[KDE Blogs] Sony Pirates KDE Artwork
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Still doesn't make it ok. Right now I can google search for free music downloads and get hundreds if not thousands of torrent links... All pirated stuff. We can't use that excuse for downloading pirated music so they failed. This is true irony though as mentioned about the rootkit debacle years ago. Curious to see what if anything happens, or will it get another corporate pass while the little guy gets stomped in court as usual.
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There's a significant difference between unknowingly pulling a picture off of google image search and knowingly downloading a torrent.Originally Posted by Tadaen Sylvermane
Still doesn't make it ok. Right now I can google search for free music downloads and get hundreds if not thousands of torrent links... All pirated stuff. We can't use that excuse for downloading pirated music so they failed. This is true irony though as mentioned about the rootkit debacle years ago. Curious to see what if anything happens, or will it get another corporate pass while the little guy gets stomped in court as usual.
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There sure is. I say give them a little time and if they don't change it to comply then nail them.Originally Posted by Tsumi
There's a significant difference between unknowingly pulling a picture off of google image search and knowingly downloading a torrent.
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NEWSFLASH: Sony is a billion-dollar corporation. They shouldn't searching Google images for anything. They have paid programers, webdesigners, web admins and an entire creative staff with graphic artists. How you can defend them searching for a free icon to steal is beyond me. I guess creative theft is OK as long as it's done by a big company
Are you that dense? I hate to be rude but I'm beyond annoyed with how pro-corporation people are nowawdays.Originally Posted by Tsumi
There's a significant difference between unknowingly pulling a picture off of google image search and knowingly downloading a torrent.
NEWSFLASH: Sony is a billion-dollar corporation. They shouldn't searching Google images for anything. They have paid programers, webdesigners, web admins and an entire creative staff with graphic artists. How you can defend them searching for a free icon to steal is beyond me. I guess creative theft is OK as long as it's done by a big company
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Billion dollar corporations don't have time to check that every lazy employee is doing their proper work.Originally Posted by NotUrAverageJoe
Are you that dense? I hate to be rude but I'm beyond annoyed with how pro-corporation people are nowawdays.
NEWSFLASH: Sony is a billion-dollar corporation. They shouldn't searching Google images for anything. They have paid programers, webdesigners, web admins and an entire creative staff with graphic artists. How you can defend them searching for a free icon to steal is beyond me. I guess creative theft is OK as long as it's done by a big company
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AND, they pay for access to royalty free images they can use...Originally Posted by NotUrAverageJoe
Are you that dense? I hate to be rude but I'm beyond annoyed with how pro-corporation people are nowawdays.
NEWSFLASH: Sony is a billion-dollar corporation. They shouldn't searching Google images for anything. They have paid programers, webdesigners, web admins and an entire creative staff with graphic artists. How you can defend them searching for a free icon to steal is beyond me. I guess creative theft is OK as long as it's done by a big company
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They knowing pulled a picture off Google. It is no different than knowing pulling an MP3 off a site or torrent.Originally Posted by Tsumi
There's a significant difference between unknowingly pulling a picture off of google image search and knowingly downloading a torrent.
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If they tell Sony about it, and Sony changes it within a reasonable amount of time, it's fine. If they don't bother changing it even after having received the warning, then they're in the wrong.
The employee may have pulled the picture off of Google knowing it was copyrighted. It is much more likely he/she pulled it off of google without knowing it was copyrighted so that he/she can spend more time on facebook instead of creating a proper original design.Originally Posted by Shrak
They knowing pulled a picture off Google. It is no different than knowing pulling an MP3 off a site or torrent.
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How is that in any way similar?Originally Posted by airbozo
Does that make it right either?
Sounds like the excuse the banks used; "We're too big to fail"...
If they tell Sony about it, and Sony changes it within a reasonable amount of time, it's fine. If they don't bother changing it even after having received the warning, then they're in the wrong.
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All images are copyright the creator or owner ( if the creator sold it ). This is pretty common knowledge. Anyone in charge of graphical or web design should know this, and at least not use it without getting prior permission to do so. Even more so when it comes to such a large company like Sony.Originally Posted by Tsumi
The employee may have pulled the picture off of Google knowing it was copyrighted. It is much more likely he/she pulled it off of google without knowing it was copyrighted so that he/she can spend more time on facebook instead of creating a proper original design.
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You can't blame an entire mega-corporation like Sony for the acts of probably one employee. A responsible company will apologize and change it swiftly. Don't be drama queens.
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And if the employee passes it off as their own custom design creation, how would they be they know it wasn't? I highly doubt they're going to google image search each and every icon to make sure their employees didn't rip it off of someone else.Originally Posted by Shrak
All images are copyright the creator or owner ( if the creator sold it ). This is pretty common knowledge. Anyone in charge of graphical or web design should know this, and at least not use it without getting prior permission to do so. Even more so when it comes to such a large company like Sony.
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This.Originally Posted by RagingCain
You can't blame an entire mega-corporation like Sony for the acts of probably one employee. A responsible company will apologize and change it swiftly. Don't be drama queens.
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Burn em!! j/k
Seriously it's a simple mistake on the order of number of pixels the image has. However scale wise, think about every frame in a movie...lots of pixels per frame and the entire body of work when copied wholesale. It's actually a shame this is considered newsworthy, but today "Anything" that drives views "Is Currency" and that's the first thing they teach now at Harvard. (HBS). No source, I made it up.
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Sorry ahem.."Copyright infringement is not a victim less crime!".Originally Posted by Tsumi
There's a significant difference between unknowingly pulling a picture off of google image search and knowingly downloading a torrent.
Burn em!! j/k
Seriously it's a simple mistake on the order of number of pixels the image has. However scale wise, think about every frame in a movie...lots of pixels per frame and the entire body of work when copied wholesale. It's actually a shame this is considered newsworthy, but today "Anything" that drives views "Is Currency" and that's the first thing they teach now at Harvard. (HBS). No source, I made it up.
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