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I never understood why people don't just embrace the idea of imitation being the biggest form of flattery.
So you are doing something right, great continue with that.
LayerVault lost me as a customer today.
We in tech need to be good to each other because other corporate interests and patent trolls won't be. We should always give each other the benefit of the doubt and try to resolve issues without menacing legal language and the threat of lawyers. We need to show we can thrive without this garbage. Otherwise, it will only embolden our enemies and cause this type of confrontation to happen more frequently in the future - to everyone's detriment.
So, both sides have pretty much spoken, and what irks me the most is that the LayerVault guys haven't provided any concrete evidence to support their claims; they've posted vague responses and joked about DMCA'ing their friends on Twitter. There's also the question of why they would even pursue something like this. A simple Risks/Benefits analysis would've surely led most people not to issue a DMCA over a few icons t…
I could understand a DMCA if the icons were direct copies and if FlatUI had not responded to any email requests. Even then it's a good idea to put up a quick and easy comparison sheet. But for things like "3 cogs" (cogs are different sizes, different colours, different numbers of teeth, different orientation) it's ridiculous to DMCA it. 3 Cogs is so generic that it's an annoyance to engineers. (Because the cogs are u…
Remember Svbtle?
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I could understand a DMCA if the icons were direct copies and if FlatUI had not responded to any email requests. Even then it's a good idea to put up a quick and easy comparison sheet. But for things like "3 cogs" (cogs are different sizes, different colours, different numbers of teeth, different orientation) it's ridiculous to DMCA it. 3 Cogs is so generic that it's an annoyance to engineers. (Because the cogs are u…
> HN is generally pretty good when people rip off a design. Remember Svbtle?
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No, in a DMCA notice you state under penalty of perjury that you are the rights holder for the content you want removed, not your own content.
Sure, but if LV can argue it owns the rights to a similar-looking "ripoff", then another icon project can claim likewise in respect to them. Got a newspaper icon, or a stylized human emoting something? That's enough, apparently.
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You can lose your rights if you don't protect them. Given this, businesses pretty much have to protect their work, or they'll run into bigger problems later.
That only applies to trademark, not copyright.
I have never seen the inside of LayerVault. The demo page only has vague outlines of similar controls. Does anyone have screenshots of LayerVault in action?
All I could find. http://i.imgur.com/yFHlGVH.png http://i.imgur.com/VX1h4Xj.png http://i.imgur.com/oyAYDM8.png http://i.imgur.com/ZUlf0hF.png http://i.imgur.com/QMSTZ8k.png Given that they don't show it off on their demo page, it's either incomplete or clunky.
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> HN is generally pretty good when people rip off a design. Remember Svbtle?
I don't. Can you explain?
I think these are the icons in question from LayerVault, DesignMode, and similar icons from Noun Project. http://imgur.com/IH1osAD
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No, in a DMCA notice you state under penalty of perjury that you are the rights holder for the content you want removed, not your own content.
Sure, but if LV can argue it owns the rights to a similar-looking "ripoff", then another icon project can claim likewise in respect to them. Got a newspaper icon, or a stylized human emoting something? That's enough, apparently.