Harold Thomas, the Territory man who designed the Aboriginal flag says he stopped online behemoth Google from using it because they were “disrespectful” in the way they approached him.
Google planned to use a drawing of the flag as part of its redesigned logo to mark Australia Day.
The design, depicting the letters of Google as Australian animals against a night sky with the Aboriginal flag forming one O (seen below in all it’s glory), was created by 11-year-old Jessie Du from NSW, who won a competition to feature on the Google homepage.

Those racist Google cunts caused an online furore when it posted the design – without the Aboriginal flag.
This week Harold Thomas, who lives in Darwin’s rural area, said negotiations “just broke down” over his copyright to the flag.
“I’d be tickled pink to have Google use my design on their logo,” he said, holding out his freakishly white looking hand.

“It’s customary for anybody using it in a commercial situation to (pay) a fee component – how the fuck else do you think I paid for my rolls?

“It’s not about what I wanted. It’s about the process. The process and the bitches man!
“The prizes had been issued before I’d been contacted – that put me on the back foot, in a defensive manner. That, and I was drunk at the time, give me a break!
“They were just niggling and did not want to respect me as an artist. You can’t just throw around the “N” word all you like, I need to be respected bro, like Jay-Z.
“They didn’t make me an appropriate offer.”
He said he was later offered “a pittance” but would not say how much.
Google public relations manager Annie Baxter said the company refuted Mr Thomas’s claims, and that “any other of those fuckers would jump at a goon bag and $3- worth of unleaded”
“Knowing that the flag was copyright, it was imperative to us that we had the copyright holder’s permission before displaying it on the homepage,” she said.
“While we were hopeful that we would be able to show Jessie’s beautiful image in its original form, unfortunately we weren’t able to reach an agreement with the copyright holder, despite definite efforts to do so.”
Although she would not say how much Google eventually offered Mr Thomas, a reliable source has revealed that it was more than the customary goon bag and fuel.
At this point, all I’m hoping is that my lawyers will sort out Mr Thomas so that I don’t have to pay him any fucking cash!