Comments | scannerfunk: i can't read czechoslovakian

scannerfunk

i can't read czechoslovakian

Feb 14, 2005 11:59

i've been using the internet and posting designs within its ever expanding web for quite some time. palesky.com alone has been around since before the turn of the new millennia (i can't be sure if it actually launched in '97 or '98) so i'll be the first to admit that i've been really lucky when it comes to web thievery. granted, most of my ( Read more... )

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wtf!? necksnappa February 14 2005, 11:04:36 UTC

yeah man - fine line between flattery and theft with that one. i'll look around for you and try to find a possible remedy.
that's just really crazy though. i mean - yes - you're style is simply amazing and imitation is a form of flattery, but still dude. you worked hard on that design, ya know? it's one thing to copy a cool little script you find on a random site, but to take the full layout?? not cool.

-adam

crocodiles! serrano February 14 2005, 12:18:41 UTC

the design is definitely derivative, but I don't think ripping off someone's code is really a big deal so long as the finished product isn't a ripoff--I mean, how many times did we (okay, I; maybe you didn't!) do that in 1997 & 98 to find out how things worked, and then shift it from there 'til it wasn't recognizable as someone else's, or at least wasn't a direct ripoff, even if the structure was similar? It's certainly not professional of them & it might be lacking integrity, but I don't think it's necessarily wrong; and in this case it's not a design that's obviously uniquely ONLY YOURS, even though I definitely see the similarities/ripped-off-parts. I'd say a simple email is par the course, but it's not really worth worrying much about..

I hope this doesn't sound harsh! Happy valentines' day!

Re: crocodiles! scannerfunk February 14 2005, 13:00:56 UTC

not harsh at all - in fact i was hoping that someone might take the perspective that this really isn't that big of a deal. i have emailed them, so i'm just in a holding pattern until i hear back from them ( ... )

Re: crocodiles! serrano February 14 2005, 13:10:17 UTC

Pssh! Special!

I'd like to say "my hand" but that'd be too coarse; actually I'm hanging out with one of my friends here, then going to a love parade at 8pm (w/ a boy I have a minor crush on who takes the Earth Liberation Front seriously--oh Tucson, why so beyond the absurd?) & bringing my harmonica!

& you?

Re: crocodiles! scannerfunk February 14 2005, 13:20:58 UTC

your hand! hah! hAhahahah!

i have absolutely nothing planned, other than a brief dinner at my pop's place in order to make up for a missed dinner invitation yesterday. otherwise i'll probably just hit the gym, go home and do some work.

love parade doesn't sound too bad - nothing that interesting ever happens in wilmington! be sure to turn heads with that harmonica of yours, and maybe it'll be the catalyst to vaulting your minor crush into something special. hehe

and eventually we do need to sit in person and talk!

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