I'm Paying You With This Picture of a Spider ...

Hah. I would've let him pay it with that picture.
... Maybe not. I'd get fired.

That made my day.
Especially how the guy sent the picture back.
Twice.

Maybe I can try that with my christian loan shark. Only in Arkansas!

Seeing as how money is created from nothing and has an arbitrary value assigned to it, this should have been pushed to the point of Jane's company taking him to court, I would have loved to seen the precedent set for paying bills with pieces of art. :)

Was anyone else reminded of the old Saturday Night Live skit where Jon Lovitz (as Pablo Picasso) keeps trying this?

I would buy that spider and the story if I could! :)

Funny, but the guy's a dick.

Maybe the company just doesn't like spiders. Bunnies might have been a better choice.

At least it's better than the guy earlier this week who tried to pay his bar tab with chewing gum wrappers.

I think I'll try that with my creditors. I told them I was disabled and couldn't work, so they told me to stop being lazy and get to work. Never answered the phone when they called again. I think I'll draw a bunny eating a clover, how does that sound? I can post pics when I'm done. I'll tell them it'll be worth millions once I make it big in web design. Yeah, that sounds good.

That's not a spider: it's a potato with a face and seven 'sort of' legs.
A proper drawing would distinguish the cephalothorax and abdomen.
So, the drawing is maybe rejected because it's not one of a spider?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190265903424

Brilliant!

It might have worked if he was the artist Gavin Turk...

Tea Stain
2004
Edition of 1000, signed, numbered and dated
Tea on Somerset paper
14 7/8 x 11 3/16 in. (37.8 x 28.4 cm)
Each work is unique
£75 + VAT (unframed)

http://www.artshole.co.uk/exhibitions/feb%2026%2004/WHITE%20CUBE%20EDITIONS%20GAVIN%20TURK%20Tea%20Stain.htm

This is, without a doubt, one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Saw this via digg.... AWESOME!

@4
Just say it was made with recycled electrons that were once within a bank's computer system.

You can tell this guy doen't have any money because of the time that he put into this, so I would like to see creditors forgive the debt, and move one.

That was THE BEST! I wonder what the bill was for?

That's so amazing

THAT WAS GREAT!!

this made me laugh so hard that i hurt. hilarious. "jane" is obviously impaired for letting this fine art slip through her fingers. ya blew it!

The exchange b/w the Company & the Spider Artist is HILARIOUS!

Here's what I sent to a friend when I first heard about the spider-guy:

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She says, in the e-mail from 11:03 a.m., Oct 10, 2008: "Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the e-mail you sent me..."

To which he should have immediately replied:

Excuse me? You copied it? I am appalled at your unequivocal admission that you have infringed my copyright in this drawing of a spider, and I intend to seek whatever legal or equitable remedies may be available. Title 17 of the United States Code will elaborate:

"Section 102. Subject matter of copyright: In general

"(a) Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories:[...]

"(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works....."

So U.S.C. Title 17, Section 102 (a) (5) confirms that I do, in fact own the copyright and you did not have the right to copy it. Section 504 tells us what remedies may be available:

"504. Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits

"(a) In General. — Except as otherwise provided by this title, an infringer of copyright is liable for either —

"(1) the copyright owner's actual damages and any additional profits of the infringer, as provided by subsection (b); or

"(2) statutory damages, as provided by subsection (c)."

As my actual damages and your profits would be difficult if not impossible to accurately measure (my own emotional distress over this matter cannot be overstated), I turn to subsection (c) for what statutory damages are available:

"(c) Statutory Damages. —

"(1) [...]the copyright owner may elect, at any time before final judgment is rendered, to recover, instead of actual damages and profits, an award of statutory damages for all infringements involved in the action ... in a sum of not less than $750 or more than $30,000 as the court considers just."

So it seems that by freely admitting that you copied my drawing of a spider, you have admitted your civil liability for the tort of copyright infringement, as a remedy for which I am entitled to a sum of not less than $750.

So it now appears that your company owes me, at a minimum, $750. As I owe your company $233.95, I anticipate receipt of a check from you in the amount of $516.05.

Your prompt attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.

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The Raymond Delauney Emails are similar but funnier.

http://entertainment.aol.co.uk/the-raymond-delauney-emails/article/20071016130509990002

I looked at the Raymond Delauney page and thought it was weak. I think 'John' above must be 'Raymond Delauney' trying to plug his own stuff. His stuff just seems to try to hard to be funny while David Thorne seems to be natural with his wit.