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Plagiarism rules

an ORANGE logo defined  Cake wars are on fire:  claims of plagiarism unfold on Twitter.  It is a cake boss of the inauguration kind.   Sadly, if you are renowned in some way and your craft is shared online you are exposed to plagiarism. But what do you do if you are not renowned in any way, a mere blogger who shares ideas openly to help others? What if your blog logo, an orange, is used as a logo for an internal initiative by the company you work for?  How do you prove that the idea stemmed from your own creativity and borrowed or used?   The same logo I unveiled on my blog was adopted for a corporate initiative:  coincidence?  Recourse?  Aren't you glad I chose orange? Does it even matter?   Coincidence or not?  How can one make such claims when the logo is used internally and not for public scrutiny? I can certainly say that I was not, am not, involved in any form of marketing, messaging or creative f...