LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI • Hacker News Board

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by sp332 » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:10 PM UTC

rustc wrote: post #11

SmeelBe wrote: post #8

true tweet! - https://twitter.com/iconfinder/status/309337478207262720

Looks like it was deleted. What was it?

It's basically this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331891 which is unconstructive.

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by michelslim » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:10 PM UTC

Hey! http://layervault.tumblr.com/post/32267022219/flat-interface...

"We certainly didn’t invent the flat style"

whaaat? why you attack designmodo in this case????

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by DanBC » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:11 PM UTC

3amOpsGuy wrote: post #46

The designmodo logo is quite debian-esque. Maybe too close to debian's i'd think. EDIT: https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d9027189b18855f5f2ddeb7d...

Eh, they're just logos. They're pretty different.

Ignoring the colour (red on white VS white on blue) and the distressing of the Debian logo vs the cleanness of the designmodo logo there's the opening of the spiral - Debian curve starts at 6 o clock, while designmodo starts at 4:30 or 5 o clock. And the inside of the Debian loop goes further.

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by Orva » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:11 PM UTC

Duhck wrote: post #6

Maybe Hacker News should send you a take down notice for copying HN with "Designer News" aka DN? https://news.layervault.com/stories

Takedown notice was also (briefly) in that site too http://imgur.com/a/u0ez8

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by michelslim » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

Github discussion - https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/735e17614cca63102b8414...

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by Geee » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

mnicole wrote: post #3

Am I understanding this right; that LayerVault is trying to claim that they are the sole owners of the flat UI trend? I'm sorry Allan, I've been a fan of yours since before LayerVault was even launched, but this is really low. And if I'm remembering correctly, this isn't the first time you guys have harassed someone about using "your" aesthetic.

It's not about the flat UI trend. If you look at Layervault, their design is really unique and top notch. Flat UI-framework is heavily inspired by Layervault's design. There's no doubt about it. Same roundings, paddings, pastel color scheme, etc. They look visually extremely similar.

LayerVault is obviously pissed that a design similar to their unique design will be used by amateur Bootstrappers all over the web.

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by saiko-chriskun » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:14 PM UTC

largesse wrote: post #48

What are the penalties for a false DMCA claim?

There really should be more penalties for this.

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by lucaspiller » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:14 PM UTC

Anyone got a clone of flat-ui?

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by Pyramids » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

largesse wrote: post #48

What are the penalties for a false DMCA claim?

The actual content holder, and the content provider are then eligible to counter-sue whomever filed the false takedown notice, applicable examples of this include:

OPG v. Diebold (2004):

https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2004/10/15

Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. (2007):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz_v._Universal_Music_Corp (Overview)

https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/lenz_v_universal/lenzorde... (Court Orders)

Re: LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI

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Post by aviraldg » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

Why don't we, as a community, collectively agree to boycott copyright trolls? (and teach them a lesson in the process)

esp. when the target audience consists of developers/designers

EDIT: I tried to cross-post this on Designer News, but it turns out they're invite-only. Can someone do me the honour?