Well Sam, you took the word, but for me, that was also why I sought
clarification, because I really did not understand why AfriNIC should hold
on to a design you declare non-winner and what exactly should be the
motivation above the certification, which does not empower the person
economically in any form. Appreciation of labour should start from home
which in this case is AfriNIC.

Whoever gets to designing or participating in such a contest invariably is
not looking for certificate but economic value given the time and
intellectual engagement to strategically think out something.

I think very strongly AfriNIC should rethink about the prize, no matter who
it will go to eventually. We as community should be able to encourage
intellectualism. If it was that cheap, AfriNIC secretariat should have just
put something together and tag it 10yr logo, I am sure no one will bleak.

Best of the evening from Dubai.
Remmy


On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Olivier,
>
> In my personal opinion, and as an economist, I consider it unfortunate in
> this otherwise good idea for a commemorative 10 Years of AFRINIC logo that
> the contest is appropriating without any compensation the intellectual
> property of the designers who submit designs. It would have been better to
> offer a slightly more substantial prize than a certificate to the winning
> design(s), and to leave ownership of the remaining designs in the hands of
> the designers. It is also hard to figure out of what use the other 10-Year
> designs would be to AFRINIC in any event.
>
> Sam L.
>
> On 2014-10-15 3:57 AM, Olévié Kouami posted the Logo Competition details
> which included:
>
>> *** Disclaimer: The winning design of AFRINIC's 10 years and all other
>> designs submitted will become the property of AFRINIC and cannot be used by
>> designer for any other purpose.
>>
>


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