@rhondak - only you didn't hire anyone to do the logo in this case, and you know that. There was no contract of any kind, so no, this would not fall under the work for hire category. But hey - whatever suites your needs, I guess. The appropriate thing to do, the less cowardly, if you will, would have been to reach out to the artist and seek their permission to keep using the logo. An offer of compensation and or at the very least credit to the artist wouldn't have hurt either. But you didn't do any of those things. Instead - you are essentially stealing someone else's creative labor and now pushing it out as public domain or your own creation. That's plain shitty. I would have expected more from someone in a creative field, but alas.
As for us leaving the block, can't speak for anyone else, but I couldn't be happier with the decision to do so. Nice to be in a place where nobody dictates how things are done, which POVs are acceptable to write in and frankly - where a community is what it's supposed to be: supportive, creative and bloody fun.
What the heck are you even going on about? The logo on this post was not created by Peg. Period. The ink pot image is public domain clip art, And the gif was made in Photoshop with fonts I downloaded myself. Furthermore, it doesn’t matter if a graphic artist has contracts or blood oaths when they release a logo for an entity’s use. If the entity uses that logo for a period of time with no attribution, the artist cannot suddenly demand they change the brand. Your whole argument is non-sensible. I don’t even know why I’m bothering to respond.
I think you people are just angry because you can’t find any legitimate mud to sling, and because your plans to delete the critique queue got shoved back in your faces. The truth about who the bullies are, and who the dictator wannabes are is now quite clear. We’re rock solid at The Block. You guys are off somewhere drinking some really funny Koolaid.
“because your plans to delete the critique queue got shoved back in your faces.”
See, not everyone is petty and cruel. Not everyone wants anyone they disagree with to be trashed and maligned. But my aunt always said “You measure people by your own yardstick” so I’m not surprised you’d think that of others.
And btw that’s only the last of several offers made to transfer ownership.
Here is a portion of the DM that was sent to at least one of our moderators. I will not disclose the name of the sender publicly, but I am not the only person who knows the identity. I am also not the only person who perceived it as a threat. However, by that time, a copy of the spreadsheet had been safe for days.
". . . Muxx and Rhonda and whoever took everything.
They removed the channel and all the history, as if none of it had ever existed.
Spreadsheet (which @ jrhughes had set up) - gone.
None of the information was left for those sad, sorry, misguided Minnows
or whoever stayed behind.
Reap what you sow. Set a precedent, others will take note."
This message was sent on the fifteenth of December. The sender left the Writers' Block server at the same time you did.
A copypasta of a comment relating to the way YOU left MSP (which that is) has nothing to do with your accusations that we were trying to screw you with the queue. I offered multiple people ownership in the hopes of WB keeping the long records of who had been through the queue. The last of which being screen capped in context above. I learned from long witnessing of your half truths how important context is.