So let me get this straight,
You dont like my ideas and dont agree with what I have to say, but you
cannot come up with any kind of rebuttal, so instead you try character
assasination and insults instead, and then have the nerve to call -me-
a troll?
This is for you -
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xs8HWN6UyE
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scott <y_auction956@...> wrote:
>
> You can always tell how much someone is trying to scam you by the
complications of their speech. It's simple really....
> �
> An artist creates the work
> Said artist charges for the sale of his work
> People agree to pay the asking amount for these works
> Someone goes and freely distributes (and thus others freely obtain)
these works that are supposed to be paid for.
> There are now copies of these works floating around that are
supposed to be paid for to aquire that other people take.
> This is not theft, how?
>
> Whether you can afford it or not is not the point and would never
hold up in court. You're arguements are baseless, irrational, and you
try to make the pirates and theives out to be the victim. Good day troll.
>
> Narei
>
> --- On Thu, 10/2/08, danleephoto <athiril_at_...> wrote:
>
> From: danleephoto <athiril_at_...>
> Subject: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: (C) infringement isn't theft, nor are
illegally-obtained digital collections
> To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 9:24 PM
>
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>
>
> Sorry, but a lot of this is fallacious.
>
> I do not advocate people posting 1:1 print quality reproductions,
> never even mentioned it, using that to counter my original argument
> doesn't make sense.
>
> People shouldn't post 1:1 print reproductions, you're right, but some
> people do.
>
> The people who are downloading the material, either 1:1 reproduction,
> or a readable screen display copy only that has water marked, it will
> be whichever is more easily accessible, will either be downloading it
> because they chanced across it (whether "furry" or not), or they enjoy
> the work.
>
> If a person would not pay for something in the first place, for
> whatever reason, then it's not a lost sale, I'm not here to argue the
> ratio of new people who havent heard of your work or those who didnt
> buy anything in the first place vs old customer's stopping paying for
> things.
>
> I do think you're complaining, as these are your problems and you need
> to find a suitable solution to them instead of making the same
> mistakes over, like you said, some dick will always post superscans.
>
> There are a few problems here, Marshall McLuhan was ahead of his time
> in his thinking as a media theorist, I suggest you look into his
> works, as they will help you.
>
> I never had even heard of Second Ed before, and it appears they do $5
> U.S. shipping to international locations, which is ludicrously low,
> here in Australia we are used to $40 shipping for the most light
> weight orders of anything from the U.S., (and $12 for domestic
> internal shipping..) (for example, a particular roll of film here
> costs over $20, and another $20 to get developed, this roll of film
> costs $4 in the U.S., but getting orders shipped start at $40
> shipping, thus need to bulk order with others to make it worth while).
>
> I've only ever seen one of your comics, so I'm not sure what is the
> format, but perhap you can post parts of them or a low res format on
> your own website just as Second Ed receives them or something? You can
> undercut scanners before they have a chance to post anything, if you
> make it available directly on your site, people will go there to get
> it, and you will have much more control over promotion.
>
> I think you also should look into creating an attractive package (As
> in physical package), and give your works a more professional
> presentation.
>
> And I know you may not want to hear this part.. but perhaps you can
> save the hand drawn work for special editions, or at least produce
> extra works completely digitally, using something like painter that
> can be shipped to Second Ed for physical reproduction and sale.
>
> It's not easy, but I think market research and better marketing is in
> order, if what youre doing now isn't work too well, then continuing to
> do exactly the same thing isn't going to work.
>
Received on Fri Oct 03 2008 - 03:12:44 CDT