Roma and Adidas are reportedly working to fix their new 2023-24 season jerseys after realising they had included a copyright watermark on the design.
The issue was noticed after the presentation of the new kit, which has a design using the ‘Mappa del Falda’ from 1676 of the city of Rome in the background along the numbers.
Footy Headlines pointed out that the watermark was still visible from the Alamy Stock photographs supplier.
According to Il Tempo, Roma and Adidas are rushing to remove the watermark from their kits before they are released to the public.
The report suggests that the blame for the error was not due to the club or Adidas, but rather a third party that provided the Falda map for the design and forgot to remove the watermark.
It seems they took the images of the ancient map of Rome from the Alamy Stock Photo catalogue.