Is this a rip?
Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by treetog | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I recieved a message alerting me about this...
http://www.winamp.com/skins/detail.jhtml?componentId=61331
I really don't know how to proceed, since the person gave the credits in the skin's description, but never asked for my persmission and also changed my original graphics (erasing the skins real name of the titlebar).
I remember that last year, someone made a rip's list at skinz org and all the ripped skins were banished from the damn winamp.com site.
It seems that this kind of sucking things will never ands there.
http://www.winamp.com/skins/detail.jhtml?componentId=61331
I really don't know how to proceed, since the person gave the credits in the skin's description, but never asked for my persmission and also changed my original graphics (erasing the skins real name of the titlebar).
I remember that last year, someone made a rip's list at skinz org and all the ripped skins were banished from the damn winamp.com site.
It seems that this kind of sucking things will never ands there.
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Mackintosh
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:21 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:21 AM
You should email them and force them to take it down. Threaten legal action if you must. It's your work, no one has the right to alter it an re-post it somewhere else as they please.
DavidK
Reply #3 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:23 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:23 AM
That's a strange justification for ripping your work... "since he never posted it here I decided to"
They had a forum there to report rips... I don't know if it's still there or not. I'll try to find it.
They had a forum there to report rips... I don't know if it's still there or not. I'll try to find it.
DavidK
Reply #4 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:28 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:28 AM
Well... the rips forum appears to have slipped away. Email is probably the best way to notify them.
Jafo
Reply #5 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:32 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:32 AM
Renato...if someone tells you that yours is the greatest ever, it still gives him no right to do what he did....besides, was that one that I did the trans on?...If so, I'm ripped too...and I'll have his gonads on toast...
Back-handed compliment to like you and rip you at the same time...
Back-handed compliment to like you and rip you at the same time...
Maxim
Reply #6 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:31 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:31 AM
Winamp.com rip report forum: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=24572
I knew I'd seen it there somewhere...
I knew I'd seen it there somewhere...
BoXXi
Reply #7 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:44 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:44 AM
I think it's disgusting that this is on the Winamp site! Renato, you should force them to remove it. Just because you didn't upload it to that site doesn't give ANYONE the right to post it there. That should be YOUR decision, and no-one elses. I'm off to report it now..........
craeonics
Reply #8 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:52 AM
Reply #8 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:52 AM
Well, this is a pure copyright violation. Send in the dogs.
zathrus
Reply #9 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:50 AM
Reply #9 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:50 AM
Not only that, but its actually featured in the Newsletter.
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If you can remix techno music, why not skins? First made by Treetog,
the skin Sputnik caught the eye of Bono Vox. He changed a few things,
tweaked a couple of buttons and presto! The skin was reborn as
Spunkit. Take a look at this metallic masterpiece and see if you like
it better than the original.
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And this is from Nullsoft themselves... Lovely.
Coolplayer here I come.
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If you can remix techno music, why not skins? First made by Treetog,
the skin Sputnik caught the eye of Bono Vox. He changed a few things,
tweaked a couple of buttons and presto! The skin was reborn as
Spunkit. Take a look at this metallic masterpiece and see if you like
it better than the original.
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And this is from Nullsoft themselves... Lovely.
Coolplayer here I come.
bananafactor
Reply #10 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:38 AM
Reply #10 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:38 AM
man, and they should have read that line: "no permission was sought or given" - I mean, that must make it pretty clear to them that that's a rip! And they've got nothing better to do than feature it... bad,bad world we live in.
Jafo
Reply #11 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:50 AM
Reply #11 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:50 AM
I replied to their newsletter....may help a little...
That 'Spunkit' skin is a stolen work from a personal friend of mine Renato...Treetog.....we both have been skinners for many years and are disgusted by the proliferation of stolen artwork in the guise of 'something different'.
Remove it from your site.
You never had approval to host it and considering your knowledge of its dubious origins, should never have accepted it, let alone promoted it in a newsletter.
Cheers,
Paul Martin
aka
JAFO
That 'Spunkit' skin is a stolen work from a personal friend of mine Renato...Treetog.....we both have been skinners for many years and are disgusted by the proliferation of stolen artwork in the guise of 'something different'.
Remove it from your site.
You never had approval to host it and considering your knowledge of its dubious origins, should never have accepted it, let alone promoted it in a newsletter.
Cheers,
Paul Martin
aka
JAFO
Jafo
Reply #12 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:52 AM
Reply #12 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:52 AM
OK....bit Over-The-Top with the 'personal friend'...I don't even speak Spanish....hehe....
MurkWorks
Reply #18 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:37 AM
Reply #18 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:37 AM
A new low for WinAmp. Well been trying Coolplayer for a little while now, and now not going to switch back.!!
Dokt
Reply #19 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:48 AM
Reply #19 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:48 AM
That does indeed suck mightily. I'm a huge fan of MusicMatch - it isn't free, but I'd heartily recommend it to anyone looking for a great all-in-one ripper, player and library.
titan
Reply #20 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:57 PM
Reply #20 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:57 PM
sorry for the newer post Renato didnt look over the forum good before i posted it.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:06 AM