guarie opened this issue on Nov 07, 2002 ยท 137 posts
pendarian posted Fri, 08 November 2002 at 6:07 PM
xoconostle, I got it and thank you. I prefer not to have enemies myself, and yes I also tend to state things more passionately then I should at times. My last word on the subject LOL!! As owner of the copyright, he can restrict the usage as with any EULA. The only way to get around it is not download it. What concerns me as an artist and a freestuff artist is this, restrictions are restrictions...whether it be no commercial use or anything more restrictive. We agree to it when we install the product. Whether we pay for something or not, copyright law does not make that distinction, it is still copyrighted and by that very thing, we have borrowed it, but we don't own it. We cannot pick and choose which restrictions we comply to...we must respect them all. If we pick and choose, then what is next? Our artwork on someone else's site, even though we have said under our images that they couldn't? Yes, I know it already happens and we scream to high heaven when it does. Why is respecting and honoring this copyright any different? I do not have to agree with it, but I do as an artist and a person have to comply with it, because I gave my word when I installed it that I would do so. If we can't live with what is requested, just don't download it or buy it. It is a valid request...we just don't happen to like it. And as guarie says, he won't download it so he will not cause the creator any distress...bravo for him/her...for thinking about the person behind the creation :) guarie, if you were here I would hug you just for that simple statement. "There is no honor among thieves" as the old saying goes...but I would like to think there is among artists and the artistic community. Okay, I'll go shut up now and sit in my corner :) Pendarian