Stolen Design? Where Did You Get That Idea?

By The Boss on May 6, 2008 | In Expat, Business | 1 feedback »

McTrump ClubBurj al-Arab

Ah! News about the McTrump franchise, you know, that condo project that was all sold out but then needed a capital injection through a bond issue about which little is known. Now it turns out that some kangaroo court in our splendid republic has saved the McTrump illusion from another major setback: The Design Is NOT, we repeat, NOT stolen from the famous Burj Al-Arab hotel in Dubai. Just look at the two pictures: Where would anyone get such an idea? Aren't these two buildings TOTALLY different? Okay, both are shaped after a sail. It looks like one and the same sail. But who says they really are the same sails? Two oceanfront buildings both designed after sails and both in real estate boom locations - this is OBVIOUSLY just a coincidence, no? Anyway, who do these Arabs think they are, accusing a respectable Bananama real estate developer of ripping their design under the leased banner of Donald Trump, we ask you?

The kangaroo court has also ruled that the Arabs can't and shouldn't and won't be allowed to publish anything alleging that McTrump Club (the left pic) is just a pirated copy, a fake Vuitton bag, a cheap, ugly and plump made-in-China rip-off of the elegant Dubai original. So we won't say that either because we deeply respect Bananama's kangaroo courts and our long standing tradition of copyright theft. And the thing will probably never be finished anyway.

Tags: copyright theft, design, donald trump, mctrump condo club, rip-off, stolen, was don winner the architect?
Comment from: gregorio [Visitor]
i'm starting to believe that this building will actually see the light of day. the panamanian real estate promoters can't afford to have their "flagship" project go down the toilet. the rest of the boom projects are always talking about "if the Don builds here, then Panama City condos must be a good investment."

it is interesting to note that quite a number of buyers(speculators) in this project have been trying to flip their contracts to other buyers for a year or more. this building isn't even going to be done for another 2 years.

and, i'm sure that the design idea wasn't stolen. honest panamanian promoters would never engage in any of this kind of funny-business. the two identical designs are just one of those freaky, unexplainable, coincidences that just sometimes happen in life.
05/10/08 @ 16:41

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