Forum: Renderosity Magazine Information!


Subject: Copyright as defined by Renderosity Magazine: BS to me. You?

volfin opened this issue on Sep 21, 2002 ยท 31 posts


Entropic posted Mon, 23 September 2002 at 4:54 PM

I do, or else I wouldn't be using Poser 5 and making products. ;) Something interesting to consider, btw, is that for a long time there were no copyright protections for most digital products. Content owners still sold their content electronically, knowing that the risk of piracy was not nearly so crippling as the income they'd lose by staying out of the market. Prior to the DMCA there were already billions of dollars of internet sells being generated, with no little or no protection versus theft. While we often get very riled about warez in this community, it is worth noting that more often than not, a warezer wouldn't have paid for their pirated software anyway. While some feel this is a loss, I figure it's just an expense of doing business. Those who are hones and want it will pay, those who are dishonest will not. Renderosity's strongest defense is our ability to police ourselves, banning and castigating those who steal, regardless of the protections of law. Paul