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- blaw0
If they're not really threatening each others business then whats the hurt?
vectorbug
(Jan 4 06, 09:24)----
so it's cool if i use your illustration 'thegirl' for a cd jacket or something? it wouldn't be competing with you.
- mrdobolina0
How direct are these companies competing? If they're not really threatening each others business then whats the hurt? Their site is obviously not as well put together as yours so its not like anyone would worry you did the faux site.
I wish I knew what it was like to be copied. I'm not nearly that good.
vectorbug
(Jan 4 06, 09:24)a vector animation I did got ripped and popped up on photodisc, got the guy banned from photodisc because of it.
The big deal is that left unchecked this type of shit will happen more often.
protect yo neck
- jevad0
bloody hell!
tha balls!
- vectorbug0
so it's cool if i use your illustration 'thegirl' for a cd jacket or something? it wouldn't be competing with you.
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Yes, I'm not in the cd jacket designing business.
- JazX0
that's the messed up part, they are directly competing. not only was the site ripped, but more so the business model, product naming conventions, product copy, the whole nine
shilohous
(Jan 4 06, 09:27)lolz, that's what I mean. call a lawyer
- mrdobolina0
fuck calling a lawyer, they will charge you to write a cease and desist notice.
And the outcome will be the same if you just have the boss contact them directly.
- horton0
so it's cool if i use your illustration 'thegirl' for a cd jacket or something? it wouldn't be competing with you.
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Yes, I'm not in the cd jacket designing business.
vectorbug
(Jan 4 06, 09:46)vectorbug that is BS.
i got zero respect for anyone calling themselves a designer or artist or whatever and turning a blind-eye to this kind of plagiarism.
you are obviously not a professional.
- Point50
so it's cool if i use your illustration 'thegirl' for a cd jacket or something? it wouldn't be competing with you.
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Yes, I'm not in the cd jacket designing business.
vectorbug
(Jan 4 06, 09:46)
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*rips illo
- horton0
and anybody who replies with some kind of comparison to the music industry and sampling and blahblahblah can f-off. totally irrelevant.
- vectorbug0
vectorbug that is BS.
i got zero respect for anyone calling themselves a designer or artist or whatever and turning a blind-eye to this kind of plagiarism.
you are obviously not a professional.
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In that case I take it back. If you really want to make an impact on their business, I will personally contact them for you, pro bono.
Seriously though, if you guys want to use my art, I'm cool with it, I make enough money at my job that I would be delighted if someone else used my artwork in a mass production kind of way.
I mean, lets say you use my art for a CD jacket, that just means the CD jacket is going to ROCK. If not, and some how you manage to make the cd jacaket not rock despite my awesome art being placed on it, then what do I care? I'd feature it on my site next to the original artwork probably.
But thats besides the point. Get your friend/client to contact their competition and get them to rethink their direction. Then redesign your friend/clients site so that its 100x better only this time, charge money because it sucks to do websites for free because then you have to do all the upkeep and deal with their FTP stuff and its usually over the phone when they don't know what they're doing but insist on doing it themselves, not to mention the million revisions that they're not paying for.
- jakeyj0
why quirks mode?
and vectorbug, its a different story if you know somebody is using your work and YOU GIVE THEM PERMISSION.
- digilee0
Let the company know of this :
http://web.archive.org/web/20050…
and that there is no record of their "borrowed" version -
http://web.archive.org/web/*/fla…
Mention that their 'designer' copied your designs and that considering your has been online for nearly a year that they should cease and desist before you take the matter further.
they even use the same code and style sheet -
link rel="stylesheet" href="bbb.css"
script language="JavaScript"
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var theImages = new Array()theImages[0] = 'images/001.jpg'
theImages[1] = 'images/002.jpg'
theImages[2] = 'images/003.jpg'
theImages[3] = 'images/004.jpg'
theImages[4] = 'images/005.jpg'etc
- pagepapa0
my first contribution of 2006 :
Dear Sir/Madam:
This law firm acts as litigation counsel for ( Your name here) [Omit if not legal counsel]
We have been advised that you are advertising, marketing, displaying and otherwise disseminating what you characterize as a ( insert website description here) (the ?Website?).
Your activities in this regard constitute actionable violations of (Your name here)'s rights of copyright, privacy and publicity. Additionally, we are advised that the Website was 9misappropriated / stolen / used without permission 0 and as such, you may be trafficking in stolen merchandise.
We hereby demand that you: (1) immediately cease and desist from advertising, marketing, displaying and disseminating the Website; (2) disclose in writing by no later than[ Two weeks from send date] the identity of the person or persons from whom you obtained the Website
Unless you immediately and fully comply with the foregoing demand, our client will pursue her legal options against you, including, but not limited to, the commencement of an action for violations of Copyright and referral of the matter to the appropriate authorities.
Nothing contained herein or omitted herefrom shall be deemed to be a waiver of any of our [client?s] rights at law or in equity, all such rights being expressly reserved.
Very truly yours,