Are you suggesting that a child who killed should just be slapped on the wrist and sent on his way until the next time he killed, at which point we should hurt him? Hmmm...

Anyway.

No, children trialed as a juvenile go to prison too, you know. Nevermind, bad example. Shouldn't have used a life/death situation here.

It's 8am. I've got to get ready and head to my class in an hour. I'll talk to you guys later.

O.K., I have reached the conclusion that you are completely oblivious to anything anyone is saying to you, so, I will not post anything else in this thread. Suffice to say, if anyone uses my work in the same way, I will chase them down, and if necessary, I will sue them for breach of copyright. I have the financial resources to do so, and I would not lose the suit.
The operative words here are "my works", mine, they belong to me, I created them, I will decide what happens to them, where they are posted, and what they are used for. Simple!. The methods we use to protect our work are irrelevant in this case, about as irrelevant as you "murder" analogy. You constantly contradict yourself in all your posts, so, if you don't know what you mean, how can you possibly expect the rest of us to respect your contradictory opinions? Sheesh!

/me has left the thread!

just curious: has there ever been a lawsuit on ripping skins or wallpapers?

Not to my knowledge moshi. I think the majority of known cases of ripping are solved by the methods we're talking about. It's only a matter of time though before someone with the monetary resources to do so skips the polite stage and just issues someone with a lawsuit.

Suffice to say, if anyone uses my work in the same way, I will chase them down, and if necessary, I will sue them for breach of copyright. I have the financial resources to do so, and I would not lose the suit.
The operative words here are "my works", mine, they belong to me, I created them, I will decide what happens to them, where they are posted, and what they are used for. Simple!.

Quoting Boxxi

Yeah, I agree with that Boxxi. It is your artwork, flame as you see fit. Dangeruss's artwork was stolen, but before he was notified of the theft, a few people decided to go first with the flaming. That was exactly it. If Dangeruss had marched in there wanting to rip the head off the person, he has every right to. It is his right to defend his, just as it is your right to defend yours. How was I contradicting myself. I said that a few posts back! Then I moved onto the harsh treatment of people who weren't the author, and that was contradicting myself.

I just thought others jumping in there before Dangeruss did was a bit premature. How was that contradicting your comment, I don't know.

If a friend of mine got her artwork posted on someone else's site and she didn't care much for it. If others jumped in there trying to defend her work, wouldn't they look pretty stupid? I've been saying, let the author take her stand first before everyone else jump in. If the author decide to "flame" him, her friends can feel free to do the same. If she doesn't want to bother with it, then that's her business.

Okay, I got my books, I'm out of here. I'll probably not be back too often. One and a half weeks to go before school is out for me. That means finals. Have a good time.

Wow, wild night.

it would be good for the whole scene if there would be such a lawsuit, doubt it will ever happen though (been "a matter of times" since years).
maybe Apple will sue some skin sites one day.

How many times does it take Youji? Nobody did any 'flaming'. That's just another misleading term like 'rip' anyway. 'Flaming' is generally taken to mean throwing personal insults at someone on a public message board without just cause. No such insults were made.

The only messages posted on that site were valid claims of theft, and requests to remove the offending item. Obviously some people were a little better in their wording than others, but nobody resorted to the kind of childishness that would constitute 'flaming'. The only person who claims such tactics were used is the person who posted the offending wallpaper, and then subsequently went on to DeviantArt to try and save face by attacking Jafo's character.

I suggest you stop talking about this now, as you clearly have no grasp of the facts and are unwilling to listen to those who were there to see the events unfold. You obviously have some warped picture in your mind of how the whole thing went and are unwilling to have that picture corrected by anyone.

i always wondered about free fonts that are distributed in "exclusive" pay suites. i´m sure there are permissions for that, but i never see any credits and the original readmes have been removed. have to mail Craig Kroeger and ask him what he thinks about this or if he cares at all.

grayhaze,

Sorry if I kept using the word flame. I did go back and re-read what Jafo had posted. Yeah, sorry there was no flaming involved. Sorry for accusing so much.

I still stand by letting the original author warning the offender first though and one or two other things, but those aren't important.

I have another class at 1:30. I'm going to leave now and I'll probably be gone for a while. I have lots of finals and I need to start studying for them.

Thanks again.

Society sickens me. It is too sue happy.

I gave up on this one about 5 am EST. If it wasn't reasoned in, it can't be reasoned out...

GregBN.....about bloody time, too....

/me was waiting for reality to bite....the biggest insult was the accusation of a lack of professionalism or 'flaming' which was unwarranted.

As to whether the author should have first 'go' at complaining or not, perhaps seek the author's opinion...what is better? Prompt removal to minimize damage or wait an indeterminate time to shut the door after the horse has bolted?

As baker said, it 'can't be reasoned out'.

Just be aware that the policy is prompt response, and it will not change.