Diddy rips off Pentagram
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- neowe0
so is it a rip when a client wants you to make their site like their competitors and all you do is sit there and wonder to yourself... how do i not rip this? your client told you what to do, your moral dilemmas are preventing them getting what they want all the while the site wide banner image is there, the different but god awful similar corporate blue logo to the upper left, the all caps sans serif font staring back at you, with a light gray footer on the bottom? but you go to sleep easily that night because even though they look similar, you know you didn't just copy the source code, it's your unique creation.... that looks just like 1000's of other sites.
- it staysneowe
- not the same.akrok
- get a backbonedoesnotexist
- akrok0
great, now just say it's a style and you can rip it.
- i don't think you can copyright letter shapes, something about communication / utilityneowe
- font software is what is protected, not the shapes within i believeneowe
- blah. blah.akrok
- fact hurts? education and information both go a long wayneowe
- say hello to my team of lawyers.akrok
- i'm sure diddy's would win vs pentagramneowe
- dopepope0
I don't think it's a rip either in the truest sense. I don't think they were trying to get away with anything here, just mimic a style they thought was cool. You see it a lot actually. One logo mimics another logo on purpose. You saw it a lot in the raver days of the 90s. It's the same idea here. if, because it's an exact style copy, it's a rip, then yeah. But is it a rip in the sense that they thought no one would know where the original came from, then not a rip.
- neowe0
the flip flops drips and slides are all a bit different, the inspiration here is obvious but original work was done outside the inspiration so it's unique, therefore not a rip
- that's probably why the Europeans like itmcmillions
- niceneowe
- i_monk0
neowe is totally right, they don't look anything like each other.
- vitamins0
I'm bothered because it's hard to read.
- neowe0
being told to fuck off by someone typing is more ignorant than believing sean john owes anyone including pentagram an apology
- Dodecahedron0
the first three letters are identical and the 'd' in seduction is now an 'a' in sean.
- monospaced0
^ that change isn't enough to make it original. At first glance they're identical, and the overall treatment, the flourishes and crops and everything, are the same. If it was as simple as a font, it might not be an issue, but this is a modification of a piece that took a lot of hard work to achieve (it seems).
- d_rek0
neowe,
Don't be naive. The intent is quite obvious. Even though they slightly altered the original artwork many of the original qualities remain unchanged. It's an utter and direct rip-off. No discussion. No arguement. The facts speak for themselves.
Now fuck off cunt.
- neowe0
d_rek, how can you say it's "a direct appropriation" the garment says sean jean, the poster says seduction
- akrok0
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it's too close to the original.it's like they sample the song, beats and use half of the lyrics.
- ah..d_rek posted before me. ;-)akrok
- i like how you put that tho.shellie
- :-Dakrokdesign
- d_rek0
neowe,
I think in this case 'rip' = a direct appropriation of the original artwork, which apparently was not authorized or licensed to be used on P. Diddy's apparel.
He ripped that shit the fuck off.
- neowe0
is it ripping when someone else uses similar type? or is the argument here that sean jean likes the seduction and has reduced this type treatment to nearly font status?
a rip would be inserting logos into another's layout or outright plagiarizing the work but as new letters have been made to spell new words...
are you saying no designer has the right to make letters that look like that? that wouldn't be fair, what about all the fonts that look like each other?
heavy inspiration combined with a crybaby mentality
- are you version3? your writing style seems to be similar to his..e-pill
- answer e-pill. it's a valid question.capn_ron
- sure, i'm also hedge and vcr if you ask around enoughneowe
- no i can care less for those nters, im only asking about v3.. is it you?e-pill
- no, actually, i'm none of them, just neoweneowe
- ok not them.. is your name justin?e-pill
- um... no. kinda creepy with the personal questionsneowe
- my name is edd-e, see now its not creepy. so..e-pill
- maybe this is easier for you.. hi im edd-e.. what is your name?edd-e
- dbloc0
Doodie
- dbloc0
idiot
- brandelec0
take that take that