Linspire Accused Of Misusing Creative Commons Art

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."

Linspire

[cwis42]

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

Lintellectual Property

[AtariAmarok]

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.

polite

[thebus]

But the host of the demo sounds so polite. That's got to count for something. right?

The solution...

[Ingolfke]

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

Mousey

[krumms]

I'd post a URL to the demo but the Mac I'm on has inadequate mousing abilities.

Come, let us all softly tremor with sorrow, for the one buttoned mouse has gotten the better of this poor soul.

Re:So now we're back to copyright GOOD?

[the_mad_poster]

Close.... nutters in the music thing say "Copyright is... uh.. FLEXIBLE because.. I.. uh.. um... I don't want to pay the price that they ask, but I don't want to stop listening to their music... er.. no.. wait.. uh.. THE RIAA IS CHARGING TOO MUCH MONEY SO I'M HELPING TO DESTROY AN EVIL EMPIRE BY IGNORING COPYRIGHT LAW AND RIPPING OFF COPIES OF THEIR SONGS!!!!"

Re:Mousey

[stankyho]

Damn the simplicity of the single button mouse!
It got him all bamboozeled.

Re:So now we're back to copyright GOOD?

[rsidd]

There's no hypocracy here at all...

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

Re:Mousey

[mojoNYC]

what i'd like to know is what all you two-button mouse people are doing with your other hand;>

Re:So now we're back to copyright GOOD?

[arkanes]

Well, I dunno. Copyright law says that fair use is "limited" sharing, right? And the Constitution says that copyright is for a "limited" time, right? And Congress and the Supreme Court say that any amount of time less than forever is limited, so therefore sharing with any amount of people less than everyone is equally "limited".

Ohhhhh!

[jeffkjo1]

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."

Re:Knee-Jerks...

[Syberghost]

Does anyone here think critically?

New here, huh?

Re:Linspire are Lassholes

[Anonymous Coward]

First they try to steal Microsoft's trademark. Then they try to steal some artist's images. I really don't see them making any origenal product themselves. Hell they didn't even make the software they are selling.

What are you looking at?

[Anonymous Coward]

So, the icon is a different color with a different design, and you think it looks the same.

The Apple icon is a blue globe.

The Lindows icon is a green running man.

The only thing they have in common is that they are both round.

Are you really that stupid?

Re:"Small" misuse? Maybe not to the artist...

[Anonymous Coward]

The similarity between the two sets of images is clearly a coincidence. Besides, the copyright law clearly states that if you put something on the Internet, people can use it in any way they choose. Internet publishing is the equivalent of public domain.

Re:NO. And don't mess with them.

[Beardydog]

"Think Jar Jar here." Is there anyone on this entire site who would choose to educate Jar Jar rather than bashing him?