[Clipart] Kamsart

[Jon Phillips]

Yah, can you start a blacklist page and make its linked to on the wiki. We
should make sure that we never use these guys and actively discourage them
as spammers.

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kamsart


http://www.openclipart.org/detail/67


On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:31 PM, chovynz <chovynz at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Just double checking:
> http://www.wmfclipart.com/
> is the site that
> http://www.kamsart.com/
> redirects to.
>
> Can we do some Whois and background checks on these two and see if anything
> comes up?
>
> By the way Greg, I found your old message thread. :)
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/clipart/2008-September/008758.html
> I'll remove the kamasart from the wiki now Greg. Sorry it wasn't done
> before.
> Could you confirm if the redirection issue above has anything to do with
> this?
>
> Cheers
> Chovynz
>
>
> On 8/04/2010 7:38 a.m., Greg Bulmash wrote:
>
> Take Kamsart off that list, please. They're a bunch of lying cheats.
> Their stuff isn't public domain. I've asked that they be removed
> onlist before because of this. I'm getting sued for copyright
> infringement over images I got from there.
>
> There are HUNDREDS of pieces on that site that George Riddick claims
> are his copyrighted works, and if he catches people using them, he
> demands thousands of dollars to settle the infringement claim. Seehttp://extortionletterinfo.com/imageline.htm for detailed information
> on his tactics. If stuff from there gets on OCAL, it could cause
> MASSIVE trouble for both OCAL and OCAL users.
>
> - Greg
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
>
>
>  Well, we aren't quite at 30K cliparts, but a quick way we can boost up to
> 30K is to add from external sources!
> http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/Clipart_Acquisition
>
> Its easy!
>
> 1. Find some source at that link like a PDF
> 1.5 confirm the source is actually released into the public domain for each
> image.
> 2. Open each page in Inkscape
> 3. extract out the good drawings already vector
> 4. save each one to a separate file, preferably with page number and source
> in the file name
> 5. When all done, upload to http://openclipart.org/multiupload making sure
> to add the source url in the description
> 6. Use <strike>...</strike> to strike thru already uploaded clipart. Add a
> link to the clipart if applicable and/or the tag you used.
> 7. Keep on going!!!
>
> Its fun! Funnn!!!
>
> Brad, can you integrate this into an upcoming blog post please...
>
> Jon
>
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