In the beginning, this wasn't such a problem, since people didn't do this kind of stuff.
Nowadays, I occasionally see signatures with BBCode art that are stolen from other signatures. Let's not call any names here.
Is this allowed? Do we have to put copyright licenses under each signature in order for this not to happen?
If in a case that people saw a copycat or some close modification to that design, they can call the attention of those people in charge of the competition so that further investigation will take placed and sanctions (lol) will be applied to those guilty.
Much better if both parties can backup their claims for a quick conclusion/s.
There actually was no modification of the part of the BBcode art. To give an example of one, this was copied-and-pasted directly to a new signature:
It took me about an hour to make this, it's a shame if this can just be used in another signature for no effort at all.
What sig campaign or service is that? Please link here.