Copyright Infringment in Design Contest!

[Ricky]

I don't even know if ring designs can be copyrighted but they aren't being used for profit or even 100% copied, perhaps they took inspiration from those designs but.. so what
I wonder if the first human to make a ring got butt hurt when the other cave man decided to make a loop out of bone and copied his idea

[Alegis]

I don't even know if ring designs can be copyrighted but they aren't being used for profit or even 100% copied, perhaps they took inspiration from those designs but.. so what
I wonder if the first human to make a ring got butt hurt when the other cave man decided to make a loop out of bone and copied his idea

It might wont be a copyright infringement, but its still cheap.
We saw so many cool rings of ppl in this "Show your Rings" Thread, who thought about completely new designs, and instead two ppl are chosen who just did copy an existing design.

And no, im not mad because my ring wasnt chosen, because i didnt even participate (my drawing/Photoshop skills do suck).

[Almalexia]

There's a difference between lay caveman butthurt and legal caveman butthurt.

[Nemy]

Umm, How can i vote on the designs?

The link on the lodestone just brings up the support page.

[Anonymoose]

As for copyright infringement, I'm not sure if either of these were willfully infringing ... it's more likely that they just lack originality. To quote Mitch Hedberg, "If I made potato chips and put them in a can, everyone would say that I was ripping off Pringles ... Yeah, but what if I put them in a bag?" The fact that it looks so similar to a ring already in Square Enix's store, though... /facepalm

Still, I agree; while I look forward to community events and hope SE never stops dishing out the contests, something here is fishy as to how they chose these finalists... and why they're displayed without names / captions.

Umm, How can i vote on the designs?

The link on the lodestone just brings up the support page.

Read that support page. Log in using the button to the right.

[Nemy]

Read that support page. Log in using the button to the right.

Thank you.

[Anonymoose]

Thank you.

Np; I missed it the first time, too. Actually had to read it out before I understood what they wanted from me and why I left the forums XD

[Alhanelem]

Umm, How can i vote on the designs?

The link on the lodestone just brings up the support page.

That's where the voting is. Log in like it says and the options will come up.

[Mihana]

It sucks because I voted for design 6 without realizing it actually does exist. A few of those designs were just awful, (Minus the Dalamud design, that's actually pretty cool, it fits the whole "survivor" theme too that SE is pushing. Wishing I had voted for that one instead.) and while I won't name which I had to ponder why SE would even consider it.

EDIT: Not sure but I think you can either vote as many times as you like or maybe change your vote. I went back and it let me cast a vote so hopefully we can change votes then. Thanks for pointing this out to me.

[Leyla]

Its just strange that the agreements in NA and EU/French are such so different. I dont wonder why some ppl put up existing designs if thats not clearly said in the agreement...
I just think SE should take them out and give other designs that are really new a chance of winning.

Edit: Oh, and just dont think i want my design, i didnt even participate.