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Reporting Rips: READ THIS!!!

Policy clarification

from WinCustomize Forums

There has been some question with regards to users posting about potential rips. 

WinCustomize.com supports users reporting violations of other people's copyrights.  The forum "Permissions" (general->permissions) exists to that purpose (we are working on a new forum layout that will make this easier).

There was confusion in this thread:

https://www.wincustomize.com/forums.aspx?ForumID=144&AID=119968

Here's the deal:

WinCustomize allows FAN art.  This isn't open to debate.  If someone wants to upload a Superman wallpaper that they made, that's fine. If they want to submit an X-men wallpaper that is fine.  If there is an issue with it, Marvel, Warner, whoever will let us know.  However, in "real life" there are thousands of fan sites that post the same thing.  WinCustomize does not exist in a vacuum.

We allow fan art because no one will be "confused" or "misled" by what the fan art is about.  There is no confusion over the ultimate owner of the trademarks or trade dresses involved.

Ripping, however, is something different.  No individual skinner or icon artist has the fame or distribution in which a "casual user" would recognize their work as opposed to being the work of someone else who uploads it or uses it in their product.

WinCustomize takes copyright and trademark rights very seriously. So if someone sees a product, service, website, skin, or theme that is making use of another individual's work that they don't think they have permisison, you should feel free to post it here to draw attention to it.

In the past we have seen our own content made use without our permission.  We have seen Paul Boyer's icons used without permission.  We have seen our own skins used without permission.  So it is clearly a problem and as a community we should work together.

I realize there are some people who have much more stringent definitions of what copyright protection means and I realize there are those who have much looser views on what copyright means. This is not the place to debate that.  We have struck a middle ground (so no one will be quite happy).

Hopefully this clears up confusion.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
DeskScapes - Bring your desktop background to life.
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This person promised to stop autographing works made by others but hasn't kept his/her promises.  https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=6351&LibID=32 There are others in his/her library as well.
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
same person..same issue..  https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=6363&LibID=32
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ripping, however, is something different. No individual skinner or icon artist has the fame or distribution in which a "casual user" would recognize their work as opposed to being the work of someone else who uploads it or uses it in their product.


I just saw this wall in the WC Gallery by battistaar:
https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=27949&LibID=8">Link


You would think that if you were going to try to pass off a wallpaper as your own that you wouldnt pick a famous artist like Luis Rojo - that wall that battistaar uploaded is nothing more than an exact copy of Luis Rojo's " Dreams Night Of The angel " He even left Rojo's signiture on it.


Luis Rojo:
http://www.jormungand.de/royo/dreams/QMan_LR_Dreams_059_Night_%20of_the_Angel.jpg
Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a lot of Royo's stuff....this one must'a slipped by me....I would have recognised his style, even if I didn't recognise the work...

Fixed, btw, thanks, Karen...

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
He even left Rojo's signiture on it.


lol..., that's kind of stupid
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo: I have a lot of Royo's stuff....this one must'a slipped by me....I would have recognised his style, even if I didn't recognise the work.


I really do think sometimes you test us to see if we're paying attention - that was too easy. His style is unique - it was the " wings " I noticed right away , he has used them in a few of his works.

I wonder how Rojo would feel knowing he only got a 6 rating lol

ol..., that's kind of stupid


Well - maybe he just thought it meant upload a wall you like ?
Oh well - if your gonna rip - might as well make it a good one .

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've rejected that wall before - didn't see this slip through though   

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've rejected that wall before - didn't see this slip through though


But this is why I asked on another thread about so many walls with 1/2 star and 1 star ratings all of a sudden have appeared in the wall gallery. They have 4 week old dates on them and Zero downloads..it almost looks like they were uploaded by accident..Thats how I saw that one by Luis Rojo. I had to go through 5 pages of 10 walls on a page to get to where I saw familar stuff again. There were lots of walls by same person in a row - just seemed out of place that they had no downloads at all. Unless its a glitch that these were walls that were supposed to show on WC personal sites and somehow are in gallery.
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Logon using ripped buttons https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=7002&LibID=26
All buttons in it are from https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=4430&LibID=26
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry forgot paste url no longer works
Rip
Taken from
Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Dealt....;)
Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm, another old thread...  :p