I wasn’t the only person who wrote a blog post about LogoMaid and how they ripped off the SimpleBits logo. Apparently, their rip-off was vehemently denounced by pretty much anyone who came to know about the theft. (Yeah, I know that’s a whole lot of links there, but there were a lot of people upset about this.) Well, it seems that LogoMaid has succumbed to the pressure and has posted a public apology to Dan on the Flickr page that started this all:
In name of Vilords media I need to apologize for the inconvenience caused. I feel really sorry that we didn’t remove the logotype rightaway (sic)…and let this situation ascalate (sic). It took us too long to understand the designer we worked with for over 3 years obviously did copy the main shape of your logo. We figured it when we saw the owl logotype (added today) which was removed from the offer almost instanly (sic) after the friendly notification from ara_p (thanks).
Now, I don’t quite buy the fact that LogoMaid is truly apologetic and was unaware of this all from the start. This is simply the reaction of a company that has come up against a battle it can’t fight anymore and is doing all it can to make save whatever little credibility it has left.
Lesson to be learned: when you know you’re wrong, fess up and fix the problem. Don’t blame other people.
Credibility? They lost that when Pavol decided to create fake accounts on Flickr (hi 15 year olds). They’re trying to save their sorry ass. However, given what Google turns up when you search for LogoMaid, they won’t be successful.
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Good point Alexander. I lost any respect they had as soon as they threatened Dan with legal action instead of talking it through like a normal individual would do.
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Personally, I’m both amused and distressed (in the mildest sense of the word) at all of the typos in that message! Not to mention the shameless plug, “you are welcome to checkout our new product additions every monday”.
A half-hearted apology, and not even well written. It’s a testament to the sloppy work this company- right from the top.
I will forever use this as an argument to my clients (it does come up from time to time) against purchasing anything from these logo sweatshop companies.
Agreed, too little, too late. Love the mispellings :)
Crocodile tears.
http://www.logomaid.com/detail.php?uid=4321&maincat=1
I wonder if Microsoft would like to know about this?
I tried to contact them, but couldn’t really get anywhere…