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| Le Chuck:
Konkey Dong = Transformative |
| leapinlew:
You can act within the confines of the law and still look pretty foolish. I'm with PBJ, the OP should have contacted the ebay seller without letting the general public know. I created this artwork years ago for a member here, http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,65675 If I saw it for sale, or on machines, so what. I didn't create it to sell. Personally, I would have just moved along. Ain't got no time for that. |
| RandyT:
Not my fight, but anyone who is interested in the legal protections with regard to use of videogame characters, should probably give this a read. |
| pbj:
He took a poster that somebody else made, cropped it, slapped on some logos that aren't his, and wrote the word START using a font he didn't design. ::) |
| 8BitMonk:
--- Quote from: pbj on April 02, 2015, 01:48:37 pm ---He took a poster that somebody else made, cropped it, slapped on some logos that aren't his, and wrote the word START using a font he didn't design. --- End quote --- Spoken like someone with no true design experience. If it was so easy then why didn't the ebay seller just re-create it, then he'd have a hi-res version? Better yet, since it's only a 5 minute job why don't you re-create it and post it here for us to see. ::) :soapbox: The OP took the time to create a unique CP design for personal use which someone then took as-is and tried to sell, that's stealing, period. Equating the OP's use of any copyrighted material in his design, with no intention to sell it, to the ebay sellers actions is a false equivalence with zero merit. Many large game companies actually condone and in fact encourage fan use of copyrighted materials as a way to promote the brand. Again, he never intended to profit from it, the ebay seller did. The assertion that anyone would be flattered by someone stealing their time and talent for their own financial gain or 'hey it's happened to me before so it's no big deal' is ridiculous. The assertion that the design was 'simple' and has no value is ignorant of the value of good design. The ebay seller just snagged the artwork and tried to make a quick buck off both the talents of the OP AND the protected IP. Bottom line, the ebay seller is wrong both morally and legally and the OP's frustrations are completely warranted. |
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