Comments on: The trouble with design crowdsourcing

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:33:27 +0000

Not surprising that the two instances of plagiarism come from South Asian countries, where there is a blatant disregard for intellectual property and such. Furthermore, countries like India, Pakistan and China have extremely lax copyright, patent and piracy laws, which is why these practices are rampant and often ignored.

There have been numerous cases where Bollywood music composers have openly and shamelessly borrowed samples, melodies and sometimes even entire instrumentals without crediting the original artists. What’s worse is that it happens even to this day.
As a musician now in Canada, I bear testimony to this fact having being born and raised in India.

Having said that, I think brand success can be mostly attributed to genius marketing, and graphic design is a very minuscule part of it. So as much as I respect and value well-designed logos, I wouldn’t spend a fortune getting one made.

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By: Why you should crowdsource your new logo design

Why you should crowdsource your new logo design — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:41:31 +0000

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By: Steve Douglas

Steve Douglas — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:42:42 +0000

Thanks for dropping by and clarifying your position. As you can imagine, it’s not terribly pleasant to find our artwork being entered into logo design contests such as these. Admitedly, I’m not a big fan of these platforms (the issue of copied work being one of many) but I’m heartened to see that you’re taking a stance on both copying and minimum pricing standards.

For what it’s worth, I think that ANY instance of ripped off work should lead to a permanent banning of a user, as opposed to a ‘warning’. This is the only way to protect people who are using your service, as well as other designers whose work is being ‘lifted’.

In any case, appreciate you taking the time to comment.

By: LimeExchange

LimeExchange — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:34:44 +0000

Hi,

Understand that this has been some weeks, before we responded on your feedback, but please also take into account that LimeStand (Under LimeExchange), our design & creative specific marketplace has been and still is in Beta stage and has not been formally launched.

We have been trying very hard to create a balance for both designers with original work and buyers looking for quick creatives.

Happy to say, that thanks to your and our users feedback, we have been able introduce an ‘Abuse’ facility on the creatives (using which the 2 entries in question in your blog have been deleted and the users warned of strict actions against them for a repeat violation under DMCA regulations.

Along with working towards safeguarding original design work (we would continue to evolve our platform and introduce all regulations and policies as per DMCA requirements) we have also as of now introduced a minimum industry standard pricing dis-allowing buyers looking for original designs for the price of a lunch.

Again, we would continue to evolve our platform to create a platform which ensures safeguarding designers interest as well as buyers getting originality for their price.

LimeExchange Team