Shia LaBeouf has a plagiarism problem. Well, he doesn’t seem to think it’s much of a problem, but the artistic community does. Most notably, LaBeouf got busted for ripping off graphic novelist Daniel Clowes after a short film he made bore an uncanny resemblance to one of Clowes’ works. His apology tweets to Clowes were reportedly ripped off as well.
A Clowes representative recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to LaBeouf’s lawyer accusing LaBeouf of further plagiarism and “improper and outlandish conduct directed at Mr. Clowes and his works.” For his fans’ reading pleasure, LaBeouf posted the letter on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/thecampaignbook/status/420931951462477824 http://twitter.com/#!/thecampaignbook/status/420931993946558464Apparently, that letter was the last straw for LaBeouf, who tweeted this early this morning:
http://twitter.com/#!/thecampaignbook/status/421577950342160384Say it ain’t so!
http://twitter.com/#!/thecampaignbook/status/421577992734015488He’ll certainly be missed. Not by us, but there’s gotta be somebody out there who’ll miss him … right?
Hey, found one!
http://twitter.com/#!/coco_ess/status/421661562424668160The Shia LaBeouf Fan Club is a lonely, lonely place.
http://twitter.com/#!/WarrenHolstein/status/421661886069743616 http://twitter.com/#!/pbaladad/status/421660626964848640 http://twitter.com/#!/BecketAdams/status/421660332898000897 http://twitter.com/#!/pbonewell/status/421659106114813952