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Custom Jewelry - Stealing the Hard Work of Others
Posted On 02/17/2009 04:46 AM
Many customers approach us with designs from competitors or from nationally known jewelry designers that they want replicated or knocked off. They want us to steal the ideas and work of another jewelry designer while saving them money. The word steal is the correct word to use in this instance because that’s exactly what they want us to do. It may sound harsh to the consumer that’s unfamiliar with copyright laws but you can’t take another man’s work and call it your own. You can’t take another jewelry designers ideas or hard work and profit from it. It’s against the law and morally corrupt! To view our diamond collection or learn more about engagement rings visit diamond
Put Yourself in the Designer’s Shoes
Let’s say that you had a great idea for a book and spent years writing about it to finally complete the novel you’ve always dreamed about. After finalizing the book you come to know that someone took your work and had it published in their name, profiting from your efforts. You would be really upset, right? Of course you would be, and you would have cause for a very lucrative lawsuit. So with that being said, why would stealing someone’s jewelry design ideas be any different than stealing your book ideas? It isn’t and you shouldn’t do it! A jewelry design comes about from many hours of remuneration and planning over specific details that make the engagement ring, wedding ring, necklace, or whatever special. All of this doesn’t happen overnight and certainly there are years of practice and training that help the custom jewelry designer get to the point of being able to make jewelry.
But Everybody’s Doing It
You’ll find some jewelers that’ll never pose the question or won’t hesitate to knock-off a design from another jewelry maker. My best advice to you is to think about the type of person that you’ll be doing business with. If they are willing to take something from someone else why wouldn’t they do the same to you? What if this person is forced to make an ethical decision about their business dealings with you? After all, you must trust them with your hard-earned money in an area that you’re not an expert in. How do you know that you’ll get what you paid for? Well, you’re chances certainly have dropped a little when dealing with someone that has a lack of personal ethics.
Take the High Road
I don’t mean to preach and I’m not the holy roller kind but I do believe in Karma and the positive and negative affects it can have on your life. Taking the high road in all possible situations is always the best decision to make. Stealing someone’s work is not good Karma. By the way, just because the jeweler is making the jewelry for you doesn’t mean you’re not at fault. If you pay someone to make jewelry that is a complete rip-off of someone else’s work, you’re a thief too! Technically speaking you could be forced to relinquish the very jewelry you’ve just paid for if a designer found out that you paid someone to take their ideas. A jeweler that stands on his own merits and encourages you to work together to make your own one-of-kind custom jewelry design shows integrity. He/she demonstrates that money is not the main motivator for them. It could be that they simply enjoy their work and want to do a good job for you. In the end you’ll probably be in better hands if you take the high road.
