Part 2: How ColoritStudio pirated our design.

So here the update on how coloritstudio.com stole our company’s website. We contacted coloritstudio with a “cease a desist” email. Stating that their flash file and html files were stolen from variousways.com and that they even left our designers name and email in the code.

Well, they responded back, (via email) saying they would look into the matter and get back to us.

Well, one month later, they sent an email with an attachment of their countries business certificate. The email stated…

“Please find attached copyright certificate for color it studio.We consider this matter closed, but should you which to pursue your claim, I suggest we let the courts decide.

Sincerely,

Color It Studio”

We thought that was cute…So we emailed them back stating that the copyright violation was not in the “name” but in the flash file and code.
(Keep in mind that at the time they left our designers name, and email in the code and even continued to pull our stylesheet from our server.

But, we soon found out that they took the time to correct the code and put in their name on the stolen files. They even left our title in the code “Award winning design and development”…which I thought was really ironic considering they stole their design.

So they emailed us back …stating….

“This is really annoying.

We will investigate further and come back to you in the beginning of next week.

Good weekend.”

“…annoying”… You have got to be kidding me. We even informed them that the design they stole was in created in 2004 and was even featured in TASCHEN’s book “WEB DESIGN: STUDIOS”. “This book, in its compact format, displays 90 of the most prominent interactive studios worldwide.” editor: Julius Wiedemann.

We will see what happens… more updates to come…

Website Ripped-Off

Variousways website (original)
ColoritStudio website (pirated)
Once again, another one of my sites have been pirated. This has happened before with some of my other sites. This is the second time, as I know of, that variousways.com has been ripped off. The website Variousways was created a couple of years ago and the design has not changed since then. I recently received an email from someone named “Jack” whom alerted me of the ripp-off. If you look, not only has my splash page been ripped, but the whole flash. Naturally, they just plopped in their logo and changed some of their content, but without a doubt they completely ripped the site.
And to add insult to injury… If you look at their source code in the meta information. Coloritstudio left their name as “owner”, but still left MY Name as author and MY Email address (The Variousways Email Address) in the email. Something they must of forgot to change while downloading my index file.Wait…it gets better…If you look closely at their link to the css file, They are STILL linking to the css file on variousways.com server. I am just amazed at the audacity. If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, what is duplication?

Flash Forward Conference, Boston 2007

Going to Boston in the fall is always a great time to go. But this year its even more interesting due to the Flash Forward Conference. My three days invovled…
Day 1
Adobe Keynote
Kevin Lynch, Adobe
Branding via Social Media for the Interactive Artist and Small Agency
Giovanni Gallucci
Creating and Selling Your Mobile Flash Content
Bill Perry, Adobe Systems
After Effects for Flash Users
Chad Perkins
Interactive Flash Video
Chris Florio, Passion Records

Day 2
AIR, Finetune Desktop, and the Circle of Engagement
Tony MacDonell, Teknision
Imagination + Technology
Craig Swann, CRASH!MEDIA
The Blind Sketchmaker: Exploring Evolutionary and Generative Art with Flash
Mario Klingemann, Quasimondo

Day 3
Creating Multiplayer Flash Games Using ElectroServer 4
Michael Grundvig, Electrotank, Inc.
Deploying Video with Flash CS3
Robert Reinhardt, Schematic
AIR Outside of the Box
Keith Peters, BIT-101
Beyond the Knowledge; The Art of Playing
Erik Natzke, Natzke DesignIt was’nt all work at Boston… All work and no play makes Jon a dull boy….

Web Design: Studios

Recently I have contacted by Julius Wiedemann. (editor). He informed me that I my design work has been selected to be featured in Taschen’s book called “Web Design: Studios“. Many thanks….

Taschen’s website states…”The web’s hottest design teams. Who are today’s most innovative and successful interactive agencies? Who are the teams creating cutting-edge websites for clients such as Coca Cola, Nike, Adidas, Chrysler, and BMW? For anyone who wants to know who’s who in the world of web design, this is the guide to get. Over 90 of the coolest design studios from over 30 countries are profiled herein, complete with examples of recent work, contact information, list of awards, and favorite tools (such as Flash, HTML, XML, etc.).”

It can be found over at Taschen or Amazon.

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We have seen this ratio in mathematics and art through the ages. I am experimenting with creating actionscript artwork using this ratio for dynamically creating visual composition.

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More to come…