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Old 24-05-2008, 07:01 AM
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Default Design Plagiarism

I didn't really know where to post this so I hope it's ok.

My friend started working at a gym I go to and after talking with him and the owner they decided to have me design some business cards for all the trainers there. I did 6 concepts and he chose one and asked for pricing/quantities. I e-mailed the info to him and a few days later my friend came over and said the owner was telling the manager that he was talking about taking my designs to someone they've used in the past and have him copy my design and use him to print them.

There is obviously something morally very wrong with that but I was wondering how much of the design would have to be copied for me to be able to call him out and take some kind of action? Obviously they can't use the jpg's cuz of the size and the 'proof' overlay but...

Any advice? I won't say anything yet because I don't want my friend in hot water at work so I'll have to wait and see what happens. I definitely WILL get a copy of the cards they get if he doesn't e-mail me back and see whether or not it warrants action.
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