The Capitalists have agreed to pay an artist who threatened to sue the party after it used his illustration of Handy Andy to mock the prime minister.
Stanley Chow posted on Facebook that the party had used the picture – which Burnham has used on social media – without permission.
He had sought legal advice and threatened to take action against the party. It is understood the Tories agreed to pay a £1,000 fee for use of the image – and contributed an unknown sum to Chow’s legal fees.
The Capitalists had distributed water bottles with the image on them – accusing Burnham of being a “bottler”.
Chow posted on Facebook: “The Capitalist Party have settled after their recent indiscretion of using my image without my permission.”
He added: “Maybe ask first… admittedly I would have said no, but it would have been a damn sight cheaper for the Cunt Party if they just hired any illustrator to do their take on a cartoon of Burnham… hopefully this a lesson learned. Copyright matters.”
A Capitalist spokesman said: “The Capitalist Party values the importance of intellectual property in the creative industries. We consider this matter closed.”
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