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Linspire Accused Of Misusing Creative Commons Art

Posted by timothy on from the ask-and-receive dept.

SuperDuG writes "Seems that intellectual property and copyright laws are something that Linspire still doesn't seem to have a firm grasp of. Their flash intro has with it some popular Linux images made by a rather talented artist. An email to Klowner was the first notice he ever got about the images being hijacked, not once has Linspire requested permission to use these images in their ad campaign. They seem pretty similar to me, you be the judge."

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  1. Linspire are Lassholes by PornMaster · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    I think everyone can acknowledge right now that we'd be better off without them, right?

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    1. Re:Linspire are Lassholes by soulhuntre · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Regardless of whether Mark derives income from sales of his graphics, it's clearly marked that his permission is required prior to use of the images.

      He's lucky he's doing graphics and not sound, because everyone on /. agrees that you can rip, share, P2P and trade music with anyone you want regardless of the license you bought it under.

      But since its only graphics, I guess he has the right to decide what happens with it.

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