Designer Thieves |
Designer Thieves |
Jul 13 2009, 11:37 PM
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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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Jul 15 2009, 03:54 PM
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Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 |
I don't think he is talking about you, just people in general.
As far as codes go I agree with you since we didn't "invent" the code. |
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Aug 17 2009, 07:23 PM
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Newbie Group: Member Posts: 6 Joined: Aug 2009 Member No: 742,349 |
I don't think he is talking about you, just people in general. As far as codes go I agree with you since we didn't "invent" the code. That's like saying it's okay to steal a piece of writing off someone since they didn't invent the English language. It doesn't matter if we "invented" code we still manipulated tags to do what we want and we own that. I hope that made sense I'm sleepy. As for what to do when you find someone stealing your work, I'd just ask them to take it down and if they say no and they're not making money out of it I wouldn't take it further since it's a waste of time. If you're worried about people thinking your stealing work you could add a disclaimer to the designs in question, saying that you're aware it's been stolen and hopefully people will believe you :) |
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