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teihoata

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#402004 9-Nov-2010 10:56

@wmoore Thanks for the information, my girlfriend is unaware of all these laws. It should really be a prerequisite for graphic design.

@Balchy lol

@LennonNZ no, it never occurred to me to ask why they stole it. I just assumed they liked it so much they wanted to sell it too. It was the only design on sale in their shop if I recall. We just told them that they had to take it down and stop selling/using the design.

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#402210 9-Nov-2010 16:22

teihoata: @wmoore Thanks for the information, my girlfriend is unaware of all these laws. It should really be a prerequisite for graphic design.

I thought it was? Certainly was a big part of product design, and I think its in the foundation year for the other design cources too.

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#402217 9-Nov-2010 16:27

This reminds me a bit of a fairgo story a few years ago. However this case is probably worse. In that case a well known clothing company took a photo of a public artwork, and sold that as a print on t shirts. The artist then tried to get this company to pay for the print, as they believed they owned the copyright of it. However the work was comissioned by the council, so I would have assumed all the ownship would be transferred to the council or public. Copyright has many grey areas.

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#402225 9-Nov-2010 16:37

There is no grey area with this IP theft.

Complain to their ISP, since thats all it takes to get their internet cut off ;)

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#402232 9-Nov-2010 16:47

Are we talking about the shop, or the initial design?

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#402234 9-Nov-2010 16:48

The shop ;) but I have now read that it was taken in on disc so that probably wont work.

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teihoata

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#402237 9-Nov-2010 16:50

richms:
teihoata: @wmoore Thanks for the information, my girlfriend is unaware of all these laws. It should really be a prerequisite for graphic design.

I thought it was? Certainly was a big part of product design, and I think its in the foundation year for the other design cources too.

Not at her uni, media design school. She only did one year of study so that may be it

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GeekGuy

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#402432 10-Nov-2010 01:18

I wouldnt mind copying some kiwiana designs for myself ;)

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#402434 10-Nov-2010 02:44

There is a place in wellington thats renowned for copying their T designs, cant remember the name of it, but it has featured on either http://designwallofshame.com/ or http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/

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#402478 10-Nov-2010 08:33

Thanks for putting this thread/post up actually. It's made me think a bit more about what happens to my photos etc when I hand them over for printing. I guess the best you can do really is try to use a reputable company to handle your printing requirements.

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#402805 10-Nov-2010 13:15

Pretty bloody cheeky if you ask me...

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