So, the ends justify the means and it's all good because at least his startup got some publicity? Even if the "publicity" turns out to be a net win, what a terrible way to conduct yourself.
Ease off on the rhetoric. I'm not accusing anyone of anything, I don't think anyone did anything illegal and, for what it's worth, I thought the Times' lawyering was dumb and hamfisted at best.
But there was a right way for scroll kit to handle this and there was the wrong, easy way they chose. They could've said "Have you been blown away by features like The New York Times' 'Snowfall' or Pitchfork's cover stories? We'd like to show you Scroll Kit." And then put together their own demo video with their own work without a smarmy "it took us an hour to do what the Times did in months".
It's classless and low. But they got the publicity they wanted and seem to have a fan in you. Hoo ray.
bowerbird|12 years ago
they merely copied some text and pictures and stuff, and not for the purpose of "stealing" it, but to do a demo...
it's entirely possible a jury -- if it'd come to that -- would have ruled that what they did constituted fair use.
it hardly qualifies as "a terrible way to conduct yourself." indeed, in my opinion, such a charge borders on ludicrous.
plus recall, in america, you're innocent until proven guilty.
-bowerbird
jimray|12 years ago
But there was a right way for scroll kit to handle this and there was the wrong, easy way they chose. They could've said "Have you been blown away by features like The New York Times' 'Snowfall' or Pitchfork's cover stories? We'd like to show you Scroll Kit." And then put together their own demo video with their own work without a smarmy "it took us an hour to do what the Times did in months".
It's classless and low. But they got the publicity they wanted and seem to have a fan in you. Hoo ray.