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Just one out on interest really.

Copying someones ideas that they spent time working out and proving work and claiming you thought of them yourself? Letting someone design and create something then copying and selling it on yourself? Oh and all of this while supposed to be a mate?

People's views?

It's called plaigarism, and is generally fatal to friendships.

Just not cricket old boy is it

Happened to Carl, a mate of mine.

Designed a logo for a website and even designed the vinyl template.

Site owner claimed that HE'd done all the work till I got my sister's boss to write him a letter explaining the legal implications. All my mate wanted was credit for the work, no money etc.

He ended up with £500 and accreditation for the work as my sister's boss added the cash sum to the letter just to make it more 'threatening' but he paid up


BTW Sister works for a solicitor.

I'm tempted to ask the site owner for more money as Carl sold the original artwork to me for the princely sum of 1p for a laugh.

Bill Gates and windows springs to mind and look where it got him, not much help to your freind though.

Garry

Unforutnately thats not uncommon because there are dirty rotten bastids everywhere. Life is journey requiring lots of hard lessons to be learnt

Nash wrote:Just one out on interest really.

Copying someones ideas that they spent time working out and proving work and claiming you thought of them yourself? Letting someone design and create something then copying and selling it on yourself? Oh and all of this while supposed to be a mate?

People's views?

Legalities notwithstanding, I'd have to say that the phrase "Lowest of the low" comes to mind.

I've had some of it myself and regardless of the financial loss, it was the breakdown of a friendship of many years which hit the hardest.

If this is happening to you, I'd suggest that it'll never be resolved so time to cut and run. Please be assured that you have my sympathy as one who has been there and got the t-shirt

Kick in the nuts that.

I bought a book in the local scout hall charity book sale years ago entitled "The objectivity of Morals", haven't read it yet though.

Thanks for the replies people.

Its not something that has happened to me, has happen to a very good friend though. I cant see it ending well tbh, but thats the other parties problem.

I'd certainly tell your mate to put the brakes on their friendship !

One of things that is extremely important in friendships is honesty, without that, you may as well not bother.

Cheers,

Andy