Dear Fellow Global Cartoonists,
Discussion on similarity between Dedete 2008 winner cartoon of cartoonist Mahmood Nazari and Aydin Dogan winner cartoon from 1997 of cartoonist Muhsin Omurca took also place and discussed lately in Don Quichotte Cartoon Committee. At the same time DEDETE 2008 organizers decided to cancel Mr. Nazari’s cartoon as the winner of the contest , since this cartoon is discussed in different cartoon related sites around the world.
We’d like to remind once more that ”DQ Cartoon Committee comes out with a conclusion” after discussed reasonably and basically within Committee members and presents this conclusion to global platform just as a ”suggestion.” To take account the conclusion and the point of view of the Committee is absolutely on the hands of related cartoonists, organizations which arrange contests and other related associations. From our side there is neither any kind of pressure nor any kind of attack to personal rights of cartoonists.
Our main target is to have a clear road to cartoon-art, to give a direction to all kind of copying/plagiarism because of the Internet, and to protect ”brain and hand ability” against mentality of commercializing the others cartoons.
Peace you all
Don Quichotte
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Degerli çizerler, mizahseverler..
Bir suredir devam eden, Dedete 2008’de birincilik ödülü kazanan Mahmood Nazari”nin karikatürü ile 1997 yýlýnda “Aydin Dogan” da odul kazanan Muhsin Omurca’nin karikatürünün benzerliði konusundaki tartismalar Don Quichotte Karikatur Komisyonu’nda da degisik ülke mensubu cizerler tarafindan tartisildi. Tartismanin uluslararasi karikatur platformunda degisik karikatur sitelerinde yeralmasiyla yasanan gelismeler sonucu DEDETE 2008 düzenleme komitesi, Mahmood Nazari’nin birincilik ödülünü iptal etti.
Bir kez daha hatirlatmakta yarar var. “DQ Karikatur Komisyonu, grupta kendi aralarinda gundemde olan karikaturle ilgili konulari tartisip nihai bir karar almakta ve bunu “tavsiye” olarak uluslararasi platforma sunmaktadir. Komisyon goruslerinin dikkate alinip alinmamasi konunun muhattabi kisi, kurum veya kuruluslarca degerlendirilir. Bu konuda hicbir yaptirim veya kisisel haklara mudahale soz konusu degildir.
Amacimiz, karikaturun yolunu acmak, internetle gelisen karikatur dunyasinda olasi benzerliklere, kopya veya calinti konularindaki tartismalara bir yon vermek, “Beyin ve el becerisi” yetenegin, ticari boyutu on planda tutan zihniyete karsi mucadelesinde dogru olanin yaninda yer almaktir.
Don Quichotte