Comment Re:Here's the question (Score 1) 252
According to the full article, it seems so.
*Waits for the whooosh!*
Submission + - Designer accused of copying his own work
the_harlequin writes: A successful designer, who has a showcase of his own work available online, has had a stock image site accuse him of copy-right infringement of his own work citing damages of $18,000. The story doesn't end there, with the stock photo site hiring lawyers who have been to the original designer's clients and told them that the designer is being investigated for copy-right infringement and thier logo might be copied thus damaging his reputation and lively-hood.
My theory is that someone copied my artwork, separated them from any typography and then posted them for sale on the stock site. Someone working for the site either saw my [LogoPond] showcase or was alerted to the similarities. They then prepared the bill and sent it to me. The good thing is that the bill gives me a record of every single image they took from me. That helps me gather dates, sketches, emails, etc to help me prove my case. The bad thing is that despite my explanations and proof, they will not let this go.
Submission + - 6A Sells Livejournal to SUP (livejournal.com)
molrak writes: "SixApart tonight announced the sale of journal/blogging service Livejournal to Russia-based SUP. Original LJ founder Brad Fitzpatrick has chimed in on the situation. Feel free to cue the 'In Soviet Russia, Livejournal writes bad emo poetry on you' jokes."
Submission + - Google purges thousands of suspected malware sites (itnews.com.au) 1
Stony Stevenson writes: "In response to a concerted effort by cyber criminals to infect the computers of Google users with malware and make them unwitting partners in crime, Google has apparently purged tens of thousands of malicious Web pages from its index. Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software, noted that many search results on Google led to malicious Web pages that expose visitors to exploits that can compromise vulnerable systems. Sunbelt published a list of search terms that returned malicious pages, the result of search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns by cyber criminals to get their pages prominently ranked in Google — Sunbelt refers to this as "SEO poisoning."
Let's hope Google has done its research and hasn't purged legitimate sites."
Let's hope Google has done its research and hasn't purged legitimate sites."
Submission + - Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review (sunclipse.org)
tigerhawkvok writes: "Stuart Privar provided Professor PZ Meyers of Pharyngula a copy of his book, Lifecode , for review. Over the course of the review itself and a few follow-ups, it became evident that the content was nonsense (including, among other things, ten-legged spiders and other phenomena strongly at odds with developmental biology). However, the common threat of lawsuits finally became a reality, and now Privar is suing Myers for $15 million. Can calling someone a "classic crackpot" in the face of such incorrect data have any chance at making it to court, or even winning the suit?"
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