thewishmaster opened this issue on Nov 18, 2003 ยท 121 posts
illusions posted Wed, 19 November 2003 at 10:18 AM
Don't be so quick to judge. I seem to recall that Traveler pulled many of his early morphs because they were showing up in commercial products in the marketplace when it first started, and some of those products were created by members that have become "successful" in this "community" and others.
Many people have made the mistake of using others morphs and textures as a basis for freebies not understanding that it was improper to do so. This is a mistake that has even been done by some that have gone on to become "perfect demigods of Poserdom". What's even more disheartening is that some of these "demigods" only crawl out of the woodwork when there is a "witch to burn" and rarely to contribute anything of substance to this community.
thewishmaster made an error. It's not difficult to believe someone might use morphs from a character offered as a freebie on another site thinking it was ok to do so...especially if the included readme stated so...then rename those morphs to match the name of the character they are creating.
The "evidence" offers little to indicate a deliberate theft or not...and since it doesn't we should be willing to give thewishmaster the benefit of the doubt and believe his explanation...especially since he pulled the item as soon as proof that it "infringed" was offered.
I have to agree with FyreSpiryt, I too am sometimes ashamed to be a part of this "community".