We’re always going on about people pinching ideas for logos (not a good idea). Seems the same thing is pretty common when it comes to web design and the like. The folks at Mashable have put together a list of the 7 Most Blatant Web 2.0 Rip Offs. Some pretty brazen stuff – there’s some links in the comments that are even more apparent. Meanwhile, Scot Smith illustrates how logo design contests are a very bad idea, for both designer and client alike. Matt Heerema discovers the darker side of logo template sites. And while getting burned for a fifty-buck template from some design clearing house isn’t so bad, how about when $125 million doesn’t buy a unique logo anymore. Even your common-garden blog prose isn’t immune anymore – though The Blog Herald gives some decent pointers on how to detect when you stuff has been pinched.
Jeebus. It’s a jungle out there…
Found a rip? Before grabbing the torches and pitch forks, best to double check (due dilgence I believe is the technical term). Here’s a case where a rip wasn’t.
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Heh. Just realized I used ’skullduggery’ in the title of a blog post. No idea why, but I think that’s the funniest thing so far today…