Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Hey! What's going on here? (Marketplace gripe)

Mason opened this issue on May 15, 2002 ยท 51 posts


melanie posted Wed, 15 May 2002 at 8:29 PM

When a person pays money for an item (model, texture, whatever), same as software manufacturers do, this should mean that you don't actually buy and own the item, but the license to use it commercially. This person obviously misses the point. You can't charge people money for something they don't receive the license to use. It's one thing with free giveaways, but with purchased items, it's quite another. He's charging almost $30 for this package. No one is going to pay that kind of money for this. There are very similar things floating out there on the 3D sites that are free (and I'm willing to bet some of those will even allow commercial use). He's probably sitting there wondering why no one's bought it yet. I think it's unbelievably selfish and greedy of a seller to do this. I don't really agree that an artist "has the right" to deny commercial use when money is exchanged for it. Freebies, yes, but not when he's making a profit, but the buyer can't use it for that purpose. What exactly is the buyer paying for, anyway? When I read about this sort of thing, it really gets my dander up! Melanie *** it's not just a hot flash this time, it's her fuse getting short ***