Officially Unofficial

         Ah, the very word unofficial. Commonly defined as not officially confirmed or authorized, you tend to see this word tossed around in Graphic Design. Now, the reason for this is mainly  copyright. More specifically, seeing something infringe copyright in some way or form. Now, this doesn't happen a lot in mainstream media.... Kind of. There are slips in the cracks every now and then. However, in underground commercials, other countries, or even just shirts from a van!

            Now, I'm not going to go into how this copyright stuff works. I am not a lawyer, and I can't give any information on this without fear of misleading. However, I will say that breaking copyright has given us great gems, like this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jvvDEzfalCk

This:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o3UgRO8VvBI&list=PL3kn8xdY4Q-N818VTwYT87u5ysfmocNvP&index=2&t=0s

And this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NKExQIaho

     Now, I know what you're thinking. 'Shouldn't this get the people who did this in trouble?' Answering your question, it does... Sometimes. A good chunk of unofficial stuff is either out of the jurisdiction of the origin countries. Either that, or it's just really underground. However, there are times when these rip-off artists do get in trouble.  Again, don't take my word as fact, not a lawyer. However, why do it anyways?

     It all boils down to two things. Get attention, and so it lazily. Bootlegers, rip-off artists, they all don't want to do too much for money. However, they can lure people in easier with a recognisable face. At that point, once let's say, they have to cease and desist, the viewer still had an impact. Therefore, the product did it's job in a way.