Listen....all Spunky had to do was apologize and tell me that he'd look into this and get back to me. Instead, he wants to tell me that it's ok for him to use stolen material on his website because as he put it..."it's only a form". My argument is that it's NOT only a form. I buy shit all the time from sites on the internet and I fill out a lot of forms. However, I have never filled one out that looked like mine. Not that mine is anything special,
but the layout of the form and the text that accompanied the form is unique. Even when Spunky agreed that his designer copied and used my material on his website, some of you guys seem to think that it's ok to do that?
As I said previously....I am no designer. It takes me hours to put something together that may take a designer only a few minutes to do. So I spend a lot of time building shit and it pisses me off when I see someone using my shit like Spunky did. But what pissed me off even more is that Spunky thinks it's ok to steal and use my work because it's "only a form". I expect a comment like that from a newbie in the industry or someone who doesn't have a clue but a comment like that from a respected industry professional?
It concerns me that whoever this mysterious designer is that Spunky hired to do this job...might be doing jobs for a lot of you folks. And you should be concerned that he might be stealing shit from other websites to build your projects. Some of you can't see far enough in front of you to realize this.
Some of you folks have never created anything in your life....how are you to understand how I feel? You have no idea what it's like to create something only to find someone has stolen and used your creation without your knowledge or approval. It doesn't matter if it's a form or a true work of art. There are quite a few people who posted in this thread that do actually understand my point of view. These are people who have created things that have been ripped off (and continue to be ripped off) by others in our industry. This is OK??? Is there a difference between ripping off some pictures and ripping off the design and layout of a submit form and the "unique" text that accompany that form? Stealing is stealing and a thief is a thief. It doesn't matter if it's a little html or a picture.
That's how I feel about this thing and that's about all I have to say about it
