Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by k-i-m » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 11:39 AM UTC

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by speeder » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:19 PM UTC

I like Sony, but some stuff they did in the past was highly questionable and may come back to haunt them, specially when some random artist at them use someone else artwork.

The best thing Sony can do is fix this, say sorry, and punish the guy that did this.

But.I have a hunch that they won't do that.

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by rolfvandekrol » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:24 PM UTC

Come on kids, the rootkits on audio CDs are already history for quite a while. Yes, they shouldn't copy stuff from others, but why link it to past mistakes?

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by viseztrance » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:25 PM UTC

Honest question. Did the author even attempted to contact Sony or anyone in the KDE organization to resolve this issue?

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by easytiger » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:26 PM UTC

rolfvandekrol wrote: post #3

Come on kids, the rootkits on audio CDs are already history for quite a while. Yes, they shouldn't copy stuff from others, but why link it to past mistakes?

It sells newspapers. People have a tiny little mental self congratulatory orgasm when they link things together

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by manmal » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:26 PM UTC

That's a serious case of Google-Image-Searchitis. My theory: somebody googled for "settings icon", swore to himself to get proper artwork later, forgot, and there we have it. (Yes, I'm guilty of that too, but I usually don't forget)

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by networked » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:30 PM UTC

manmal wrote: post #6

That's a serious case of Google-Image-Searchitis. My theory: somebody googled for "settings icon", swore to himself to get proper artwork later, forgot, and there we have it. (Yes, I'm guilty of that too, but I usually don't forget)

Which is why we need a consistent way to embed license data into media. Not as "enforceable" DRM but as metadata that is preserved by image editing software and can be checked automatically when you are about to send your creation to production. EXIF theoretically allows for this but it is hardly ever used.

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by edent » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:30 PM UTC

rolfvandekrol wrote: post #3

Come on kids, the rootkits on audio CDs are already history for quite a while. Yes, they shouldn't copy stuff from others, but why link it to past mistakes?

Come on, he murdered that guy once and it was years ago!

Why should we forget when a company acts so maliciously? Why shouldn't we point out that they have a pattern of misbehaviour?

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by Nursie » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:32 PM UTC

rolfvandekrol wrote: post #3

Come on kids, the rootkits on audio CDs are already history for quite a while. Yes, they shouldn't copy stuff from others, but why link it to past mistakes?

The lawsuits against people trying to mod their own consoles are not so long ago. They've a long history of being assholes about their 'IP'.

And it's linked to this because it's irony, dumbass.

Re: Sony Pirates KDE Artwork

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Post by sspiff » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 12:32 PM UTC

manmal wrote: post #6

That's a serious case of Google-Image-Searchitis. My theory: somebody googled for "settings icon", swore to himself to get proper artwork later, forgot, and there we have it. (Yes, I'm guilty of that too, but I usually don't forget)

I usually use a CC search engine filter (even Google has this!) to make sure I pick legal artwork from the start, just in case I forget.