Where is kol_s Vista XP skin??

Published on December 3, 2005 By MADMyKe In Personal Computing

i love kols vista xp skin for windowsblinds but cant seem to find it anywhere. I was using it untill i did a full system restore and lost that file. Can anybody help me?

Comments (Page 4)

Jafo

on Dec 06, 2005

It is not legal to selectively enforce ones perceived intellectual property rights.

It's also not defensible. Once you relinquish your property rights by 'selective omission' you have a problem.

Legally, if MS wishes to police its property rights with regards to Kol's skin they are obliged to approach Kol directly to request/enforce his removal of ALL publicly available instances of the skin.

That would mean that Deviantart.com, and any other sites currently 'overlooked' by Microsoft would have had this contentious skin removed at the same time.

As it stands, since it is available elsewhere it is Wincustomize.com's members who are being discriminated against....and if nothing else, that's not particularly good PR or treatment of a 'MS Partner' site.

KoL_

on Dec 07, 2005

I don't have any problem if Microsoft contact me about removing the skin from WinCustomize, deviantART and GetSkinned. I know I'm using some of their images without permission. But I haven't receive any e-mail from Microsoft and I don't think deviatnART or GetSkinned have been contacted.

NightTrainthedark

on Dec 07, 2005

Master Kol...Feel free to visit Skinartistry. Even the bad press could do it some good.

bakerstreet

on Dec 07, 2005

I still have to wonder if it would have been noticed without "Vista" in the name. I can imagine them possibly taking the time to do searches on their trademarks, but I wonder if they would really devote an employee to going through skin sites looking for skins that resemble Vista.

I have a feeling that maybe they aren't as selective as they are just too lazy to look for anything without the Vista name in it.

Fuzzy Logic

on Dec 07, 2005

Maybe it's...

I know I'm using some of their images without permission

...causing issues - it does with other skins

Threi

on Dec 07, 2005

Maybe it's...
I know I'm using some of their images without permission
...causing issues - it does with other skins

and yet that Internet Explorer 7v2 skin is still here ROFLMAO

kona0197

on Dec 07, 2005

And yet countless other skins are using copyrighted images without permission.

brewman

on Dec 07, 2005

kol should have obtained permission from MS before releasing
this skin. After all, it is nothing more than a port of a skin.
kol has ported many Apple skins, but the difference is that he
had approval from the authors.
Why should this skin be any different? ... it's a copy.

Swansquash

on Dec 07, 2005

Has Microsoft ever given permission for anything?

Without charging for it, I mean...

They don't strike me as the benevolent type.

kona0197

on Dec 08, 2005

kol should have obtained permission from MS before releasing
this skin. After all, it is nothing more than a port of a skin.

If that's the case I think all the skins using some sort of MS graphic should come down. I still fail to see why the other Vista skins are still here.

Jafo

on Dec 08, 2005

Kona...you were always slow on the uptake.

Read #36.

....and try not to be confrontational when a little reading can explain all....

joeKnowledge

on Dec 08, 2005

oh lawd...

here we go with the fair use and fan art debate.

Sam Santiago

on Dec 08, 2005

Hey KOL, Microsoft should hire you!!!!

KoL_

on Dec 13, 2005

well I finally got the e-mail from Microsoft. I removed the theme from deviantART

Bichur

on Dec 13, 2005

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