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Emerging Kerala logo - why steal it?

The beautiful Emerging Kerala  logo is illustrated by Gina Mikel  who is based in Missouri, USA. But the creative agency supporting Kerala government's path breaking initiative , stole the design and only chose to pay when questioned by her. It's not the first time that Kerala government is mired in such issues. Please check my earlier post on Kerala Tourism campaign . Illustration of bird flying  -  http://www.scientificillustrator.com/illustration/bird/bird.html Note by illustrator - Note regarding the Emerging Kerala controversy: I've been receiving quite a bit of correspondence about this. In summary, I was contacted in April 2012 by someone who let me know that the image (to the left) was being used by the Emerging Kerala organizers. I then contacted the organizers through their website to express my concern (that I had not been notified in advance of the usage, had not been paid for usage, etc.) They forwarded my contact information to their design fir