Ripoff?
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Speaking of things that aren't a rip. Someone emailed me last night from a masked address, and had apparently seen my work linked on design and design.com or some other place. They claimed the work shown there (and thus, the work on my website) wasn't designed by me, but by some other firm. Called it a rip-off. I can only assume they meant my former employer. This is funny because they somehow have seen my old employer's site as well as mine, but apparently did not know I used to work there, and/or didn't read the project descriptions on my site where everything is clearly credited, even down to the photographer and writer for each job.
I suspect this person either (a) works at my former studio or (b) is a friend/client/vendor of someone there, because that firm's work isn't very widely circulated online—they haven't updated their site in a long time. Otherwise, I'm not sure who else would notice or care.
Anyway, this person ended their email with "karma is a bitch, dude." If by karma they mean what goes around comes around, then they're absolutely right. Sending harrassing emails and threatening people with ill-informed claims (all while hiding behind a masked email address) will surely come back to bite them in the ass—one way or another.
I freaked out at first, but then remembered they're dead wrong and didn't even have the balls to reveal themselves. I slept soundly after that.