colossus72

colossus72

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wincusto community, you might be ripped. in Community WinCustomize Forums

I came here because i understand the power and fury of a motivated Jafo A lot of wallpaper artists in the scene are having their work stolen and deface by some fella. I elaborate on this here: http://www.geeessemm.com/viewtopic.php?pid=9109#p9109 Basically he's defacing and distributing A LOT of people's work, probably a good number of artists from here, without people's permission.

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Reply to Have I been ripped? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

"when I had some free time to devote to pestering Custo's admins for a solution to your problem" Well gee, thanks Jafo, but I think we are more than capable of handling it ourselves. I think Scott actually thought the guy had just reg'd and forgotten, since the names were the same. Scott notified the rest of the staff ASAP, but by that time the situation had resolved itself. In the future if you need to contact any staff member simply

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Reply to MSStyles=clones, clones and more clones? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

I certainly don't see problems with originality, maybe you mean not enough work that suits your particular tatse? To my eye a lot of wb skins look "samey" because the general style just does not suit me, therefore I never bother to really investigate them. Not to mention I no longer use wb. But if I saw skins I liked, maybe I woul

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Reply to MSStyles=clones, clones and more clones? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Jafo: "Your link depicts an 'engineer's solution', not an 'artist's solution'." That's where our opinions diverge. I know that's not what you like. My opinion is that NANO is elegant and beautiful. Just because we are a minority doesn't mean we are wrong. Just because you think modernism is soulless doesn't mean it is, and because I think most wb skins are ugly doesn't mean they are

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Reply to MSStyles=clones, clones and more clones? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

"let me offer mormegil's elegant, colorful, festive Christmas Time skin." I assumed that meant it was your bag. Sorry. I did read your original article. The point was sort of hard to grasp, other than you don't like what I like. And i was pointing out what you see as a lack of quality and what i see as bloat are just differences in taste. I SEE YOU FAILED TO GRASP THAT THOUGH. I don't think my comment came off as superior at

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Reply to Only MY intellectual property counts.. in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

"Customize.org's staff were slamming on SkinStudio not because it converts skins (since they can't defend that since many of them convert lots of things) but because WindowBlinds might profit from such conversion." Nope. Because you profit from the work the author's did and the spirit they nmay have produced it in

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Reply to Only MY intellectual property counts.. in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

"I also dont believe that an artists work should be defaced. That is why whenever I make a screenshot (and thats a lot) I try always to never alter the artists work. Because I see how hard it is for me to make the shot so I can imagine how hard it is for them to make their creation. I just believe that if we had respect between everybody (hope) that everyone would get along better" ABSOLUTELY! I view The Skins Factory as pro as pro c

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Reply to Does anyone remember when Customize.org was friendly? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Yes, what is the point? And WHY do you get flamed at custo? Why aren't beloved as you obviously feel you should be? Hmm, I wonder why. Your man came on the site and asked us for an opinion, we gave it to him. What did you want? I stated how I felt about what you're doing, and honestly. Sorry it doesn't align with your plans. Obviously we didn't like the whole concept very much, not at all. But Stardock asked, we replied honestly. Wha

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Reply to Only MY intellectual property counts.. in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

"WC dont allow unauthorized ports. so even if a few do use it to make one .. they wont be allowed here" Great policy. Not at all what I am talking about. I will quote dunbar from the custo thread: "As for who loses, that's a very subjective issue. Let me use a metaphor. You make a painting of a bridge, and donate it to an non-profit art museum. However, a business makes a copy of your painting and starts charging admission fo

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Reply to Only MY intellectual property counts.. in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

HG, the point was Brad couldn't magically get us to say "That's awesome" so he came back here and wrote an article for audience he knew would say "You're great Brad." Using other people's work in way they did not intend to move more product is slimey. My opinion.

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Reply to Only MY intellectual property counts.. in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Wow, that didn't take long. Maybe I'll write an editorial explaining my position and get everyone at customize.org to agree with me, just like you've gotten everyone here to agree with you. Funny how that works. If you can't see my one point, I'm flabberghasted. It's about respecting skinners. That's all. Not about intellectual property, not about illegality, not about Microsoft, not about YOU. I do take issue with this comment though

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