of the Boyne, with souvenir fridge magnets and notebooks.
But now Dan appears to have fallen foul of copyright law, with another Dan, Dan Bailey - a designer from Essex - posting a similar image on iStockphoto.com, one of the world's digital libraries.
He said its graphics cannot be used for commercial purposes without a licence and has provoked a new kind of Orange controversy.
Diamond Dan was created as part of the re-branding of Orangeism aimed at attracting tourists from abroad to participate in what has become known as 'Orangefest'.
Named after one of its founding members, Dan Winter, Diamond Dan - Diamond referring to the Institution's formation at the Diamond, Loughgall, in 1795 - began to spread the 'good word' of the Order in the run-up to the marching season.
Speaking at the character's unveiling earlier this year, Orange Order education officer David Scott said the character, developed to appeal to young people, was meant to represent the true values of the Order.
(BMcC)
Dan has already featured on the Order's Christmas cards and was unveiled in his full superhero glory just before last week's 12 July marches commemorating the Battle of the Boyne, with souvenir fridge magnets and notebooks.
But now Dan appears to have fallen foul of copyright law, with another Dan, Dan Bailey - a designer from Essex - posting a similar image on iStockphoto.com, one of the world's digital libraries.
He said its graphics cannot be used for commercial purposes without a licence and has provoked a new kind of Orange controversy.
Diamond Dan was created as part of the re-branding of Orangeism aimed at attracting tourists from abroad to participate in what has become known as 'Orangefest'.
Named after one of its founding members, Dan Winter, Diamond Dan - Diamond referring to the Institution's formation at the Diamond, Loughgall, in 1795 - began to spread the 'good word' of the Order in the run-up to the marching season.
Speaking at the character's unveiling earlier this year, Orange Order education officer David Scott said the character, developed to appeal to young people, was meant to represent the true values of the Order.
(BMcC)
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