b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » XXX » Message 3722497 (Thread)

# STOP THESE STEALING SHITS NOW!
Once again i open up my copy of zoo weekly and turn to the jpeg secton. What do i see?. More lazy arse b3tans stealing others work and sending it in for zoo to publish. Now i for one wouldn't mind having my work published in zoo (if it was any good) but for others to send it without asking is out of order. So hear my message, content stealers, if u wish to send off our work EMAIL US, IT AINT HARD.
(I helped save b3ta! Spam Filter Formerly known as Superdude, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:35, archived)
# *nods in agreement*
*wipes a tear away, knowing none of his work will ever be poached*

You make a good point.
(I helped save b3ta! Spunkmeyer, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:37, archived)
# hehe
(I helped save b3ta! Bling Blong Bling Blong, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:39, archived)
# applauds
any chance of a new cartoon?
(incredible wrongun, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:39, archived)
# wot
a superdude cartoon?
(I helped save b3ta! Spam Filter Formerly known as Superdude, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:45, archived)
# name and shame them!
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 My brain has too many tabs open, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:39, archived)
# would you care to scan it in or describe exactly what examples of this you've witnessed
Any image that appears on the front page and many off the board get e-mailed around to people's friends often without mentioning a particular poster's name.
Any Kudos from getting an image published in a magazine remains with the creator whether they ever realise it or not.
Think of it as getting a different kind of front page.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:41, archived)
# yea
i aint got a scan but one was the wayne roony/shrek one and the other was the cornish pasty sunrise
(I helped save b3ta! Spam Filter Formerly known as Superdude, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:44, archived)
# well like I said,
that the image gets printed is only a compliment to the creator. Most of the source images people use are taken from other sites to begin with so 'stealing' is not really something we can take the moral highground over unless someone was trying to use it for profit.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:48, archived)
# therre is a thing at the patent office
you can copy someone else's concept and then refine or improve it, so long as it has been shown to have employed 'an inventive step'. For example, a watch with a USB flash drive in it. The inventor of the watch can't sue, and neither can the inventor of the USB flash drive.

Doing things to images to change their meaning for entertainment purposes is an inventive step. Taking a picture of a monkey needs a steady hand, equipment and an eye for a good picture. Turning the monkey picture into a pic of Yasser Arafat is skill. Pimping off someone else's skills is wrong.

I rest my case, m'lud
(I helped save b3ta! Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 16 Sep 2004, 18:04, archived)
# I feel like a dick posting entries
to the b3ta board with my e-mail but it is precisely because I'm concerned about having stuff nicked that I do it... I have had gags from my website stolen for two different TV shows that I know of, so I appreciate what you're saying brother.
(I helped save b3ta! Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:49, archived)
# I had a whole concept for a TV series stolen once
(well not quite but it was rather coincidental)
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:53, archived)
# bastards
that cornish pasty flood defence one was mine.

the cunts.

is it in this weeks edition? i might have to go and get it.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:50, archived)
# post it please
I never saw it!
(I helped save b3ta! Bling Blong Bling Blong, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:52, archived)
# i don;t think i have a copy of it, it was on UKdragon.
it was a throwaway piece, but would be nice to see in print.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:53, archived)
# then ye shall have to suffer the humility
of letting the shop person know you are buying it!
(I helped save b3ta! Bling Blong Bling Blong, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:54, archived)
# this is true
*hangs head in shame*
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:55, archived)
# scan it
scan it hard!!!

please
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Jesse. broke his ankle, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:51, archived)
# Any anguish resulting from reading Zoo magazine
is deserved.
(I helped save b3ta! UncleLewy, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 17:51, archived)