stockart.com

[apankrat]

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In case if you guys haven't seen this lovely story yet:

http://www.jonengle.com.nyud.net/2009/04/accused

Someone rips the work of a logo designer, posts it on stockart and then stockart sends a bill for 18K to the designer, calls him a fraud and tries to extort the money by calling up his clients and badmouthing him.

Beautiful business model.

PS. Jon is an active and visible member of LogoPond community. There's a lot of people who can vouch for him and his work. It is extremely unlikely that he was ripping other people's work.

PPS. In the light of recent news I edited the subject of the topic.

[apankrat]

> It is extremely unlikely that he was ripping other people’s work.

Story develops and what do ya know .. it appears that he might've been in fact doing just that. Damn. I feed used.

[nina]

it appears that he might’ve been in fact doing just that

What, really?! Do you have a link?
His blog seems to be down now.

[mili]

There's something here

http://www.thelogofactory.com.nyud.net/logo_blog/index.php/stock-logos-c...

[nina]

Wow. Thanks for that link, mili.
So easy to get caught up in "internet mob justice"…