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LayerVault. What's up with the DMCA?

10 years ago from Allan Yu, YUI/YUX?YUSUX?

  • Matthaeus KrennMatthaeus Krenn, 10 years ago

    Nobody owns ribbon type. Nobody owns red. But if you are a soda manufacturer and you use white ribbon type on red background on your bottles, you shouldn't be surprised if you find yourself sued by Coca Cola.

    Nobody owns the LV color scheme. Nobody owns the LV icon style. But if you are in the digital design business and sell LV styled icons in the LV colors, you shouldn't be surprised if you find yourself sued by Layervault.

    4 points
    • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, 10 years ago

      They weren’t sued though. It was a DMCA takedown, which is far quicker, is less defendable and is not something that should be encouraged.

      1 point
      • Matthaeus KrennMatthaeus Krenn, 10 years ago

        Didn't mean to defend LV's approach. I absolutely agree with the fact that this should have been handled differently.

        Just wanted to make a point that once enough individual aspects of a design are copied at the same time, it's far away from "nobody can copyright a color".

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