tafkat opened this issue on Nov 23, 2003 ยท 39 posts
Quest posted Sun, 23 November 2003 at 1:01 PM
You can't copyright an idea. In other words, if you decided to create an image of wild horses running through the tundra, you can go straight away and create until your hearts content but rest assured, that there are perhaps hundreds if not thousands of images depicting wild horses running through the tundra. Many will even bear a close resemblance. Its the style, composition and method of creation that sets them apart and makes them unique within each other. But this is most obviously out and out, in your face copying of someone elses hard work and taking credit for its creation. The person might as well have taken the Mona Lisa and pasted their face in her place and called it his original masterpiece. Perhaps this should be brought to the administrations attention or we can direct this person to this thread to let him know that we are aware of their dishonesty. If worst comes to worst, now that we know who the real artist is, perhaps he should be made aware of this situation as well. This is as bad, if not worst, than getting your cronies to vote your work into the Hot 20 and a real slap in the face to all artists.