Stealing Design Work - GoFuckYourself.com

porn-dog · 08-31-2005, 08:50 PM

If you steal someones design and tweak it a bit to make it your own, is that ok? I feel like it's not the right thing to do, but for some people its the way to go, saves them time... especially if the design they are stealing was almost exactly what they were gonna build.....

Thoughts?

3AM eternal · 08-31-2005, 08:53 PM

if you steal someone elses work...

that's as far as i read. you answered your own question. stealing is wrong. period! trying to rationalize it is useless.

porn-dog · 08-31-2005, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3AM eternal

if you steal someone elses work...

that's as far as i read. you answered your own question. stealing is wrong. period! trying to rationalize it is useless.

this is GFY, there will be lots of opinions. I was only stating my own....

3M TA3 · 08-31-2005, 08:58 PM

i learned everything on the internet by changing designs and scripts.

by the time i was done changing it though it would have been quicker to write it from scratch. i don't have any more of those designs or scripts published anymore.

but on the other hand, i would be pissed though if someone took something i made without permission and changed it enough to look different, but it was still the same.

i'm glad i was able to change them to learn, but now that i'm actually selling my work then i'm very set against it.

so i would say if you don't get permission, then fuck you. i work too hard on my projects to have someone rip it off.

Miguel T · 08-31-2005, 09:03 PM

Dont do that mate... be unique!

knought · 08-31-2005, 09:25 PM

stealing others creation is a big NO NO NO!

Basic_man · 08-31-2005, 09:27 PM

It's sad for the designer, and the guy who paid for it .. It's STEALING

3M TA3 · 08-31-2005, 09:37 PM

if someone claimed that they were stealing designs at the forum on www.flashkit.com i'm sure you would either get banned or someone would track you down and kick you ass.

stealing is stealing

shife · 08-31-2005, 09:38 PM

You can steel the layout but not the design!

Dameian · 08-31-2005, 09:45 PM

Haaahahahah man, we are in an industry that is lazy by default. Get used to it. Style biters are a dime a dozen, and it happens all up and down the adult foodchain. Big guys rip little guys. Little guys definitely rip big guys. I have been ripped off more times than I can count. I have actually seen 3rd generation rip off designs based on my original designs. There isn't much that can be done about it honestly. What I do is just come up with something better, to keep the uncreative, lazy bastards who steal my ideas on their toes.

Der Schleicher · 08-31-2005, 10:52 PM

I guess you can make it as a refference and create your own thing. But copying exactly what it looks it won't help you as a designer.

Th!nk · 08-31-2005, 11:34 PM

Stealing is like cheating yourself too!
You pretend you did that thing when in fact, it's somebody's sweat and blood that had gone through it...

08-31-2005, 08:50 PM	#1
porn-dog Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 394	Stealing Design Work If you steal someones design and tweak it a bit to make it your own, is that ok? I feel like it's not the right thing to do, but for some people its the way to go, saves them time... especially if the design they are stealing was almost exactly what they were gonna build..... Thoughts? __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.

08-31-2005, 08:53 PM	#2
3AM eternal Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: a galaxy far far away Posts: 516	if you steal someone elses work... that's as far as i read. you answered your own question. stealing is wrong. period! trying to rationalize it is useless. __________________

08-31-2005, 08:58 PM	#4
3M TA3 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 2,972	i learned everything on the internet by changing designs and scripts. by the time i was done changing it though it would have been quicker to write it from scratch. i don't have any more of those designs or scripts published anymore. but on the other hand, i would be pissed though if someone took something i made without permission and changed it enough to look different, but it was still the same. i'm glad i was able to change them to learn, but now that i'm actually selling my work then i'm very set against it. so i would say if you don't get permission, then fuck you. i work too hard on my projects to have someone rip it off. __________________ Dedicated and colo hosting: ICQ 291313057 "A problem cannot be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew." - Albert Einstein

08-31-2005, 09:03 PM	#5
Miguel T ♦ Web Developer ♦ Industry Role: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Full-Stack Developer Posts: 12,472	Dont do that mate... be unique! __________________ Full Stack Webdeveloper: HTML5/CSS3, jQuery, AJAX, ElevatedX, NATS, MechBunny, Wordpress

08-31-2005, 09:27 PM	#7
Basic_man Programming King Pin Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 27,360	It's sad for the designer, and the guy who paid for it .. It's STEALING __________________ UUGallery Builder - automated photo/video gallery plugin for Wordpress! Stop looking! Checkout Naked Hosting, online since 1999 !

08-31-2005, 09:25 PM	#6
knought Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 316	stealing others creation is a big NO NO NO!

08-31-2005, 09:37 PM	#8
3M TA3 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 2,972	if someone claimed that they were stealing designs at the forum on www.flashkit.com i'm sure you would either get banned or someone would track you down and kick you ass. stealing is stealing __________________ Dedicated and colo hosting: ICQ 291313057 "A problem cannot be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew." - Albert Einstein

08-31-2005, 09:38 PM	#9
shife So Fucking Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 341	You can steel the layout but not the design!

08-31-2005, 09:45 PM	#10
Dameian Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Relative Obscurity Posts: 122	Haaahahahah man, we are in an industry that is lazy by default. Get used to it. Style biters are a dime a dozen, and it happens all up and down the adult foodchain. Big guys rip little guys. Little guys definitely rip big guys. I have been ripped off more times than I can count. I have actually seen 3rd generation rip off designs based on my original designs. There isn't much that can be done about it honestly. What I do is just come up with something better, to keep the uncreative, lazy bastards who steal my ideas on their toes.

08-31-2005, 10:52 PM	#11
Der Schleicher Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,189	I guess you can make it as a refference and create your own thing. But copying exactly what it looks it won't help you as a designer. __________________ Teeny Teen Girls - One of the best free pictures and videos online. WEBMASTER - We offer free hosting and dream submitter sign up now!

08-31-2005, 11:34 PM	#12
Th!nk Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,996	Stealing is like cheating yourself too! You pretend you did that thing when in fact, it's somebody's sweat and blood that had gone through it...