Comments on frivolous motion: Fucked By Free

You deserve some sort of compensation, it's unfair...

2008-03-22T07:02:00.000-04:00

You deserve some sort of compensation, it's unfair of them to do this. Especially if there was no legal rights about entries. You didn't win the contest, yet they still want your entry - that's BS.

I think you should contact Pete Cashmore, he's pretty reasonable and would probably offer you something.

Hey Adam,Really appreciate the comment.Truth is, I...

2008-03-21T16:30:00.000-04:00

Hey Adam,

Really appreciate the comment.

Truth is, I probably still would've submitted the designs. And, ultimately, I think it's totally cool that you guys are using the slogans for t-shirts. Mainly, what irked me was the principle of the thing, and the possibility that fellow designers could end up in similar positions with companies of an entirely different moral fabric than Mashable. The potential for exploitation by evil people running "contests" is high in the UGC age, and I wanted to use my story (more surprise than anger, truly) to serve as a kind of warning to read the rules, and protect yourself and your work.

I'll have to yell at Zazzle regarding the fonts. :) Mashable Myriad is so much cooler.

Thanks again, Adam. No hard feelings. Good luck with the store.

And good call not producing the Michael Arrington-bashing designs. :)

Many apologies and somehow I don't we'll quite mak...

2008-03-21T16:17:00.000-04:00

Many apologies and somehow I don't we'll quite make thousands, let alone hundreds.

Most were from the contest, yes. Some were from our designer. As for the Arial / Myriad switch, Zazzle must have done them.

For future contests of this sort, I have learned my lesson on rules and will most certainly be mentioning them. However, would that have stopped you from writing 15 slogans and submitting them to us?

Either way, if you are truly upset with the designs that are up, I can remove them. Or perhaps, send me a link/name you want me to include with them to give you credit on the description for each of the shirts.

Either way, thanks again for the submissions and sorry. I am willing to "make" good...

Oh, most of them are from the contest. Here's the ...

2008-03-21T12:18:00.000-04:00

Oh, most of them are from the contest. Here's the Flickr set

There might be a couple they did themselves, like, oh, the first one.

I wonder how many of those other designs are stole...

2008-03-21T12:13:00.000-04:00

I wonder how many of those other designs are stolen as well? I admire your tact in dealing with this. Many would have sued them by now, and began ranting and raving all over the web.