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Re:Designer gets accused of stealing his own work and billed... by tomsaffell on Sunday April 05, 2009 @11:42PM (#548270)
This does seem terrible. Can anyone suggest a way that we can help this guy? (assuming this can be validated - though I'm not suggesting it's not true)
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Re:Designer gets accused of stealing his own work and billed... by patio11 on Sunday April 05, 2009 @11:51PM (#548282)
Do nothing. He doesn't need an Internet cheering section. He needs a lawyer, and an extraordinarily straightforward civil suit.

Anything a net groundswell could possibly accomplish is only going to complicate the very simple "They falsely alleged copyright over my works. They ignored my reasonable attempts to correct their misunderstanding. They then contacted my clients and called me a thief. I have suffered demonstrable damage to my business and professional reputation as a result. This behavior is tortious." narrative his lawyer will be telling the court.

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Re:Designer gets accused of stealing his own work and billed... by feverishaaron on Sunday April 05, 2009 @11:55PM (#548291)
That, and be wary of using any work from that stock art website, as their may be... uh... "usage rights complications".
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Re:Designer gets accused of stealing his own work and billed... by msie on Monday April 06, 2009 @01:15AM (#548374)
A legal fund should be started for him and a badge for contributing to that fund should be prominently displayed on his blog.
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Re:Designer gets accused of stealing his own work and billed... by tertius on Monday April 06, 2009 @04:20AM (#548556)
You can find that right here - http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-06....
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