My app of choice gets even less respect in most cg communities than Poser, but that doesn't stop me from using it.  I know I will never be a "real" artist in the eyes of traditional artists since I have no talent with traditional media or in the eyes of professional cg artists since I can't afford to spend thousands of dollars on apps like 3ds or Maya.

I've seen V3 used in brilliant POV Ray and Maya scenes where the artists took the time to sculpt every last building, vehicle, stick of furniture and hand paint every texture, yet s/he hasn't applied one morph or changed one thing about the default V3.

Raises hand  I have to admit I'm guilty of this particularly in scenes where the people aren't the main focus of the image (I used to have a serious Poser mannequin adiction because I liked the "generic-ness" of the mannequin).

I have no problem with people using "canned" content especially when all this is just a hobby for the people using the canned content.  I usually use a mixture of my own models and premade models depending on the scene.  Sometimes my models look better than what I can find (or afford), sometimes the premade models are better.  I've thought about offering some of the things I've made as freebies but most of them aren't really compatible with "standard" 3d software so I doubt there would be much interest.

*This might be a shameless plug, but I was inspired to make this image the last time the "Poser art" question came up.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1281004