I thought this said a whole lot in a very few words.
Oh, and here I thought you were talking about me.
That is a nice poster, too.
Nice.
Hah, yes my reaction was somewhat similar; “Which nice poster? What did he do?”
Nice, thank you.
No kidding - I feel like the guy who get’s out of his chair to accept the Oscar right as they announce someone else’s name. I mean COME ON, who esle could it have been?!
Glad you notified us all of the original. Knowing it came from Russia helps put it in the proper context, and to me makes it more moving actually.
I guess people feel like they can take anyone’s image and slap a demotivational slogan on it nowadays without regard for copyright.
Oh, I only knew about it because Neil Gaiman tweeted the link. (My twitter’s blown up about an article on WSJ about YA literature and people are getting feisty.) I didn’t mean to sound snide, but I thought people would want to know the artist, since the feeling he wanted to create is one, I think, all dopers would appreciate.
Missed it by that much.
Serious question though, why is this on the demotivational poster site?
Hmm, not me, either. Drat. That is a great poster. I also laughed out loud at the demotivational one - why are we getting bent out of shape about that one, again?
YES.
To both versions.
That is all.
Both posters are good. I don’t get the outrage aabout putting an English phrase on a Russian poster.
Well, it’s a facile caption and it’s not the captioner’s to use. A russian artist made the poster, took the time to imagine it, draw it and caption it and someone steals the image and slaps a new caption on it as if that gives them creative control.
The caption only works because you can understand the sentiment and depth behind the original artist’s work. It’s sort of like L.H.O.O.Q.. No one looks at that and assumes that Duchamp is trying to take credit for the Mona Lisa.
Name-dropper! 
I’m sure a mustache on the mona lisa is all the comfort the original artist requires.
My favorite part is the watermark on the demotivational image. No one better steal what they’ve already stolen.
As far as the message goes–it’s great. As one who can read Russian, I also understood the graffiti on the wall; and that helps to hammer home that the overwhelming message is what’s important.
I won’t comment on the intellectual property issue.
Can you translate what it says? Other than the “fuck you” in English, of course.
The photo you were looking for no longer exists.