Funny, when i first got into Poser, I wondered the opposite "Why are these guys giving all this neat stuff away for free?" I think people are being a little quick to judge here, Tebop may not be a "freeloader"; Maybe he doesn't realise that it actually costs money to give stuff away on the internet. Places like Poserworld charge for membership to recover the cost of running the site. Hosting companies charge them according to how much bandwidth the downloads use up. They used to be free until the bandwidth bill got so high thyat they had a choice between closing and charging for access to the site. Although there isn't much on sensu-japan that interests me, the stuff is nice and would be worth paying the $18 for someone who is interested in it. Poserworld charges $30, but it has way more stuff (can you say "Jackpot"?)... Only a few people actually make a living at it, but most people who sell stuff make just enough to make an otherwise expensive hobby pay for itself. I have no objection to paying for well-made stuff as long as it's reasonably priced and is something I have a use for. One thing about the free stuff is that it frequently (but not always) has usage restrictions or other strings attatched, but stuff you pay for doesn't.

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Jeff

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