Blackhearted opened this issue on Oct 13, 2001 ยท 177 posts
Mehndi posted Tue, 16 October 2001 at 1:26 PM
Ladynimue, please do not let this one isolated incident discourage you so. Some of us are actually in this as legitimate and professional business people. What I mean by that is that it is not a hobby to us, and therefore we do not sit around hunting down for good or ill those who buy our things (though personally if I manage to locate anyone using my things in a render I do try to make a comment and thank them personally, since I owe them a great deal of gratitude). As business people, we realize we will have the occasional case of warez happen to our goods. It is unfortunate, but it is like shoplifting in retail. It happens. As business people, we realize we are giving up rights to certain things we have as hobbyists when we choose to sell our work, including rights to mention of our name. Good business people rely upon the graciousness and courtesy of our customers to spread the word that our work is good, and we in turn should be giving back graciousness and courtesy to those using our work, since it is after all, in and of itself an endorsement. For me, this is a business. Not a hobby. Not a part time job. It is a full time business, as a professional freelance 3d artisan crafting goods for others to use in their art. I sell "tools". What you do with the tools after you purchase them from me, is your affair generally, so long as you do not redistribute my work in such a way that it impedes upon my ability to make a living :) I hope that when Steffy returns, she will have adopted some of the correct attitude of what it means to sell things as a business person, since her talent is vast and strong and her loss to us all would be a shame.