MOD EDIT
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Not even just stealing the concept...
Full post.
Seems pretty commonplace at the moment. I'm guessing it's Design Agencies being commisioned to do work and just flat out plagiarising someone's idea to save time. It's beyond stupid - in this day and age it always comes full circle.
Happened to Designer Olly Moss not long back, too.
Major Nelson said:Hey guys, I wanted to let you know that this is being investigated. In the meantime, our official channels have pulled down the asset in question. I'll follow up with the OP /u/macsterr/ once I get more details.
Well Microsoft have responded to the reddit post and by removing the ad they obviously feel what's happened is wrong (ethically at least, as it's just a stolen concept). Case closed, no?
And the original designer is using Microsoft assets and licenced property to advertise on behalf of Microsoft and their game... for free. So it's not like they're going to be mad at him. His original design got 63,000 views, so it did a good job to be fair.
Edited: had confused upvotes and views. Still way too similar to be a coincidence.
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Not even just stealing the concept...
Full post.
Seems pretty commonplace at the moment. I'm guessing it's Design Agencies being commisioned to do work and just flat out plagiarising someone's idea to save time. It's beyond stupid - in this day and age it always comes full circle.
Happened to Designer Olly Moss not long back, too.