Lame you got ripped, hopefully he gets banned though. Loved seeing the people who ripped me get banned, was some sort of "justice" I spose you could say to those idiots who got caught.
Whoever said that you have to register work to be copyrighted is wrong. All intellectual property is automatically copyrighted, unless you specifically waive your rights. In a legal situation, if you can prove that you are the owner of the intellectual property (either via .psd, watermarked and dated originals, etc) then there is no reason why you can't make a suit against someone who rips your work. The grey zone here, of course becomes fair use. If someone takes a few layers out of your design (or hell, just adjusts your designs), they will undoubtably be able to claim fair use, in the fact they were using it for their own personal way, that is not harmful of the intellectual property's owner. They won't necessarily be able to get away with it, but it is the grey zone. If they started selling the designs for money, then of course, they waive any hope of clinging to fair use in a copyright tribunal. If they are selling enough stolen work, then it may even go as far as becoming a federal case, as it would be distribution of pirated materials. In surmation, any intellectual property posted, that does not specifically give up your copyrights, is protected by copyright laws. You don't even need to put the © symbol to claim these rights. They are inherently yours, just like any property you buy, create or inherit. Registration to a copyright office merely gives you options for establishing pre-defined rules for the use of your material, so you can use it in a court case.
Actually, Fair Use only qualifies in specific situations. Not included among them is personal use. Fair Use is for the educational community, the media, and public institutions such as libraries. Fair Use also protects against incidental infringement, but is worth absolutely nothing if you decide you like this part of a design and want to use it for something. You still need permission. http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html (copyright.gov is the best source to learn about US copyright, being that it's a government site, and has been rewritten in English instead of legalese)
I won't bother touching on Res' ego, because that would be too easy for me to write up a multiple paragraph post shattering his 'accomplishments', but I will go into a couple of things here. Res, I honestly would ditch the ego, you were banned before, Undertwat was not, if anyone were to be banned here, it would be you, you only have 1 chance to prove yourself this time around, so I recommend cooling it. Your designs do suck, from one template designer who actually does have a reputation and makes a very valid amount of money from doing designs. Sorry, but a step back and look at your designs as if you were a professional designer and you'll realize how amateur you really are. To remix... who cares? Honestly... almost every template I have ever made has been ripped and uploaded on various warez sites, especially GR v3. If someone cares enough to rip your stuff, it just means they liked it so much they wished they are as good as you. Personally it is just an e-peen thing until it reaches the point where they are able to market it for actual income, then it becomes an issue. Regarding copyright, graphic art and anything online is almost always thrown out of a court of law unless its a piece that you sell for valid money, at which point it will be registered as an actual item, not a computer file. You can easily edit the files on a computer to change watermarks, you can easily claim your name (even if it isn't) and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it is you, etc. and the courts won't care. So... I don't care. Until you start making money under a specific name for your designs and your identity is directly linked to yourself in the real world and you can prove that and all of your designs have your name slapped all over them, and are registered, no one cares.
You can't even really win a lawsuit like this if there aren't any damages in the first place. There has to be a monetary transaction somewhere. If you sue and didn't lose any money because of the person you're suing, you are definitely going to lose money to pay for the lawsuit.
i don't get it .. is this our daecu ?? ...or just some other guy ? .. cause i see D's gift to daecu in his sigspace
Doesn't necessarily need to be a monetary gain, just taking away from your profits. If someone rips an extremepixels skin and puts it up for free, EP has a right to sue them due to money lost because of the lack of people purchasing due to it being released for free. No, someone else.
There's no ego here dem I'm just defending my self from the ------ing constant flame that goes on here, what would you do if i called your desgins ---- and all other members joined in, when you are successful, i have the right to defend my self. Why would i be banned? i have not done one simple thing wrong than defend myself from everyone, i dont see why all the time it ends up being my fault and my problem, all i did was post my opinions about this like everyone else was doing, and everyone targets me for no reason. Now even the admin is doing it, put me on the spot light for a ban for no reason, you as well dem just said im ----, so all i have to say, where are your designs, lets see them.
And speaking the truth, I got many peoples opinions here not mine, people don't like the forum skin. Don't put this on me, me personally i don't like it. Also dem amateur means a designer is not getting paid, am i getting paid? yes i am.
Reserection, just be quiet. Your antagonizing and idiocy gives me a headache. Put a non----- signature in your sig space, then go round telling us how sig making is below you. Anyone that submits designs to 99designs is not a pr.ofessional designer.
