JAGGED EDGES I've been here since '02 (perhaps longer?); don't take the lack of posted comments as a lack of membership. Don't jump to conclusions. But I don't want to get into an argument about that.
They aren't THAT similar. Look at shape. Look at specifics. Besides the grinning one, they don't look that similar. And they're emoticons. They're not that creative, ANYWAY. Try making white emoticons with little red faces that don't look like Mr. Lanham's. Does he now own the concept? And even his work was based on another, the Somatic theme. This isn't stolen work, and even if it's inspired, it's different and "original" (in the I-did-it-myself sense), and we should all stop chastising this poor developer.
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