Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: SF Fan Artists: Don't get ripped off like I did.

mrsparky opened this issue on Jan 02, 2007 · 96 posts


ThrommArcadia posted Fri, 05 January 2007 at 11:40 PM

Eromanric, you are acting completely professional.  I think you have a lot of support on this issue, not to mention precedence.  Anyone who watches newscasts like 60 Minutes has seen e-mails and letters from corporations displayed and quoted.

You're misadventure here has uncovered an ugly truth about this little company.  These people need to learn how to run an ethical, professional business.  They may have lots to offer (assuming not everything on their site is stolen), but they will not succeed with such an arrogant attitude.

I am glad this came to light.  I use much of my art for professional purposes and I need to be absolutely clear that what I am purchasing is legal for me to use.  I know there are others in the same boat.  This not only has warned me of a site I was intending to do business with, this has also smacked me upside the head and told me not to take everything for granted.  Sometimes I just trust the surface a bit too much, and if this had not come into the light, I could have ended up in some painful legal trouble down the road.

Imagine if I was working on an animated TV sequence and we bought your model from these people and used it on TV.  (Unlikely since, at least, they did note it was from a copyrighted movie), but let's say it wasn't, or let's say I purchased soem of their nift mocaps only to find they were not the true authors?

Now, let's say I was doing contract work for a Studio that needed a sequence done.

You can see how this could very quickly roll into a very ugly situation.

I have no tolerance for someone who will steal and jeapordize my lively -hood for their own ill-gotten gain!

I want to see this company go down or at least I want every single person to know of their questionable business practices.

You (and MrSparky) saved me some potential grief.  I now worry about others who are not active in forums.