Nonprofit superhero violates copyright

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If you're familiar with the Protestant/Catholic tensions in Northern Ireland, you've probably heard of the Orange Order, the region's oldest Protestant fraternal organization. Recently it has been working hard to move past its fractious sectarian image by promoting charity and community--in part with the aim of promoting local tourism & marketable merch. One emblem of this effort: the creation of a new Orange Order superhero, Diamond Dan.


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Unfortunately for the Lodge Diamond Dan has continued to be a "talking point", just not in the way they expected. As the Belfast Telegraph, Diamond Dan has a not-so-secret origin: as a graphic available for license on iStockphoto.

According to the Telegraph, now that the the Order knows its hero was a rip, it intends to obtain the requisite rights.


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