Obamasourcing
Update - October 14:
Obamaspec is getting some heat from the press, finally
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/obama-poster-contest-angers-designers_n_1007868.html
#AntiSpec
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President Obama, using creatives for free work isn’t supporting your “create jobs” campaign
#AntiSpec
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Obama has now decided to promote his jobs bill by making designers work for free.
Gotta love the irony in that, right?
Link: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/artworks-submission
You should tell them your thoughts on this. Contact the Obama Administration through this form. (Be professional tho, don't use profanity)
Spec-work is the biggest threat to our profession, bar none. And now the President of the United States openly supports it.
(Want to note that I have no intentions of using this opportunity for personal gain to get more followers or whatever. As a matter of fact, think I lost a few already, hah!)
Identical post up on Forrst - http://forr.st/~P4y
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EDIT: English is not my first language and I mixed up the terms here.
I have probably confused "Crowdsourcing" with "Outsourcing". (Thanks Kurt)
So I apologize for that. But it's kind of hilarious, you'll have to admit that!
Besides, I'm sure you all get the point ;)