435 votes
Designer Protection
99designs should protect designers better, by at the very least not allowing other designers to read feedback on your own designs. It's a tad unfair when you have "half a good logo" that needs tweaked, then someone takes the good half, and tweaks the other half and wins while you are out for the weekend :)
0 urmdesignvoice
I strongly agree with this - people could 'keep an eye out' for the leading design - read the comments/feedback from the CH and then complete your initial design. This is private information for the individual NOT the community. This is a form of leaching - it does'nt help anybody, just encourages copyright/IP enfringment. Thanks
1 Fire Up
Fire Up would also be a strong supporter of this idea. We deal with designers where everyone else does not see the designs and sure does not have access to the communication. Our current contest, its turning into a feeding frenzy. One designer said we was getting ideas from other entries. This system tends to defeat itself towards the end of the contest. Private communicated is needed
0 umxca
Here's a perfect example: http://99designs.com/contests/8481
Designer realised CH liked my design (5 stars) made 3 or 4 tweaks and BINGO wins the contest,,,If i'm wrong here someone please let me know...I spend a lot of time trying to come up with an idea that will appeal to the CH. Maybe ther should be some kind of comensation...thx
3 BeatShot
Agree, there been also situations where 3-4 designers are improving designs for 4-5 days, and then comes one guy who reads all the feedback from each design, collects all the best from these designs tweaks it a bit and wins the contest.
0 Art
I agree and disagree with this, why i tell you...You guys are right i agree that other designers are taking advantage by reading others feedback and comments.
At the same time i disagree because Contest holders are not giving rating to some designs (they are skipping the rating/feedback) so the designer without any feedback needs improvement then how he will do that....? obviously by watching othe
0 mmentis
Agreeing strongly with this. Fairness promotes ideas and variation. More steps should be taken to promote fairness.
0 ccol
I certainly disagree. It is not unfair in the slightest as everyone can read everyone's comments. If someone else is better at interpretting the CH's comments and turning them into a winning design I think it's great. There are already ways of dealing with plagiarism if you see that as a problem.
The contest holder is more likely to declare a winner if a great design is produced.
2 sjfeldman76
I completely agree. When you're dealing with a firm with a staff of designers, certainly you have a collaborative effort with the comibined desire to please the client. This is a contest website where yes, you want to please the client, but you are also trying to earn money for yourself. There is a lot of room here for people to steal designs from one another.
0 petralian
disagree... and so everyone will ask the CH to start sending them private messages... If you cannot take comments and have other people read them I think you should consider it from the other side. It's up to you to interpret the CH's desires by looking at the hints and maximizing your logos
0 lancerfour
disagree
2 xpressions
It's a matter of ethics. Perhaps we should all just sit back and leach...but then there would be no concepts presented to leach off of. Conceptualizing is one of, if not the hardest part in the design process and absolutely needs protection.
1 roldanh
I certainly agree with this! I've victimized by this a lot.
0 computerlove
I Strongly AGREE
0 dazzclub
Aren't the feedback visible to everyone?...therefore if you had submitted a design to which the CH has made some instructive comments you aswell as others can go back to your proposal and improve upon it.
Suck it up designers....you snooze you lose...end of.
3 Matiu
I have seen it all here, vector stock usage, bits and pieces and even whole design's being stolen from design sites e.g.:pixellogo. Make thumbnails and comments private and have someone monitor stock usage & blatant ripoffs from old contests & winning designs. Until where protected i say when in rome.
0 de2e
Disagree.
3 defunkt
Im 100% behind this, theres no need for other designers to view the comments or (full view pic) between contest holder and particular designer. As stated above we are not working as a design team but as individuals for our own gain. I can understand the need for the client to get the product they want, but not at the expense of the creative few who come up with original concepts.
0 Danilux
Disagree.
0 jokkesvin
How about making everything readable only from the moment a contest ends? That way, during the process, the designers are "protected" and then when it ends all can benefit from the great insight you get from being able to look "behind the scenes" og a logo process or whatever it is :)
3 ccurve
The whole dilemma with design copying is just a simple matter of keeping all submissions hidden for anyone but the Contest Holder.
AFTER the competition is over, everyone can see all the submissions.
That's my 2 bits.
0 mrpsycho98
Agree & Disagree...
Designer Side: Agree (Want to protect my work)
Contest Holder Side: Disagree (I want the best!!)