Comments on: Is it OK to Steal Someone’s Design? http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/ Online marketing that works Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mencuri dan Meniru Desain CSS dalam Prinsip Web Design | Fanari dash Id dot Com http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-645031 Mencuri dan Meniru Desain CSS dalam Prinsip Web Design | Fanari dash Id dot Com Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:12:05 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-645031 [...] apalagi kalau kita melihat kasus antara Ronnie Garcia dengan Webteque, kemudian disain blog Copyblogger yang dijiplak dan dipakai website lain, saya tidak bisa membayangkan bagaimana kalau disain blog [...] [...] apalagi kalau kita melihat kasus antara Ronnie Garcia dengan Webteque, kemudian disain blog Copyblogger yang dijiplak dan dipakai website lain, saya tidak bisa membayangkan bagaimana kalau disain blog [...]

]]> By: New Look and Feel » Continuous Learning http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-23638 New Look and Feel » Continuous Learning Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:27:13 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-23638 [...] I know there were instants where others did not give proper credit to the designers where they were due. I did not know those exact circumstances (everyone acted appropriately and courageously and the details were removed), but hopefully I AM providing proper credit and not repeating their experiences… [...] [...] I know there were instants where others did not give proper credit to the designers where they were due. I did not know those exact circumstances (everyone acted appropriately and courageously and the details were removed), but hopefully I AM providing proper credit and not repeating their experiences… [...]

]]> By: MetaDesign’s website gets ripped off » LifeClever ;-) http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-13456 MetaDesign’s website gets ripped off » LifeClever ;-) Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:56:04 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-13456 [...] Brian Clark of Copyblogger recently got his blog’s design copied, causing quite a stir. Now, it looks like it’s my turn to get ripped off. My recent design for MetaDesign’s website has just been stolen by another design agency called Spotts & Company. [...] [...] Brian Clark of Copyblogger recently got his blog’s design copied, causing quite a stir. Now, it looks like it’s my turn to get ripped off. My recent design for MetaDesign’s website has just been stolen by another design agency called Spotts & Company. [...]

]]> By: Brian http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-11805 Brian Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:34:17 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-11805 I'm closing the comments. Enough has been said. I’m closing the comments. Enough has been said.

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-11799 Chrissy Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:46:55 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-11799 But what about very similar designs and copy---isn't that the same thing? I guess my question is, at which point does healthy "based-on" become stealing? I know there are a few lawyers on here who probably know more than I do... what percent can an original design and text be modified from its original and still be considered an original work? How about for coding and open-source stuff? Obviously if someone steals your code, or words verbatim that's pretty obvious rip-off. I completely agree with Liz, too, about how looking the other way lowers the bar for everyone...but that bar seems to be lowering across the board. Not saying it's right...but do you at least agree that things are going in this "share/steal freely", e.g., YouTube, open source, "healthy corporate innovation" But what about very similar designs and copy—isn’t that the same thing?

I guess my question is, at which point does healthy “based-on” become stealing? I know there are a few lawyers on here who probably know more than I do… what percent can an original design and text be modified from its original and still be considered an original work? How about for coding and open-source stuff?

Obviously if someone steals your code, or words verbatim that’s pretty obvious rip-off. I completely agree with Liz, too, about how looking the other way lowers the bar for everyone…but that bar seems to be lowering across the board. Not saying it’s right…but do you at least agree that things are going in this “share/steal freely”, e.g., YouTube, open source, “healthy corporate innovation”

]]> By: Jim Turner http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-11795 Jim Turner Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:25:16 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-11795 I have to agree with Liz and Brian here as well. Innovation has a component of collaboration. Cutting and pasting is a step in the opposite direction. Innovation is reviewing, and taking what you have learned to advance an idea or product. There is no advancement with the reversal of the terms "learn" and "take". I have to agree with Liz and Brian here as well. Innovation has a component of collaboration. Cutting and pasting is a step in the opposite direction. Innovation is reviewing, and taking what you have learned to advance an idea or product. There is no advancement with the reversal of the terms “learn” and “take”.

]]> By: Brian http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-11793 Brian Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:50:09 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-11793 There is a difference, for example, when Match.com adopts something eHarmony is doing successfully and running with it... that's healthy competition that promotes innovation. Cutting and pasting does not facillitate innovation. It rather gives the unscrupulous an unfair advantage by freely exploiting the resources of others. There is a difference, for example, when Match.com adopts something eHarmony is doing successfully and running with it… that’s healthy competition that promotes innovation.

Cutting and pasting does not facillitate innovation. It rather gives the unscrupulous an unfair advantage by freely exploiting the resources of others.

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-11791 Liz Strauss Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:48:36 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-11791 No, it's not the way of innovation. Innovation means you add value and creativity, not take something and mash a detail. That's theft pure and simple. To say it's not is to condone it, to look the other way, to lower the bar for everyone. You don't paraphrase the encyclopedia. It's still plagarism when you do. That's a lesson learned in 5th grade. Being "nice" to someone who doesn't want to do their own thinking isn't nice; it's crippling. No, it’s not the way of innovation.
Innovation means you add value and creativity, not take something and mash a detail. That’s theft pure and simple. To say it’s not is to condone it, to look the other way, to lower the bar for everyone.

You don’t paraphrase the encyclopedia. It’s still plagarism when you do. That’s a lesson learned in 5th grade.

Being “nice” to someone who doesn’t want to do their own thinking isn’t nice; it’s crippling.

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-11790 Chrissy Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:36:53 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-11790 This happens all of the time in online businesses (I know, I work for one). Our competitors are always ripping us off...even our copy styles and phrasings, modifying them just a bit. It's kind of the way of the world right now. It's wrong on some levels, but in the new world, perhaps imitation is what drives innovation, and word of mouth and quality of product/content will have to determine which companies sink or swim. Shouldn't it be that way anyway? This happens all of the time in online businesses (I know, I work for one). Our competitors are always ripping us off…even our copy styles and phrasings, modifying them just a bit. It’s kind of the way of the world right now. It’s wrong on some levels, but in the new world, perhaps imitation is what drives innovation, and word of mouth and quality of product/content will have to determine which companies sink or swim. Shouldn’t it be that way anyway?

]]> By: Jon http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-design/#comment-11784 Jon Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:25:39 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/is-it-ok-to-steal-someone%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-11784 Looks like yours wasn't the only site design being copied in the last couple days: <a href="http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/008122.html" rel="nofollow">Google copies Yahoo</a> Looks like yours wasn’t the only site design being copied in the last couple days:
Google copies Yahoo

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