Unauthorized Skins
Wednesday, February 12, 2003 by c242 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Found a site http://www.xpstyles.de today that contains many skins (especially Sysmetrix and StylesXP) that don't even have the name of the author in the info. Found my Sysmetrix ports in there and for example Treetogs Copperdeck II for Sysmetrix. Dropped them a line in the forum, but You perhaps want to take a look there. Unfortunately the site is in german and You have to lock on before being able to view the skins. 
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c242
Reply #22 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:27 AM
Reply #22 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:27 AM
Be careful, 2 tinnies and I am drunk. Don't drink much in real life. 
And You don't wanna hear me sing dirty songs, I bet. 
And You don't wanna hear me sing dirty songs, I bet. 
c242
Reply #24 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:03 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:03 PM
Update : My skins are gone, but the others are still there. 2 of Treetog and all by Gillon or based on Gillons work.
goodmorphing
Reply #26 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:55 PM
Reply #26 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:55 PM
They didn't get ahold of the trapped in bryceland series, did they?
JamMeister33
Reply #27 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:59 PM
Reply #27 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:59 PM
Oh no, say it ain't so, not "Trapped in Bryceland"...!
Weaksid
Reply #30 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:03 PM
Reply #30 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:03 PM
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr
if this takes you to it.. I found something to translate the page
if this takes you to it.. I found something to translate the page
Weaksid
Reply #31 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:09 PM
Reply #31 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:09 PM
It looks like they killed basically all libraries
CyberChic2000
Reply #33 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:18 PM
Reply #33 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:18 PM
Wow! I am super-confused! I would dearly love to design my own Windows skins with Object Desktop, as it looks like a great way to express my art in a useful way. Do I have to get a copyright for each skin that I design? And if the answer is "Not necessarily," what recourse would I have if I did not copyright my art and unscrupulous vultures ripped it off and uploaded it on another site without my consent or recognition of my creation? Is that a run-on sentence? Sorry. Anyway, I haven't gotten the software yet, but jeepers, what a thing to have to worry about. Help!
Weaksid
Reply #34 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:00 PM
Reply #34 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:00 PM
According to law, a art design will only need your name©year on it. And that's all you have to do. You don't have to pay for this copyright. Pictures like photographs require a watermark which you have to pay for. And physical stuff like inventions need patients.
JamMeister33
Reply #35 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:02 PM
Reply #35 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:02 PM
CyberChic2000, try here.... https://www.wincustomize.com/faq/
Jafo
Reply #36 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:09 PM
Reply #36 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:09 PM
CyberChic....no 'copyright notices, statements or even signatures are required to establish 'copyright'.
All that is needed is some means of you verifying your authorship.
Having your name or watermark on it is the simplest way, along with some method if showing that the work existed on your computer before it was ever released to the public via the web....
All that is needed is some means of you verifying your authorship.
Having your name or watermark on it is the simplest way, along with some method if showing that the work existed on your computer before it was ever released to the public via the web....
IPlural
Reply #37 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 5:25 PM
Reply #37 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 5:25 PM
After typing my responce, I took a moment to read and, Yeah what Mr Jafo said!
CyberChic2000
Reply #38 Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:55 AM
Reply #38 Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:55 AM
Thanks Weaksid, JamMeister33, Jafo, and iPlural for the advice. That's certainly a relief. I will check out the link, JamMeister33. On another note, it cost me $35 at the Library of Congress to get a copyright on a song my son wrote. My signature is a whole lot less expensive than shelling out $35 every time I create a new painting or skin. Y'all are saving me a bundle. Thanks again!
IPlural
Reply #39 Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:36 PM
Reply #39 Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:36 PM
I would register a song if it had promise, mainly because someone might on the off chance here it, claim it and registed it on you.
Artwork you can pretty much put your thumbprint in them with the watermark as jafo suggested, so that would be harder for someone to claim...
Artwork you can pretty much put your thumbprint in them with the watermark as jafo suggested, so that would be harder for someone to claim...
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Reply #21 Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:25 AM