Cand a aparut Smiley? / Smiley-history-EN

 Pentru prima data galbena” fata zambitoare ” apare  in 1960,iar in 1963 Harvey R. Ball  este insarcinat cu design-ul lui Smiley   Worcester,Massachusetts,U.S.A  ,firma de asigurari,ca freelance artist ,pentru a fi folosit in felicitari ,jocuri electronice si postere.

 Din pacate Harvey R.Ball a decedat in 2001 ,la varsta de 79 ani.Niciodata nu si-a revendicat dreptul de autor si niciodata nu a folosit imaginea Smiley,imagine creata de el.

 David Stern of David Stern Inc,Seattle, a cerut Dreptul de autor,  pretinzand ce el l-a creat pe Smiley in 1967 intr-o  campanie pentru Washington Mutual,insa la vremea aceea nu s-a gandit sa ceara Dreptul de autor.

 Grafic,Smiley a fost popularizat in 1970, de doi frati Murray si Bernard Spain, pe cesti de cafea,tricouri si multe alte produse care purtau sloganul ”Have a happy day!”,slogan conceput de Gyula Bogar.

 In 1971 ,un afacerist francez,Franklin Loufrani,si-a insusit dreptul de autor creand ”Smiley World” pentru a vinde si licentia fata zambitoare in Europa.

In 1999,Ball creaza  World Smile Corporation si licentiaza fata zambitoare pentru  cauze caritabile.

Smiley implineste 26 ani in Septembrie anul acesta,fiind cea mai populara ,,fata galbena ”pe internet!

                                                                                                       

          Smiley, smiley face, or happy face the very earliest known examples of the graphic are attributed to Harley Ball,who devised the face in 1963 for a Worchester -Massachusetts,USA,insurance firm.Ball never made any profit for the iconic image.

       David Stern of David Stern Inc.-Seattle,also claimed to have invented the smiley,he did not think to trademark it

      The graphic was popularized in the early 1970s by a pair of brothers, Murray and Bernard Spain, who seized upon it in a campaign to sell novelty items.

       The smiley has become an essential of Internet culture,he is 26 yers old in September this year!