um... this isn't gonna work, guys. at least, in my opinion. people went nutso here, when they were talking about charging membership prices to have access to download free stuff. and the point is, if there's a fee... then it's no longer free stuff. and it's not just the visitors who are looking to get goodies. what about the contributors? i'm sure that the fees will all be non-profit for the benefit of running the site, blah blah blah. but how sure is everybody else gonna be? then accusations of skimming start flying.... and then the contributors wonder why these other people are 'making money' off their free items. as a semi-major contributor to poserworld, i'm trying to reconcile this whole deal. i mean... when i make free stuff, it's so everybody can get it -- for free. now, if they can't get it for free.... i mean, what's the point? sure, they say they will have a 'small' free area that will remain open to public access, that contributors can elect to be placed in. but what if all the contributors want to be placed there? or the poserworld free stuff catalogue will be rotated through the 'small free area.' so what do i tell people? 'well, you can get my swan free, but only on months with a j in them' or something? i support poserworld, but to be frank.... i can't see having access to my free stuff limited in this way. and because i have a paid server with 'unlimited' bandwidth now, it would be better for me to host the files at my site, and post links to them on the link-only free stuff areas. :/ yanking my content from poserworld makes me feel bad, like i'm failing to support them and make their fees worthwhile with all my nice stuff. but i'd also feel bad and frustrated if people had to pay to get my free goodies, or could only get them free once in a while. i dunno. this sucks.