gate posted at 1:04PM Fri, 19 February 2016 - #4256035

Quote : So you're suggesting respecting pirates protects against piracy? ...

it is to respect the Individual you never know who sits on the other end of the machine it might be your best friend your Nabor or your Wife.

Can you be more specific on how to give that respect? My first product was on sold on Poseraddicts years ago when I started selling and way before I submitted anything to DAZ. It sold rather blah, which as a new vendor I understood but it was good to get some grocery money. ;) After about a year or so I put it on sale for $1.99 and I kept it there (it may even be that price now at that site).

It was pirated. I was rather shocked. And this is a small site, not DAZ.

To be honest, I don't think respect has anything to do with whether an item is pirated or not. It doesn't matter if a store decides to protect their investment. Things are shared if they are perceived to have the value to bring people to share other items with them.

The thing is respect work both ways, and it's not always DAZ vs the world. I remember I had just started learning how to render and I made an erotic render which I was happy about posting. I put it on a gallery and about a week later, it end up in a Pay-for-view gallery. Where exactly is the respect from someone takes the work that wasn't even selling for their own gain? There is no respect, so I don't think your argument holds any water.