Comments on: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/ Home of Jerry Nowell, an average, all-American guy with a beautiful wife, handsome son, and an overweight cat. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:32:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: jason http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-5814 jason Sat, 05 May 2007 19:45:37 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-5814 Copyright laws have been almost internationally standardized. Google Berne Convention, this requires nations that have signed to protect the copyrighted work created by individuals who are citizens of other nations that have signed the Convention. Both Germany and the United States are signatories. So find out who enforces German copyright laws and file a complaint with them. OR you can always write a nasty letter referencing this. Copyright laws have been almost internationally standardized. Google Berne Convention, this requires nations that have signed to protect the copyrighted work created by individuals who are citizens of other nations that have signed the Convention. Both Germany and the United States are signatories. So find out who enforces German copyright laws and file a complaint with them. OR you can always write a nasty letter referencing this.

]]> By: arch http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-3719 arch Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:52:31 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-3719 Du musst ein Fachmann sein - wirklich guter Aufstellungsort, den du hast! Du musst ein Fachmann sein - wirklich guter Aufstellungsort, den du hast!

]]> By: jan http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-542 jan Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:41:38 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-542 they have stolen a new template from anyone else... ;-) i wrote a few words in their guestbook. don't worry, YOU have done a great job! they have stolen a new template from anyone else… ;-) i wrote a few words in their guestbook. don’t worry, YOU have done a great job!

]]> By: jerry http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-505 jerry Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:43:17 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-505 I've contacted the gentleman and requested that the site be taken down. I'm not sure if I'll even hear from him since my guestbook entry was promptly deleted. One step at a time. I’ve contacted the gentleman and requested that the site be taken down. I’m not sure if I’ll even hear from him since my guestbook entry was promptly deleted. One step at a time.

]]> By: Joe Lencioni http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-504 Joe Lencioni Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:25:21 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-504 It looks like he also stole your Google Analytics code, so you'll be seeing all of his stats. It looks like he also stole your Google Analytics code, so you’ll be seeing all of his stats.

]]> By: raddy http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-503 raddy Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:32:25 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-503 Freaky! I can't believe people still do it! But... in other hand it kinda say that you are goooooooddd! kudos! Freaky!
I can’t believe people still do it!
But… in other hand it kinda say that you are goooooooddd!
kudos!

]]> By: Joe Lencioni http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-501 Joe Lencioni Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:19:04 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-501 I'm not totally sure if this is the case or not, but according to one of the pages on the site (http://www.epunk.org/impressum.htm) it looks like he may have hired out the design from this person: <blockquote> Felix Diederichs Böblingerstr.44 70199 Stuttgart felix_diederichs@zuendfunk.net </blockquote> If a professional designer did this for money, that's just despicable. However, it's not clear that the design of the site was from this Felix Diederichs or if there was other design done by him. I’m not totally sure if this is the case or not, but according to one of the pages on the site (http://www.epunk.org/impressum.htm) it looks like he may have hired out the design from this person:

Felix Diederichs
Böblingerstr.44
70199 Stuttgart
felix_diederichs@zuendfunk.net

If a professional designer did this for money, that’s just despicable. However, it’s not clear that the design of the site was from this Felix Diederichs or if there was other design done by him.

]]> By: Joe Lencioni http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-499 Joe Lencioni Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:14:49 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-499 Maybe this guy will see your post, realize that he had a lapse in judgement, and change his design. However, people without integrity are generally also selfish and are thus not likely to do anything unless it benefits themselves. So I wouldn't entirely count on that happening. If that doesn't happen, I would suggest moving on this in some way very soon. Perhaps you could send him something official such as a cease and desist letter or you could embarrass him by telling his friends that he's a crook (or both). If people knew about this, it might affect their opinion about him as a DJ or whatever he does. Alternatively, you could take the high road and turn your design into a wordpress theme that people can download and then include a link to your site. Then you could suggest that this guy download the theme and you'd get the credit, recognition, and a link to your site. I guess it depends on what makes you more angry--the fact that someone stole your design so now you aren't unique and all your time and creative juices were sorta overlooked, or simply the fact that you aren't getting the credit for the design and some crook is instead. If it's the former, send the letter and email his friends. On the other hand, if it's the latter, I would turn your design into a theme (it's a nice design, would benefit the wordpress community, and boost your exposure/page rank a little). BTW, he has a new logo now, so maybe the site is just some beta site in development or something??? It seems weird that he would go through the trouble of turning your design into a theme for himself to use if it were only temporary though. Regardless of what you end up doing, what this guy did isn't right even though it may be flattering. Sorry for the rant, this might be incoherent. Maybe this guy will see your post, realize that he had a lapse in judgement, and change his design. However, people without integrity are generally also selfish and are thus not likely to do anything unless it benefits themselves. So I wouldn’t entirely count on that happening.

If that doesn’t happen, I would suggest moving on this in some way very soon. Perhaps you could send him something official such as a cease and desist letter or you could embarrass him by telling his friends that he’s a crook (or both). If people knew about this, it might affect their opinion about him as a DJ or whatever he does.

Alternatively, you could take the high road and turn your design into a wordpress theme that people can download and then include a link to your site. Then you could suggest that this guy download the theme and you’d get the credit, recognition, and a link to your site. I guess it depends on what makes you more angry–the fact that someone stole your design so now you aren’t unique and all your time and creative juices were sorta overlooked, or simply the fact that you aren’t getting the credit for the design and some crook is instead. If it’s the former, send the letter and email his friends. On the other hand, if it’s the latter, I would turn your design into a theme (it’s a nice design, would benefit the wordpress community, and boost your exposure/page rank a little).

BTW, he has a new logo now, so maybe the site is just some beta site in development or something??? It seems weird that he would go through the trouble of turning your design into a theme for himself to use if it were only temporary though.

Regardless of what you end up doing, what this guy did isn’t right even though it may be flattering.

Sorry for the rant, this might be incoherent.

]]> By: Ryan http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-498 Ryan Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:51:15 +0000 http://upnorth.org/2007/01/18/imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/#comment-498 Man, what a schweinhund! He definitely ripped your design off. Man, what a schweinhund!

He definitely ripped your design off.

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