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Gamer makes Tetris-themed Valentines Day card. Clothing Store steals design and profits!

February 15, 2008 in News comments 11

Okay, so the title of this article isn't very exciting, but you've gotta feel sorry for the guys at 4ColorRebellion.com. They recently created a bunch of fun gaming-related Valentines Day cards to celebrate the holiday.
But unfortunately clothing store All Saints liked the designs too, and stole them directly from 4ColorRebellion's site to use them for their t-shirts without permission. The shirts are now being sold for 40 pounds (or $80 US)!

4ColorRebellion haven't decided what to do yet, and are asking for advice in their comments section.
Here's hoping they take legal action.

I’ve been completely overwhelmed by the response that our Valentine’s Day cards have been getting lately! Absolutely amazing! I mean, I expected that you Rebels would see them and smile a little bit, but I never expected to get nearly 2,000 diggs in one day!

Absolutely amazing! We even got a bump from Kotaku, from DS Fanboy, a mention from Nintendo Wii Fanboy, and even GameSetWatch! Plus, so many others! Wow!

But one thing that struck me was a comment that I saw left on the waxy.org blog entry by a guy by the name of Greg:
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It would appear that All Saints (allsaintsshop.co.uk) are using the tetris heart as one of their T-shirt designs (search their site for ‘Adoration’). I do hope that they had permission to do so…
Uuuwaaah?! Seriously? Hold on, I had to see it with my own two eyes. Sure enough, after I went to the site and punched ‘Adoration’ into the search bar, I found this...

It’s my card’s design!

But… I don’t know how to feel about this! I talked a bit with Andy Baio of waxy.org, and together, we discovered that this All Saints place is a huge, up-scale high fashion store with 15 stores in London alone!

So, I’m a bit confused on what to do or how to feel. It feels a bit like a perversion of the original idea.
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  • 0
    Storm Feb 16, 08
    4ColorRebellion should take legal action for this. An exact duplicate. I bet a designer needed new ideas and searched the net, then used that idea as their own.

    Love the design, though, I should use it for an upcoming Valentine's Day, heh.
  • 0
    Kinetic Feb 16, 08
    That design is genious. "You complete me"

    Lol.
  • 0
    Sayyed Feb 16, 08
    Those are some nice designs. They should take legal action. Or ask for some of the profit.
    • 2
      Ameer Feb 16, 08
      Royalty payments are for the week. Sue the suckers for all they're worth.
  • -1
    Final Blade Feb 17, 08
    Kewl, looks awesome. did they steal the designs?
    • 0
      Miss Razz Feb 17, 08
      The clothing store stole the designs, and are now selling them on t-shirts for $80 each.
  • 0
    Bri Feb 17, 08
    Holy crap, that's gotta suck.

    Did the site have the logos copyrighted? I remember a similar situation occured with an artist who made a character used on shirts for children, and the store had already copy-righted it =/, legal shit there.
  • 0
    joshthegreat Feb 17, 08
    I say sue the crap out of them. All Saints need a slap...
  • 0
    Slumpy monkey Feb 17, 08
    sue em into the ground.

    You need to stand up to the big man
  • 0
    Dragoshi1 Feb 17, 08
    Hire a good lawyer, and have him suck dry their bank accounts...Like a humanoid mosquito...That is a cool design,too

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