brianmorgante Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 situation has been resolved, please delete this, im trying to figure out how and cant haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maneatingcow Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 this thread should be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I just keep seeing "But I found have him" +hecollec+or and piky0032 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 did they use her exact designs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_James_Champ Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'm not surprised, they are a BS brand. Listen to "The Great American T-Shirt Racket" by Envy on the Coast....it's all about TWLOHA onlettingjoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danionly Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Couldn't hurt for her to call a copyright lawyer. Explain her situation, have them read the emails. Go from there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skadaddy Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 did they use her exact designs? Maybe I'm misreading it, but it sounds like she never gave them anything and they plagiarized what she does. Basically, they decided to do it themselves using the concept of words over a silhouette, which she also does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Maybe I'm misreading it, but it sounds like she never gave them anything and they plagiarized what she does. Basically, they decided to do it themselves using the concept of words over a silhouette, which she also does. I mean, I could draw a tree, but you can't be mad if they picked another drawing of a tree over mine... unless the design is exact, I don't really see it as plagiarism. it's not like she owns the right of words over silhouettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 No offense brian but your friend is not the only one who does that type of design work, maybe they found someone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skadaddy Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I mean, I could draw a tree, but you can't be mad if they picked another drawing of a tree over mine... unless the design is exact, I don't really see it as plagiarism. it's not like she owns the right of words over silhouettes. I agree. I searched "words on silhouette" and plenty of other images came up. She's not the first/only person to come up with this idea. Now, did they look at her stuff and say, we can do that in house for free, and then did it, and then made shirts, and then made money selling those shirts...yep. Is there anything she can do about it...nope. TheGhostOfRandySavage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I agree. I searched "words on silhouette" and plenty of other images came up. She's not the first/only person to come up with this idea. Now, did they look at her stuff and say, we can do that in house for free, and then did it, and then made shirts, and then made money selling those shirts...yep. Is there anything she can do about it...nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorgante Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'm not saying she owns that general idea, hahaha. Obviously not anything like that. The only thing that makes this stand out as a little different to me, is that she was contacted by them to basically do this. All she did was ask about the scope of the project to figure out an appropriate payment. They pulled back, started to get vague, were basically looking for someone to just give them something for free, and instead just went ahead with the same sort of concept on their own. I'm already assuming there's really nothing she can do, but I've heard of situations similar to this in where it turns into one of those vague grey area intellectual type things, and gets all sorts of confusing. This sort of thing happens every day though, and for the most part, nothing can be done, it's just how the world works. Seeing it happen to someone close to me just makes my blood boil. Figured I'd just stir the pot on more reasons why people should be bummed by what this company does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 what's wrong with TWLOHA? I thought they were non-prof for depression/suicide awareness/prevention. I've never heard anything negative about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danionly Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I've read about Starbucks & Urban Outfitters doing similar things. Like I said, if she really wants to get a solid answer about it, opposed to just a few people on the internet that don't know intellectual property rights, call around and see if a law firm will do a consult with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I did a hoodie design for them like 7 years ago and they were great to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'd guess your friend has no recourse here unless they used her work without her permission. The concept isn't unique enough to claim ownership. She should save herself the headache and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_James_Champ Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 http://sugaredvenom.tumblr.com/post/1382619719/to-write-scam-on-her-arms http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=25354452#post25354452 http://questionablenerdlygoodness.tumblr.com/post/3001183815/to-write-scam-on-her-arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 She didn't even do any work for them, if I'm reading your posts correctly. They hit her up about doing something, she asked about the terms/scope of the project, they bailed and decided to do it in-house (or with someone else). There is nothing shady about this. Now had they asked her to create mockups or something, then bailed, then ended up producing something that looked very similar to her mockups for them, yeah, that is intellectual property theft. This is nothing. Duff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It seems like they may be a collective bag of dicks, but they didn't really "rip off" your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 what's wrong with TWLOHA? I thought they were non-prof for depression/suicide awareness/prevention. I've never heard anything negative about them.I feel the same. Regardless of what some of the people who work there may do, it's a great cause to support.It sucks they ripped off your friend though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I feel the same. Regardless of what some of the people who work there may do, it's a great cause to support. It sucks they ripped off your friend though. You may have to read some of the articles that fella posted above... Also, I think the general consensus is that his friend didn't actually get "ripped off" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladewillisisdead Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Dibs on "Suicide Campaign" as a band name. McCandless, Princess Logan and brianmorgante 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Dibs on "Suicide Campaign" as a band name. Shit shit shit shit shit. How did I miss out on that?! Dibs on my quote Collective Bag of Dicks for a band name. Princess Logan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hecollec+or Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Shit shit shit shit shit. How did I miss out on that?! Dibs on my quote Collective Bag of Dicks for a band name. Punk band name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 They wouldn't have had the idea had they not contacted her friend, right? Nothing she can do. But they went to a designer, looked at her work and redid it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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