The entire post is kind of surreal...doggie coutoure? I doubt Ralph Lauren and Calvin are losing any sleep over the fact that pampered pooches are wearing knockoff versions of their designs...
DST copying threads are something to stay away from...far away...
How come when Corina or Kate Periet copies someone, no one says a word? Or when Amy Martin copied Kate Hadfield's rubber bands, no one said boo? And they are in the same shop!!! I would have had a fit!
hmm, good question 9:51. Maybe we should call em out. Ya know though, I really don't give a hoot who copies whom, as long as they put their own spin on it and as long as it is something I might want to buy. Sad but true. I might feel differently if I were a designer, but that is my consumer pov.
I wondered the same thing about Amy & Kate, especially since they are in the same store. I initially thought, before taking a closer look, that Kate had released more rubberbands!
I thought the same thing about Amy and Kate. Maybe Kate didn't want to start something. I know the exact same thing happened to me. I put out a product which was unique to the store, two days later, another designer put out an almost identical product. I was mad as hell but didn't say a thing.
Kate needs to stand up for herself. Ida at Catscraps totally knocked off her Wordy Bits with her Scribblings Squares. They are almost identical. Copying an idea is one thing, identical is another,
Cause they do not want to rock the boat with a big name designer, only the no name ones. I've seen big names ripping off the no names too. It goes on way too much. I love the fact we have choices but if it is too similiar then why am I going to waste my money on a copycat. Put your own SPIN on it and make it different. Geez
Yes, there are designers out there that think that just because they happened to come out with a 'rubber band' or 'safety pin' or 'paperclip' first that nobody else in the digi design world can have one in their kits. That's just wrong, unless the person that came out with it second came out with an 'identical' copy of it and I mean duplicated the original and didn't create a different look to it...now...there is this point...how many different ways can you make a staple or paperclip..well, different colors and patterns yet, and there are different shaped paperclips, but if you happen to like the look of a standard paper clip, how many different ways can you change it? That's why the copyright law says that 'basic shapes' cannot be copyrighted. So nobody in the digi world holds a copyright on a 'paperclip' but they would hold the copyright on a paperclip that has been created to look like a wooden one with a certain pattern on it for example. There are too many designers out there also that haven't read and fully understood the copyright laws (and some of them seem to be coming from outside the US). You can't purchase something from a designer, and then turn around and put that exact same item in your kit and call it yours and sell it. Just because you bought it, that doesn't make it your creation now to sell as you wish unless that item was for commercial use, and even then, you better be altering it a little to make it yours.
The business world in general is full of copycats, just look at all the handbags that are out there, the jeans that are out there etc...Someone takes something that is a hot item, twists it to their own style a bit so it's not identical, and markets it them for themselves to make money on them. That's business and it's savvy. Even the folks in the paper scrapping world do it, so what's the difference here? Yes, we all like something different here and there, but folks making such a big stink over 'that ribbon looks like my ribbon', or 'that frame looks like my frame', come on folks!
This blog was born out of a need to combat bordom (cause I have nothing better to do, obviously) and the need to be able to express my opinions about the digital community whenever I want without being censored, feathered, or tarred. Plus, I like being in control...mwah ha ha ha
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The entire post is kind of surreal...doggie coutoure? I doubt Ralph Lauren and Calvin are losing any sleep over the fact that pampered pooches are wearing knockoff versions of their designs...
DST copying threads are something to stay away from...far away...
there are too many copycats in the digital world, that is why there are too many designers and most of them cannot be original. pretty sad.
How come when Corina or Kate Periet copies someone, no one says a word? Or when Amy Martin copied Kate Hadfield's rubber bands, no one said boo? And they are in the same shop!!! I would have had a fit!
hmm, good question 9:51. Maybe we should call em out. Ya know though, I really don't give a hoot who copies whom, as long as they put their own spin on it and as long as it is something I might want to buy. Sad but true. I might feel differently if I were a designer, but that is my consumer pov.
I wondered the same thing about Amy & Kate, especially since they are in the same store. I initially thought, before taking a closer look, that Kate had released more rubberbands!
I thought that was pretty ballsy of Amy to do considering they are at the same store. And I dont think Amy put her own spin on it.
I thought the same thing about Amy and Kate. Maybe Kate didn't want to start something. I know the exact same thing happened to me. I put out a product which was unique to the store, two days later, another designer put out an almost identical product. I was mad as hell but didn't say a thing.
Kate needs to stand up for herself. Ida at Catscraps totally knocked off her Wordy Bits with her Scribblings Squares. They are almost identical. Copying an idea is one thing, identical is another,
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Cause they do not want to rock the boat with a big name designer, only the no name ones. I've seen big names ripping off the no names too. It goes on way too much.
I love the fact we have choices but if it is too similiar then why am I going to waste my money on a copycat. Put your own SPIN on it and make it different. Geez
hmmmmm, maybe we can start a new section on the blog....a 'call em out' type of thing....
Yes, there are designers out there that think that just because they happened to come out with a 'rubber band' or 'safety pin' or 'paperclip' first that nobody else in the digi design world can have one in their kits. That's just wrong, unless the person that came out with it second came out with an 'identical' copy of it and I mean duplicated the original and didn't create a different look to it...now...there is this point...how many different ways can you make a staple or paperclip..well, different colors and patterns yet, and there are different shaped paperclips, but if you happen to like the look of a standard paper clip, how many different ways can you change it? That's why the copyright law says that 'basic shapes' cannot be copyrighted. So nobody in the digi world holds a copyright on a 'paperclip' but they would hold the copyright on a paperclip that has been created to look like a wooden one with a certain pattern on it for example. There are too many designers out there also that haven't read and fully understood the copyright laws (and some of them seem to be coming from outside the US). You can't purchase something from a designer, and then turn around and put that exact same item in your kit and call it yours and sell it. Just because you bought it, that doesn't make it your creation now to sell as you wish unless that item was for commercial use, and even then, you better be altering it a little to make it yours.
The business world in general is full of copycats, just look at all the handbags that are out there, the jeans that are out there etc...Someone takes something that is a hot item, twists it to their own style a bit so it's not identical, and markets it them for themselves to make money on them. That's business and it's savvy. Even the folks in the paper scrapping world do it, so what's the difference here? Yes, we all like something different here and there, but folks making such a big stink over 'that ribbon looks like my ribbon', or 'that frame looks like my frame', come on folks!
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