Copyright Infringment in Design Contest!

[bersha-sensei]

I prefer creativity and dedication before all, and 5,6 dont have it. its good to have a base for the rings, but this bad give symmetry or just put lettering.

[Firescorpio]

My two cents are that those entries should be Disqualified, not only do they entirely lack originality and are complete rip.off's i'd like to cite a case rmember briefly some months ago with the DoTA 2 the release of the hammer which was completely taken from AION in this ase there ere people inadvertedly being scammed, and a community being riped off isn't a nice thing.

In any case SE can't and won't worry for any possible legal action against them if any of this rings win, but adding them as in game assets does set a dangerous precedent to the possibility of having further contests where entries go even further than that and completely steal conceptual art or designs from other game media.

In this case i'd wouldn't be surprised if the original artist if he/she caught wind of it could very well ask for a removal of said asset, if his reproduction rights and intellectual rights over said design hadn't been sold to square something that would eventually only hurt the community of FFXiV.

Thirdly as a Design Major who's been in both the competing end and on the judge committee of contest as this, it's disappointing to see how people with no cretivity at all submit artwork as their own when all ghy are doing is tracing over someone's else design and painting different color.

Bullshit like this is even worse if one of this rings ends up winning the contest, it's a constant reminder of how the committee has one of the worse researchers out there, it's a simple google search of final fantasy ring..... and you find no.6

These guys whoever they are, can only be blamed of unimaginative and unscrupulous artists, however professional community manager and committee that's supposed to screen this type of thing is always present in contests as this, and the fact that rings like this make it to the final, can only mean someone's not doing their job the right way

[Psion]

meh, who cares, entry #10 is where the awesome is at anyways. ^_^ I love the natural crystal look, it screams final fantasy to me!

[Alhanelem]

Anyway, it's still not original work..

There's only so many ways to make a goddanged ring. Of course you're going to see similar designs crop up.

Either way, if you're serious about reporting copyright infringment, you should email square enix, not make a ruckus on the forums about it.

[Randelmire]

It's not similar, it's identical.

[Alhanelem]

Well, we agree on something.

[Alhanelem]

Either way, if you're serious about reporting copyright infringment, you should email square enix, not make a ruckus on the forums about it.

And when you email them, make sure to include the name of the copyright holder and make sure they actually hold a copyright. Otherwise, there isn't any copyright infringement because the item isn't copyrighted.

[Nero]

And when you email them, make sure to include the name of the copyright holder and make sure they actually hold a copyright. Otherwise, there isn't any copyright infringement because the item isn't copyrighted.

You have no clue about Copyrights and you are mixing copyrights with trademarks.

1. If you create an unique/not existing Design, you are automatically the owner of the Copyrights/Intellectual Property.
2. It is obvious that the said Design was a Copy, since you can find the same Design/Same Colors with Google.
3. As the Creator you are granted exclusive rights, for example publish the Design as your own or sue in case of deceptive copying.
4. SE asked for a Design which is unique and does not hurt copyrights of anyone else, beside allowed Stuff from SE.
5. It does not matter who created the Ring first, it matter THAT it allready exist and can be proven, so whoever made that entry can obviously not claim to be the owner/designer.

If i would be a native english speaking Person i would go way more into Detail here, but to say it short:

You dont understand copyrights at all.

[Randelmire]

Yeah, go tell that to everyone who starts useless threads.

[Azurymber]

Why is anyone surprised? Cheaters seem to win at everything in XIV. Been like that since day 1.