Re: Copyrighting a graphic concept...

Hey,

I looked over your clients site and the other site...

There are several reasons why this issue is doubtable:

#1 : You created your own images
#2 : You said that it's a popular tool in your clients area, so anyone could
be using it... like it's an important characteristic of the pig trade ;) But
in a sense anyone could be using it... not? Anyway, it's a common tool.
#3 : There are several differences in the images on your clients' site, so
copying the exact same idea is not an issue here

hope i made some sense here...because i don't know anything from american
copyright law...only dutch law ;)

Regards,
Martijn Echten



>Hello all! And happy holidays!
>
>We have a client who against our advise had use create a menu bar
>that used a popular tool of his industry... he had seen it done
>on another web site. We cautioned him against the copyright laws
>and because of his persistence we developed our own graphic image
>of the same item and incorporated it into his web site.
>
>Now the owner of the "other" site is complaining that we stole
>his idea. I have to agree. My question is, do we have the right
>to use the item in our menu? Does the original designer have the
>rights to the idea? I have looked through several sources of this
>industries print media and it does seem somewhat common to use
>this tool in advertising this trade. Although we did take it one
>step further and use it in the same fashion as a menu graphic.  I
>am really at a loss as to what to tell the client and would
>really like to get an objective point of view.
>
>TIA,
>Janet Childs
>http://www.promotioncentral.com
>
>

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