Sigh. For the hundredth time, just because you like something on a web site (or more to the point, you think it will help you in search engine rankings) does not mean that you can help yourself. That applies to artwork, articles and other copyrighted bits and pieces. Case in point - this article (hat tip to John R. for sending this in) found on the web site of some outfit called Priestess Designs, is a word-for-word rip from our Who Needs a Logo article, written by yours truly a few years ago.

There’s a couple of reasons that this kind of shameless hackery isn’t cool. #1 - you’re using the labors of other people to further your own goals without permission and so much as a credit and #2 - if you’re posing as a design company, you’re supposed to be illustrating how original your take on this ‘design thing’ is and how good your understanding of logos and their application is.

Ripping off work from another design company and pretending it’s yours kinda flies in the face of that - doncha think?

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