Diplo Criticized for Stealing GIF, Accused of Misogyny, Gets in Twitter Fight With Portishead’s Geoff Barrow
Yesterday, Diplo shared a teaser for the remix of Jack Ü’s “Take Ü There” featuring Missy Elliott on Snapchat, the insta-messaging platform. It featured a GIF of a house in motion. But Rebecca Mock, the artist behind the GIF, never gave her permission for it to be used. She engaged in a Twitter back-and-forth with Diplo, who attempted to retroactively credit her on Instagram. The conversation got heated, as you can see below.
.@diplo has shared one of my .gifs as background art for his music w/out asking me. my work isn’t your clip art dude. don’t sample my gif.
— Rebecca Mock (@rebeccamock) February 11, 2015
@rebeccamock can’t really credit U on snapchat – was recording a webpage I was on but i put it on Instagram w your @ in the comments
— Taylor Spliff (@diplo) February 11, 2015
@vnspokentrvth @rebeccamock @messmastermike I’m available for a lawsuit
— Taylor Spliff (@diplo) February 11, 2015
@jjsteeves i credited her what u want me to do ? Eat her out and massage her boobs at the same time as well
— Taylor Spliff (@diplo) February 11, 2015
@jjsteeves @Nicest_Girl_Evr @rebeccamock I hope u guys all become millionaires off gif lawsuits #respectartisty #icantbreath #Kony2012
— Taylor Spliff (@diplo) February 11, 2015
Diplo continued to make fun of the situation throughout the day, even as he was accused of misogyny for his comments. He also got into a fight with Portishead’s Geoff Barrow:
The post that started it all:
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