Someone’s ripping my design: Part II
Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 at 9:48am in Off topic |
**Sigh**
Someone’s ripping my design again. In May I had the same issue from someone is Russia - this time I think it’s Japan. Seriously there should be (if there isn’t already) some law against stealing other people’s designs. It’s copyright infringement. Nice original name too: “Men’s Items”. If you look at the bottom the guy’s even claiming it was designed by him/her.
**Sigh**
Good guy
Bad guy
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20 Comments
Simon Collister
Monday, January 29, 2007 at 10:39am
Hard luck, Stephen. Take it as a compliment mate!
On the plus side I like the idea of blog posts tagged ‘chored’. Technorati tells me yours is the only one out there! I ownder how many posts are tagged ‘chicken+parmo’?
Stephen
Monday, January 29, 2007 at 10:45am
Heh! No chicken parmo I’m afraid.
Jennifer Apple
Monday, January 29, 2007 at 6:34pm
This has happened to me countless times. I sometimes post the event to Pirated Sites:
http://pirated-sites.com/vanilla/
Stephen
Monday, January 29, 2007 at 8:59pm
Thanks Jennifer. I may just add this too…
Simon Wakeman
Monday, January 29, 2007 at 9:59pm
Cheeky.
I guess as Simon says (no pun) imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
How did you spot the offending site?
carolwojtyla
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 4:40am
wow, the person didn’t even tried to change a little bit, or just be inspired by you. the person REALLY just copied
this is so bad
:/
Stephen
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 5:02am
I understand it’s frustrating to see your work used without permission or attribution. But, your blog is built on Wordpress, which is an open source platform. Giving credit where credit is deserved is an important part of working with open source. Unfortunately, not everyone understands or respects this premise. In keeping with the “karma,” of the open source community I believe those who understand the value of giving proper credit, should help educate those who do not understand this fundamental principle. Shrug it off and accept the fact that imitation (a.k.a. theft) is the truest form of flattery.
Stephen
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 8:38am
Simon: Google Analytics allows you to see who’s using your urchin.js link. If someone is using it, it usually means they’re ‘using’ your design.
Carol: I agree, thanks.
Stephen: Like the karma idea. And you’re right, the open source thing is great. WordPress is great.
Sherrilynne Starkie
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 9:49am
Like the man said, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But they could have credited you at least. Have you been in touch?
Stephen
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 10:41am
Yeah I sent an email through the contact form. No response as of yet though…
Mauro Turcatti
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 9:13pm
You got a cool layout. That’s your problem!
sam wilcox
Monday, February 5, 2007 at 9:35am
It is a really cool layout Stephen, chame they’ve taken it! On the plus side yours is a thousand times more interesting than theirs…not much danger of getting the two mixed-up! (I’m trying to look for small mercies!)
Cash
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 10:22pm
I can’t believe you’re suprised this when you write about pr and technology….isn’t it a given that this happens? I do like the design though.
Best, Cash
Stephen
Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 10:52am
“I can’t believe you’re suprised this when you write about pr and technology….isn’t it a given that this happens?”
Huh?
Stephen
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 8:48am
test2
Owen Lystrup
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 6:47am
It’s the price you pay for being unique.
You definitely should take it as a compliment. At least they’re not stealing your content too. I’ve had that happen more than once.
milo
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 7:38am
Did you contat the hoster?
btw: gravatar took ages to load.
Stephen
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 8:33am
Owen: Very true. Think I’m just gonna get on with it. Nothing I can do anyway. Besides, their version looks terrible.
Milo: Yeah, emailed them twice but no reply. Yeah, I’ve noticed that. I may have to take Gravatars off.
Nice blog btw…
maon
Friday, May 11, 2007 at 2:54am
yeah…you have a cool design…I think that website should at least change a banner layout, bg img, css or something that can make different from yours..what you think?
Stephen
Friday, May 11, 2007 at 7:43am
Indeed.