Google Android Ripping Off Zero Puncutation Logo?

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demmeter

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Did Yahtzee copyright his Zero Punctuation logo?

Because it looks like the new Google Android phone logo is eerily similar to his ZP 'mob' logo. I'm not advocating legal recourse or anything, but the similarity between the 2, especially on the head area, are nearly identical.

Google Android Logo : http://www.android.com/media/wallpaper/gif/android_logo.gif

ZP: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1385-Torchlight

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delet

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Well, they are two very different colours and the Android imp's limbs don't connect to his body... Sorry, I don't see it.
 

TheNumber1Zero

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They have a similar build, but the imp is a simple design, one that works, but simple nonetheless. It would be only natural that such a thing have a look alike eventually.
 

anthony87

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Different colors.

Different shapes.

Limbs not attached to android.

Sorry mate but it's not there.
 

demmeter

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I don't think it was purposeful, I'm sure that Google has legions in the marketing dept who slaved for months over that logo.

It's just interesting at how close they came, chop the head off the imp and give it a green paint job, ta da!
 

Binerexis

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What's weird is that I TOTALLY see what you're getting at but I look at one and it's DEFINITELY and imp/gremlin/The Darkness thing and the other cannot be anything but a robot.
 

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I can see similarities but thats like copyrighting a more detailed stickman. Its such a simple design that someone is going to have similarities.
I see what you mean but its not the same;or even close.
 

gutterball17

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They look similar but it's difficult to come up with a completely original idea. Plus any simply drawn person with antennae (antennas?) will look similar.
 

Clirck

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First time I saw the android my first tougth was how the imp got onto the phone but at closer inspecton I saw that they were different. I think it's just a coinsidence that they appear slightly similar.
 

Canadamus Prime

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That Google thing does look remarkably similar to Yahtzee's imps, what Yahtzee and the Escapist want to do about it is up to them.
 

demmeter

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I'd still bet my firstborn that if the ZP imp was an Apple(TM) logo, Google would be knee deep in lawsuits right now, with Steve Jobs gnawing at the ankles.