Where is kol_s Vista XP skin??
Saturday, December 3, 2005 by MADMyKe | Discussion: Personal Computing
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Reply #42 Tuesday, December 6, 2005 8:05 PM
unfortunatly my version doesnt support it!
anyway at least i know now, maybe i will sleep ok tonight (LOL)
peas
cityboy
Reply #43 Tuesday, December 6, 2005 8:12 PM
But if you are looking for something similar , I highly reccomend the skin Arrow
Reply #44 Tuesday, December 6, 2005 8:22 PM
Buckeye,
If Microsoft requested the skin not be available on this site, then these forums shouldn't be a place to distribute it either.
Reply #45 Tuesday, December 6, 2005 8:56 PM
I can tell you we're pretty unhappy about it.
Time and time again Microsoft selectively targets WinCustomize. And it's usually very haphazard. Why VistaXP? Because it's the one they noticed because of its popularity. Why WinCustomize? Because it's the site they noticed because of its popularity.
IF Microsoft does not soon go after other sites, we will be putting VistaXP up. It is not legal to selectively enforce ones perceived intellectual property rights.
Reply #46 Tuesday, December 6, 2005 10:01 PM
| It is not legal to selectively enforce ones perceived intellectual property rights. |
It's also not defensible. Once you relinquish your property rights by 'selective omission' you have a problem.
Legally, if MS wishes to police its property rights with regards to Kol's skin they are obliged to approach Kol directly to request/enforce his removal of ALL publicly available instances of the skin.
That would mean that Deviantart.com, and any other sites currently 'overlooked' by Microsoft would have had this contentious skin removed at the same time.
As it stands, since it is available elsewhere it is Wincustomize.com's members who are being discriminated against....and if nothing else, that's not particularly good PR or treatment of a 'MS Partner' site.
Reply #47 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 1:55 AM
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Reply #49 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 10:08 AM
I have a feeling that maybe they aren't as selective as they are just too lazy to look for anything without the Vista name in it.
Reply #50 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 12:38 PM
| I know I'm using some of their images without permission |
Reply #51 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 12:52 PM
| Maybe it's... I know I'm using some of their images without permission ...causing issues - it does with other skins |
and yet that Internet Explorer 7v2 skin is still here ROFLMAO
Reply #52 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 3:13 PM
Reply #53 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 5:14 PM
this skin. After all, it is nothing more than a port of a skin.
kol has ported many Apple skins, but the difference is that he
had approval from the authors.
Why should this skin be any different? ... it's a copy.
Reply #54 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 10:04 PM
Without charging for it, I mean...
They don't strike me as the benevolent type.
Reply #55 Thursday, December 8, 2005 3:19 AM
| kol should have obtained permission from MS before releasing this skin. After all, it is nothing more than a port of a skin. |
If that's the case I think all the skins using some sort of MS graphic should come down. I still fail to see why the other Vista skins are still here.
Reply #56 Thursday, December 8, 2005 5:51 AM
Kona...you were always slow on the uptake.
Read #36.
....and try not to be confrontational when a little reading can explain all....
Reply #57 Thursday, December 8, 2005 6:33 AM
here we go with the fair use and fan art debate.
Reply #59 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 1:46 AM
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Reply #41 Tuesday, December 6, 2005 8:02 PM
But maybe it's a sign, too. I mean, from the reports I've read about Vista so far, Aero Glass was about the only thing it really had going for it. I've said for quite a while now, that when Vista comes out, people will be buying it on the strength of its' looks alone... and, well... if you can get those looks without having to upgrade your OS, why upgrade?
Methinks MS got scared...