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How I Get My Logos Designed - For some reason very controversial...
- envex 14y agoI wish I was able to downvote this into oblivion.
- willmitchell 14y agoYea, that was the response on /r/Entrepreneur as well :-\
- bpierre 14y agoThe reason is called “ethics”.
- willmitchell 14y agoWhy is it unethical?
- rajat 14y agoHow does he get to use those logos before he paid for them? Sounds like multiple copyright violations per contest to me. I understanding that the artist may not be in a position to legally contest anything, but it's clearly unethical. This is what's in 99Designs faq: "On 99designs, designers agree to upload only original artwork, so each designer owns the rights to their design submissions. This is true until the contest holder chooses one of the designs as the contest’s winner. Then, and only then, can the designer agree to transfer his or her rights to that particular design to the contest holder."
- willmitchell 14y agoHey there, thanks for commenting. In the article I mention that I ask the designers for permission to test their logos before moving forward. I let them know that they're in my top 5 choices and tell them exactly what I'm going to do. Since they're the copyright holder, I want to say this makes it alright, but I can see where 99Designs doesn't like it...
- maximem 14y agoMachiavellian but Pure AB testing.