http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/ the webcomics blog about webcomics Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-270921 Fleen: Home Of The Webcomics Action News Team! » Slush Yaaaayyyyy Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:56:58 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/#comment-270921 [...] Moen once got an indescribably awesome birthday gift from Vera Brosgol. Hot Topic, who have pulled this shit repeatedly, are selling a t-shirt with artwork blatantly stolen from Moen’s birthday [...] [...] Moen once got an indescribably awesome birthday gift from Vera Brosgol. Hot Topic, who have pulled this shit repeatedly, are selling a t-shirt with artwork blatantly stolen from Moen’s birthday [...]

]]> http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-268478 Fleen: Home Of The Webcomics Action News Team! » The Pope Of Awkward People Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:54:56 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/#comment-268478 [...] been through this nonsense plenty of times with webcomickers, and it’s always the same thing that needs to be done: contact the [...] [...] been through this nonsense plenty of times with webcomickers, and it’s always the same thing that needs to be done: contact the [...]

]]> http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-187519 Fleen: Your Favorite Faux-Muckrakers Since 2005 » Now That’s Just Lame. Oh, Wait, Wizard. Gotcha. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:30:48 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/#comment-187519 [...] up on the Jess Fink story from last week, Rachel suggests in our comments section that Hot Topic is handling the [...] [...] up on the Jess Fink story from last week, Rachel suggests in our comments section that Hot Topic is handling the [...]

]]> http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-186637 Fleen: Your Favorite Faux-Muckrakers Since 2005 » Just To Be Clear Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:14:25 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/#comment-186637 [...] Merch The question naturally arises, what would be an acceptable resolution to the Jess Fink/Hot Topic situation? As I see it, some of the remedies proposed last year in the Shmorky/Goldman don’t [...] [...] Merch The question naturally arises, what would be an acceptable resolution to the Jess Fink/Hot Topic situation? As I see it, some of the remedies proposed last year in the Shmorky/Goldman don’t [...]

]]> http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-186596 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 22, 2008: Hotter topic Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:43:25 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/#comment-186596 [...] [Top Story] The latest example of T-shirt plagiarism from a webcomics cartoonist: Jess Fink, whose shirt design (above, left) seems to have been swiped pretty much wholesale by goth-merchandise chain Hot Topic (above, right). Fink claims that the chain is blowing him off, and is therefore contemplating legal action. (Links via Gary Tyrrell.) [...] [...] [Top Story] The latest example of T-shirt plagiarism from a webcomics cartoonist: Jess Fink, whose shirt design (above, left) seems to have been swiped pretty much wholesale by goth-merchandise chain Hot Topic (above, right). Fink claims that the chain is blowing him off, and is therefore contemplating legal action. (Links via Gary Tyrrell.) [...]

]]> http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-186594 Breadman Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:41:13 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/#comment-186594 IP LAWYERS. Forgot the word lawyers. Oh well. IP LAWYERS. Forgot the word lawyers. Oh well.

]]> http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-186593 Breadman Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:40:29 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/02/21/didnt-i-write-this-like-a-year-ago/#comment-186593 Most IP (intellectual property, for those not in the know) will gladly take on a case like this pro-bono, because if the original artist registered a copyright, it's an easy win. It just goes to show you that you should <i>always</i> register your copyrights if you're putting art on the internet. Most IP (intellectual property, for those not in the know) will gladly take on a case like this pro-bono, because if the original artist registered a copyright, it’s an easy win. It just goes to show you that you should always register your copyrights if you’re putting art on the internet.

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