*RESOLVED* need some input on a stolen control panel design...

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shponglefan:

--- Quote from: 8BitMonk on April 02, 2015, 03:22:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: jennifer on April 02, 2015, 03:15:19 pm --- That's the most ridicules, convoluted statement ever to grace these forums.... The Ebay guy has just as much rights to it as the OP.

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You're right, they both have the same right to it which is...wait for it... neither of them can legally sell it. Thanks for proving my point Jennifer.

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Technically, the OP shouldn't being using copyrighted character art/fonts/logos/etc, personal use or no. Just because a company doesn't explicitly sue him for it, doesn't mean it's legal.

Personal use is not a license to break copyright.

Gatsu:

--- Quote from: jennifer on April 02, 2015, 10:20:21 pm --- Whatever, Im not inflamed, In fact could care less about your big "Problem".... The real tragedy here is you will Still go through life with the mentality that its yours.

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I'm sorry that's what you decided to take from the post. It honestly wasn't what I meant at all.

Let me try to explain it again.

I was NOT mad that the guy was selling a print of something I put together. (time it took, skill level involved, materials used are irrelevant) You assumed that because I said the design was mine, that I actually believed that all of its contents were 100% mine and no one could do anything with it unless I gave them express legal consent. Not true at all. I know I don't "own" it in the full legal sense (or in any sense depending on who you ask. I'm no lawyer, don't want to be.) I made the statement "it's mine" and meant that it was something I put together. Admittedly I could have worded it better. But I was not mad or upset about the situation at all. Nowhere in my post did I say it was a crisis or a major issue, nor that I was entitled to some kind of legal acknowledgment or compensation. Granted the title of the post could have been worded better as well. I admit those oversights.

I asked for input because I was curious to know if there was anything that could be done IF the guy got ornery about it. I would NOT have been upset if there wasn't. And life would have moved on. If you thought, that I thought it was a crisis or a major deal...that is what is unfortunate. Because again...was not what I meant.

I ASKED the guy nicely to remove the item. I explained to him that I designed the layout for a friends personal project. (again. Time it took, skill level involved, and materials used are irrelevant, legality or legality of it all aside as well). The guy said that was cool, he understood, and removed the item. And that was that. I DID NOT THREATEN or in any way convey to him that I thought I was the soul legal lord/master/owner of it and that he was stealing a priceless amazing and original creation, nor that I was entitled to some kind of compensation or acknowledgement. YOU decided to assume that. Basically it was just "hey I made this design a while back for a friend. Could you please not use it?"

And that is all. Nothing more....nothing less.

What the thread turned into....was a mass of assumptions and inflammatory comments. Granted there were some constructive and well thought out. Some not so much.

Now. The legality or illegality of it all doesn't matter in the end. I KNOW the design isn't original, didn't take much time to throw together in photoshop, and used elements that were not crafted from scratch, most found via a google image search. So...all of the fun comments pointing that out were not necessary. I know how I put it together...and others here on the forum are intelligent enough and have been around long enough to know all of that. AND there are plenty of designers and artists on this forum and out there in the wild that can and have done much better than what I can do on my best day.

So that's it. For reals yo. For reals.

jennifer:
Just supposing for a minute Jenn would care about this, I would get that, because that's basically what started you off... However why would you care what he does with it? Up to and including turning a profit? That's HIS business, wrong (If you look at any arcade art site FAC) But That's HIS problem. NOT yours. So your intention here is to police the web for eternity looking for violators on something that you gave away anyway? .... You CANNOT have it both ways.

Gatsu:
My level of care was just enough that I asked him if he wouldn't use it. I was curious. It's not every day you see something you put together (again...time involved, blah blah irrelevant) end up on ebay. Original or not, legal or not. I thought it was funny, and just thought I'd ask him if he wouldn't use it. No evil intent. Not answering any bat signal. Not going to go on a never ending crusade to stop people from using what I put together or what others put together. Just in this particular case, I was curious....and asked him not to use it. That's all.

8BitMonk:
Your lucid points and well articulated thoughts have no place in this thread. You're arguing with someone who talks about themself in the third person. :lol

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