Design Your Own Emblem Medieval Winners!

[CarlTaut]

well.. there's a difference between copyrighted images and stock photos. if you do a reverse image search on that eagle silhouette you ll notice that different websites are actually selling this (making profit). can u tell who is the original author? i doubt it. are all these sites paying credit to the original creator? i doubt it either. even the original creator cant prove of his design because this vector is all over the internet and i cant find a license (creative common or anything) which protects him. only Royalty-free license if you know what this is. and most important. these websites sell these stock images for general purpose. not for personal use or something. commercial use is not excluded (with RF license). especially if this design is used as only a part of another design and not selling the actual image back as it is.
i could design an eagle from scratch but i used that to save time since everyone use stock images and since it's not against the rules of the competition. (and not only this competition. i could use the exact same eagle as a large company logo and i wouldnt have any legal issues)
on the other hand, of course, if you make a rip-off a copyrighted logo and people are buying just because its related to a real football team logo (for example) you ll have copyright issues. that's the difference between stock images and copyrighted logos. this eagle is not a brand or anything.
nordeus should reward original designs if you ask me but that's another topic



maybe because you used an actual image (copy pasted as well) as knight and not a vector with 2 or 3 colors as the rules of the competition require...?

The picture become royalty free after you purchase that licens... and yes i know what common licenses are. I'm a lawyer. .... if you don't pay the license you are against copyright laws

[Gamer_X]

I'm surprised that none of these 3 got chosen:
http://i.imgur.com/UUOdO05.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/O8s7uKQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vl70sXm.jpg
They're on the first page of the entry topic

[CarlTaut]

http://image.shutterstock.com/displa...-103474859.jpg
another one. last edition winner

[peppe88]

contest suck...I have 14 Like and I'm not in 22 designs..I'm sorry but this contest is rigged...bye bye forum..it is inconceivable!

this is one of my drawings .. you decide if it sucks

[Tamaraw]

contest suck...I have 14 Like and I'm not in 22 designs..I'm sorry but this contest is rigged...bye bye forum..it is inconceivable!

this is one of my drawings .. you decide if it sucks

It's not a like contest. I don't think rigged is the right word either since there is no clear way to determine winners. It's mostly a matter of preference and most people don't usually have the same taste.

As for your entry, some parts of your emblem don't match. The shield and football look well done. The knight looks too detailed compared to the others while the banner with starts looks like it was made on paint (I would know) I'm not saying you stole anything but it's not consistent. Besides your emblem has more than 2 colors (Some winners are like that though) Did you also submit it like that? There was a proper format.

[Sxrenity]

Well let's just hope Nordeus is more vigilant next time they do a comp.

[Tamaraw]

Maybe T11 can do a copyright complaint thread right after the competition thread closes before they pick winners. I'm not sure if everything would be covered but i'm sure it would help.

The color limit rule is confusing though. Some entries have more than two in an element.

[CarlTaut]

Nordeus should simply stop to make this kind of contest with these rules. Every time the rules are broken... dnm used 5 colours and still won....Every kind of clip art should be forbidden...
I already contacted Uttershock just to begin, let's see if they are happy that already 4 emblem used contains their copyrighted material...

[CarlTaut]

Promitheas you are a ****ing retarded Clipart Eagle 2 - Royalty Free Vector Illustration by Seamartini Graphics Media #1065124
"Price includes high resolution digital image and a Royalty Free (rf) Commercial License to legally use it."
you must purchase the rf license.
And actually your premium logo consists only of that image.

[Ardin Putra Kondo]

Promitheas you are a ****ing retarded Clipart Eagle 2 - Royalty Free Vector Illustration by Seamartini Graphics Media #1065124
"Price includes high resolution digital image and a Royalty Free (rf) Commercial License to legally use it."
you must purchase the rf license.
And actually your premium logo consists only of that image.

Seems you only see one side of the course, many sites that provide free of charge all the files that you think someone's copyright because somebody might have bought from seller service then distribute it for free, you can not say all of this against the law and the rules of copyright trade ... you only see on some sites so you can not just say so.