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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 268 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 569,515 ![]() |
was wondering lately i've seen designs that look very similiar to other designs so i was wondering, what is the best thing to do when you catch someone stealing your material/ideas/codes/designs or structures for their own uses or sites?
what if they are using your stuff but credit you? what if they are using your stuff and alter the credits? what if they are using your stuff and remove the credits? **normally i email them or comment on the site and tell them to take it off or i'll talk to their hosting services xD that's the best i got, and if their ashamed of what they did, they put the credits up or completely change everything before next sunrise. some are rude enough to slander & object the claim when clearly the material is stolen. |
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#2
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 ![]() |
If they are stealing you exact design, or your code and you have actual proof and its something that actually took time then yes you can email them and ask them to remove and about 50 percent of people will comply.
But in my opinion there is no such thing as stealing code. A code is a code. |
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#3
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![]() Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 ![]() |
I spam them with gay porn
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![]() Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 ![]() |
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![]() Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 ![]() |
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#6
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 268 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 569,515 ![]() |
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#7
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 1,574 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 555,438 ![]() |
I just don't care.
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#8
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 268 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 569,515 ![]() |
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#9
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![]() Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 ![]() |
Only if your in there with him.
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#10
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![]() Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 ![]() |
harhar
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 268 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 569,515 ![]() |
xDDDDD LOL THATS THE FUNNISH SH!T EVA
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#12
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 ![]() |
Yeah, I'm going to move this elsewhere.
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#13
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,435 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 506,205 ![]() |
^ I do exactly what you do. But most of the times, it isn't my stuff that's being taken, it's usually Gabi's or some other designer on here, so I just bitch those people out for them. My stuff has been stolen so many times that I don't even care anymore. I actually got a few of those nasty myspace layout sites that are made up of all stolen content shut down for a bit, but it's really not worth the time. The sites that steal from me usually don't even have ways to contact them besides Myspace. Cowards. ![]() |
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#14
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 268 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 569,515 ![]() |
my fame and reputation xD
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![]() DDR \\ I'm Dee :) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 ![]() |
^ As strange as your post is, I can understand. There have been plenty of times that a person will claim credit for something they didn't design, and when the designer steps in and tries to get them to stop it gets ugly. The person who took the design can fight and claim it's theirs and the real designer could lose credibility.
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#16
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,665 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,364 ![]() |
If an art piece from a museum can be stolen, a digital artwork can be stolen too.
I wouldn't mind though, if someone took my design, and improved it to make it look much better. But crediting would still be required. o_O |
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#17
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![]() (′ ・ω・`) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 ![]() |
well, i once saw one of my vectors used in some cell phone theme (lol) on deviantart without any credits to me at all. nothing in the description actually. and so i sent a report to dA.
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#18
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 1,574 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 555,438 ![]() |
If you post your work on a site where it's free to take then you need to accept the fact that people are going to steal your work and there's nothing you can legally do about it.
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#19
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 268 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 569,515 ![]() |
If an art piece from a museum can be stolen, a digital artwork can be stolen too. I wouldn't mind though, if someone took my design, and improved it to make it look much better. But crediting would still be required. o_O thats what i'm saying too, BUT WHAT IF THEY DON'T CREDIT YOU AT ALL, not even for the idea, base, template, texture, inspiration, etc. what do you do THEN? |
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#20
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,019 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 653,768 ![]() |
If you post your work on a site where it's free to take then you need to accept the fact that people are going to steal your work and there's nothing you can legally do about it. i'll make a big fuss and make sure that other people are a miserable as me because i'm upset :( :( :( |
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#21
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 1,574 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 555,438 ![]() |
i'll make a big fuss and make sure that other people are a miserable as me because i'm upset :( :( :( Steven makes a great point. You're acting like babies. If people don't credit it you at all then it's your own damn fault. You need to force people to credit you by using water marks or by placing comments in the code. |
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#22
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 ![]() |
haha, watermarks...
Im sorry, but do you know how many things I have used after taking off the credit. It isnt illegal! Even if it is rude, it isnt illegal. Taking content off of a website, maybe but removing the credit from a myspce layout? psh... But I havent ever redistributed content or claimed it as my own. |
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#23
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![]() Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 ![]() |
Plus, if they're smart enough, they can just change the image and/or the coding too...
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#24
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,019 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 653,768 ![]() |
Or you can do a better job with the watermark or signature and make it look butchered without it there.
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#25
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![]() Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 ![]() |
haha, watermarks... Im sorry, but do you know how many things I have used after taking off the credit. It isnt illegal! Even if it is rude, it isnt illegal. Taking content off of a website, maybe but removing the credit from a myspce layout? psh... But I havent ever redistributed content or claimed it as my own. Or you could acquire some talent. |
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