Posted March 22nd, 2007 @ 06:50pm by Erik J. Barzeski
LogoMaid - a design chop shop - has ripped off Dan Cederholm's SimpleBits logo, then gone so far as to threaten a lawsuit against Dan claiming he stole the logo.
Yeah, right.
John Gruber has more on this, and I'm posting merely to add my PageRank weight to the side that roots squarely against outfits like (and specifically) LogoMaid, the ripoff artists.
Sue, Dan. Sue.
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Posted 22 Mar 2007 at 11:47pm #
[...] Fireball has got a great summary of the events, while other blogs are also picking up on it, and people are Digging the story. I’d just like to do my part and [...]
Posted 23 Mar 2007 at 1:35am #
[...] my measly Google page rank of 4/10 and send some link love to a fellow designer and the other blogs picking up the story. Digg has it too, if you care. Dan Cederholm is a designer of websites, logos, [...]
Posted 24 Mar 2007 at 2:04pm #
[...] 2: Here’s a nice summary of all the rip-offs by the shady logo mill. And some PageRank rolling, too. By the way, try a Google search for the name of the offending company and see what pops up in the [...]
Posted 25 Mar 2007 at 7:47am #
I thought dan is a css coder, not a designer. Bunch of bullshit anyway.
Posted 25 Mar 2007 at 11:20pm #
There's a difference? 😯
Posted 26 Mar 2007 at 2:58am #
Of course. Css guy playes with tables and such, not with the actual graphic.
Posted 26 Mar 2007 at 5:56am #
[...] Nslog.com [...]
Posted 26 Mar 2007 at 9:35am #
Oh okay. I wasn't aware that CSS coding required no graphic design skill, and was simply "play[ing] with tables and such." I was under the impression that to be successful as a CSS coder, you actually, you know, had to be a real designer as well. I thought you needed to know about line, color, contrast, and other aspects of traditional design, but you've proven to me that the only thing involved is… um… oh wait, all of that!
Why don't you try commenting on something you have actual experience with before declaring something a "bunch of bullshit."
Posted 26 Mar 2007 at 2:03pm #
[...] Nslog.com [...]
Posted 26 Mar 2007 at 3:54pm #
SimpleBits Gets Copied and the Charts Get Bum Rushed...
LogoMaid Copies Dan Cederholm’s Logo and Sells It
As a writer, there are very few things that bother me than when people take my content, my words, my thoughts, and pass them off as their own. I’m all for re-purposing content and sharing i...
Posted 26 Mar 2007 at 5:41pm #
[...] who wrote a blog post about LogoMaid and how they ripped off the SimpleBits logo. Apparently, their rip-off was vehemently denounced by pretty much anyone who came to know about the theft. (Yeah, I [...]
Posted 20 Jun 2007 at 7:58pm #
let's be honest here. i think half of Logomaid logos are similar to others..:)