U2 & Taylor Deupree double-take?

Both album covers were inspired by Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, but Taylor blatantly said that U2 was ripping them off. Afterwards, he commented that he shouldn’t have said “ripoff” because that implies intent. And both covers are similar and being based on the same photograph which both parties had legal rights to use, so what’s the beef? Here's the rant, and another resemblance from the Brothomstates cover.

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