customer provided art with possible copyright issues

[BillyBoy86]

"i want my new sign to look like my new business cards"
me: sir, your new business car is your name added to standard vista print templates, i've talked to 7 other business owners this week with the same business card. i think you may want to come up something a little more unique.
"no way, this is my new logo"

 

[reQ]

"i want my new sign to look like my new business cards"
me: sir, your new business car is your name added to standard vista print templates, i've talked to 7 other business owners this week with the same business card. i think you may want to come up something a little more unique.
"no way, this is my new logo"

Ahaha, happens here also. Roughly 2-3 years ago i had like 4 contractors stopping by for a 4x8 coro sign for highway to make... and their business cards look exactly the same "Hand with hammer" from vistaprint template )))

 

[BillyBoy86]

Ahaha, happens here also. Roughly 2-3 years ago i had like 4 contractors stopping by for a 4x8 coro sign for highway to make... and their business cards look exactly the same "Hand with hammer" from vistaprint template )))

happens to me pretty often,
i just don't get how people think a template from a website is their new logo.

sometimes, for fun, it'll go like this.
customer comes in for whatever reason, with their new cards. let's say this guy is a plumber
and the day before, i saw the same exact card for a painting business,
i'll ask if they are affiliated....like, "oh do you know so and so painting?
they won't usually, and they won't know why i thought they were affiliated.

 

[gabagoo]

OK guys, how many here have ever been sued for just this problem? that's what i thought!!! Move along now, nothing here

 

[signcrafters london]

Should I invest in a lie detector for my showroom just to make sure clients are telling me the truth?

We use sodium pentothal.

 

[eahicks]

When you get a file from someone, with a photo in it and zoom in and see the remainders of an almost photoshopped out watermark, it's a red flag.