ironhart opened this issue on Sep 07, 2003 ยท 32 posts
who3d posted Mon, 08 September 2003 at 11:31 AM
No fair! I thought there waz gonna be at least one freebie. I feel cheated and tricked and... well it made me go look at the store . You've got some good looking buildings there! I'm another one of those deluded fools who thinks that just because theft is rife on the net that you have to just accept that it'll happen and not even complain about the unfairness. I don't have THE answer to immorality on the net, but I'm pretty sure that "oh well, let 'em get on with it" isn't the answer. The idea that it's OK to pass on anything copyrighted - even down to .MP3's on the net or taped copies of vinyl records - is simply wrong. Copyright law allows one to make a personal copy for backup purposes - not for giving away the original or copies to your mates. Glad you're feeling better, but if you actually have a lead on the culprits (at least one of whom must be masquerading as a "legal" customer by buying the originals!) please don't shirk from nailing them to the wall just because there's a high tolerance factor in some circles. IIRC legally "Ignorance is no excuse" - and it's pretty gosh darned hard to be ignorant of copyright facts on Renderosity (IMHO).