Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: HOW DO WE STOP THEFT?

richnovak opened this issue on Jul 23, 2003 ยท 30 posts


Jim Burton posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 11:32 AM

He who steals my art steals trash... ;-) Actually, I did have something of mine "borrowed" by a site once, my mermaid painting, but most of my artwork isn't up to the standards required to be stolen, I guess. Different story on my mesh, though. Just like most of the guys who sell stuff, there is lots of my stuff in the Warez channels. I don't let it bother me, though, life is to short, and honest people don't steal. Whis leads me to suggest, what are you loosing if somebody steals your artwork? Other than the pride aspect of either having your work unatributed or claimed by another? Are you loosing sales? Have you ever sold your artwork? Do you ever plan on selling it? Forgive me for suggesting this, but I think it is more of a non-subject. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it should be allowed, or honest people should ever think of doing it, I'm just saying it is a minor problem as problems go. Now that I think of it, there was a guy around about a year and a half ago that was also claiming my mesh as his work, so I've seen that side of it too. What ever happened to him, I sometimes wonder?