fur opened this issue on May 10, 2000 ยท 74 posts
PJF posted Thu, 11 May 2000 at 8:47 AM
I'm all in favour of the free market and for artists to make money from their work. I also have no problem with a gallery or reseller choosing their own rates of commission (if artists don't like it, they don't have to submit). My big concern is that this place (Renderosity) is now essentially just a shop window. This forum (founded by someone else, incidentally) was designed to be, and has been, a community centre for users of Poser. This is supposed to be a place where people can freely and openly exchange ideas, techniques and, indeed, actual items. While it can be fairly said that these activities can continue, the fact that a five figure user base which has been established on the basis of them has now suddenly become a five figure customer base reeks of utterly cynical manipulation. If anyone wants to set up a store, fine. But don't do it the back of a place that is used by its members for completely incompatible reasons. Do it somewhere else! Or be prepared to get accused of being a bunch of unscrupulous, money grubbing charlatans. This has to be the best thing to happen to Poser Forum Online (Poserforum.org) in a long time.