--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Jippen <cheetahmorph@> wrote:
> >
> > As a part-time pirate myself, let me make something clear:
> > paper is just as vulnerable to a scanner, as CD-ROMs are to
> copy/paste.
> >
> > Also, when you actually look at it, people who would be pirating
your
> > work would also be the people who wouldn't buy it if the "for
free"
> > download was unavailable.
> >
> > So, piracy should NOT be the thing warding you off from the CDs.
> > Alternately, you could look into doing something like: "Click 50
ads,
> > and I'll ship you a CD", where people can still support you, even
if
> > they don't have spare cash themselves.
>
> I don't operate a paysite, so I don't think the "click ads" idea
> would work (not to mention it'd probably be a pain in the ass come
tax-
> time!). I no longer deal directly with folks when it comes to
sales;
> my stuff is sold through Second Ed instead, and even the new site
> links to his page for actual sales of the items.
>
> The "anti-copy" paper I've been using for the past few years has
> seemed to put a bit of a dent in things, however. Scans either
show
> up with the word "copy" plastered all over the image, or the
pictures
> get tweaked and adjusted to "filter out" the offending watermarks,
> resulting in a poorer-quality final image. The downside to this
> paper, of course, is that it's slight grey color does have an
impact
> on the color of the artwork, and many folks don't like it because
they
> can't scan it in.
>
> It's like a vicious circle, man.
>
> --JMH
>
Yea the anti copy paper would defenatly bother me as I prefer a
digital copy of the art I get; I have no hard copies I only have
digital stuff... and althow I am a software priate I will not copy
orignal art or post it to the net in any way thats just wrong.
Received on Mon Apr 28 2008 - 09:00:51 CDT