India’s Twitterverse was abuzz when some people noticed that a recent promo by the Indian Ministry of Culture featured the JS-17, a jet that was jointly developed by both Pakistan and China. In trying to find the original video from the official account of the Ministry of Culture, it appears the original tweet has been deleted.
But thank God for Twitter.
What’s interesting is how a few publications in India have tried to play down the embarrassment by claiming the jets were Chinese.
A simple online search reveals that the JF-17 was jointly developed by Pakistan and China, since 2007. Moreover, the primary user of the aircraft is the Pakistan Air Force since well it was developed for them.
Representatives of the Indian government said that it was an unintentional mistake because the JF-17 looked similar to India’s Tejas light combat aircraft. So basically, this also qualifies as copyright infringement because not only did they feature an aircraft that wasn’t theirs, they also used an image without consent. Chore kay bachay.
Let’s just let the people of India bitch out their ministry. We don’t need to get involved.
Lesson to everyone: don’t be lazy.
Apparently, we’ve done something similar?
According to India publications, back in March 2011 the Pakistan Navy issued a full-page advertisement, which appeared in several Pakistani newspapers and it featured “the Indian Navy’s Delhi, Godavari and Talwar-class warships for the Aman-11 multi-national exercise.”
And it seems like it’s true…
