Support and General Use > Theming and Appearance Customization

Removed themes for copyright reasons

<< < (2/5) > >>

Cassandra:

--- Quote from: talos321 on May 22, 2007, 11:18:24 PM ---So was the the rockamp removed because it resembled
a winamp shape (their default themes are not like the wps.)
Or was it a screenshot of a theme that someone created
for winamp and proper permissions were not obtained?
--- End quote ---

In that specific case, comparing the theme to the original application indicated that the theme was a clone of the interface as opposed to merely being inspired by it.  It's a judgement call, but we decided to err on the side of caution in that case.

madsic:

--- Quote from: Cassandra on May 23, 2007, 11:47:01 AM ---In that specific case, comparing the theme to the original application indicated that the theme was a clone of the interface as opposed to merely being inspired by it.  It's a judgement call, but we decided to err on the side of caution in that case.

--- End quote ---

If that's the case then how come you haven't removed the many themes that explixitly use images and icons from WMP 11 (the black glass/aero look)? Surely that would be clearcut case as opposed to 'inspired by...'?

lights0ut:
Following Cassandra's reasoning, all the blackglass themes do not explicitly state they are a WMP 11 clone, and are only based on the playback buttons. Some of the themes take a bit more inspiration than others from WMP 11, but they are not clones, Rockamp was more of a clone than a WPS inspired by a program's interface. I agree that this is somewhat of a grey area though.

talos321:
This also goes into question since Winamp themes can
be used on other players besides winamp. I would assume
that all winamp themes are inspired by winamp but of course
winamp themes can look like a round egg with wings that flip
out for equalizer, playlist etc. I can understand having to get
permission from the artist whom made the original theme.

 I've also noticed that some of the themes have Mario Bros, Windows Icons etc.
Which to me aren't inspired rather ripped off. Many of the wps themes
also look like an apple playing screen.


This isn't to question authority or anything. I was going to try my hand at a
few themes and the question remains if they will be considered inspired enough
to be considered copyright violations or if they are ok.  I'd hate to go though
the effort and then have them taken down.

Llorean:
Part of the situation is that a lot of themes are "questionable." I'm sure once clear guidelines are worked out we'll be able to post a set of rules so you can know fairly securely in advance whether a theme will be able to stay up or not.

Probably many of those themes you're asking about being questionable will be gone too.

As a general set of expectations:
1) All art in the theme should either be your own work, or should be released under a license that allows you to reuse it. This includes icons and text, technically.

2) You shouldn't be reconstructing someone else's art. This means that if you created the art yourself, but it looks almost exactly like say, the Winamp default theme, or yes, Windows Media Player, it's likely to get taken down.

Now, for example, if a winamp theme is released under a Creative Commons license that allows you to, you could reuse the art from it. But in those cases you'll probably need to provide some mention of what license the media you used was under.

As is clear, we're going through some changes, and these rules are neither final nor based on anything other than my personal opinion of what is likely to be or not be accepted.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page