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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 by cwis42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, now we know the seven last letters of Linspire are just there by accident and do not denote a particular skill of them.

  2. Lintellectual Property by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny
    When you use their "Licrosoft Lord" program, Lippy (an animated pair of lips) says "You appear to be plagiarizing a document. Would you like some help?".

    Lawsuits from both The Rolling Stones and Microsoft are pending.

    --
    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  3. The solution... by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Funny

    is just to use art that nobody would want to copy anyways. OpenOffice.org figured this one out earlier this week.

  4. Re:So now we're back to copyright GOOD? by rsidd · · Score: 5, Funny
    There's no hypocracy here at all...

    What's a hypocracy? A country run by hypocrites? ("hypocrats?") That seems not inappropriate...

  5. Ohhhhh! by jeffkjo1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ohhhh, it's Wednesday, 'Copyrights are good day.'

    SCO and Eolas should use this to their advantage.

    I wish slashdot would just publish a schedule, "Ok, yea, MS, we'll like you on alternate Thursdays."