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Offline brandx0

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Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
on: June 11, 2009, 06:39:55 am
Just thought this was funny.  While searching for pictures of the E-Wing, I came across an image which looked oddly familiar.  It's being used to sell an EBay item, supposedly a wooden model of an E-Wing.  Interesting...



Wow that looks familiar...



So, in short, don't buy this item.

http://cgi.ebay.ph/E-Wing-Star-Wars-Handcrafted-Wood-Model-Spacecraft-Big_W0QQitemZ220364742164QQihZ012QQcategoryZ153QQcmdZViewItem

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Re: Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
Reply #1 on: June 11, 2009, 06:47:35 am
Oh damn...
 

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Re: Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
Reply #2 on: June 11, 2009, 09:32:48 am
Your E-wing shows up (in original form) on the second page of a google image search for "e-wing star wars." Since it's easily the best image in the first two pages (didn't check further), it's not surprising they picked it.

Congrats on making something worth stealing! ;)
 

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Re: Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
Reply #3 on: June 11, 2009, 09:41:46 am
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This Model /Sci-Fi Vehicle/Spacecraft is a Pre-Sale Item, still being produced by our highly gifted artists, painters and aerosculptors. It takes 30 days to make before we can ship the model.

Please "Buy it now" only if you can wait for a month of production plus shipping time (depending on your shipping choice) for your order. We will immediately ship as soon as our factory finishes your model.

Looks like they just needed a pic for a reference.  So yeah, they probably just yanked the best image they could find.  Maybe we need to start watermarking :)
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Re: Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
Reply #4 on: June 11, 2009, 09:59:52 am
just ask him to give you credit...half of the credits he will make with it... :D
 

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Re: Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
Reply #5 on: June 18, 2010, 02:23:36 pm
These guys are still listing this thing.  I asked for a picture of the model, without stating that I knew the item's image was not one, although possibly implying it.  We'll see what they say.
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Re: Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
Reply #6 on: June 18, 2010, 02:30:46 pm
Yeah I noticed that a while ago.  We were discussing it on IRC
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Re: Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
Reply #7 on: June 18, 2010, 04:06:40 pm
this just goes to show the high grade work you guys are doing keep it up  :yes:
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Reply #8 on: June 18, 2010, 04:12:15 pm
I agree, kudos to you!  ;)
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Re: Yay! My Intellectual Property has been Violated!
Reply #9 on: June 18, 2010, 08:20:16 pm
tell them you should get the model (for free) because they are using source material made by you without your permission.

this happened a guy on a starcraft forum, seems his stuff was used as 'official' art for a sc2 fan site without his permission
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