One Summer: Thank you for the reply. Again, I wish to commend you for your action. And I trust enough that should a similar situation arise in the future I would contact you directly vs. posting for opinions as I hope others, as well as yourself, would contact me as well should they feel my design encroaches upon his/hers.
I would like to clarify that I do not imply having rights to a house on a map. As you can see, there are other entries that try to depict that concept without being similar.
LogoSauce™ - LPMv1
LogoSauce™ - livepropertymap
LogoSauce™ - Live Property Map Logo
LogoSauce™ - livepropertymap.com1
And, as you can also see, there is another concept that is pretty much the same as my own which came in after yours in which the designer has decided to keep in the contest. Whether it's better or not, is subjective, however, I feel it's a modified version of my concept:
LogoSauce™ - live_map identity02
I am guilty of having done the samething, not knowing, and have had no problem withdrawing once I have been made aware. In addition, there have times that I am in the process of uploading an entry when I realize that there is one that is pretty much the same concept, at which time I refrain from uploading it.
To wrap it up, as this is also getting long winded, I really think it boils down to good ethics.....and I believe you have exhibited such character.
Cheers!