[Groop] Groo... What pirates? (File Sharing)

[Grossmann, Gary]

Hi Folks! 

Mark is the final word on this of course, as the representative of his and
Sergio's interests plus he knows the technology and the pertinent laws
better than I do.  But I would think that putting something up on the web in
PDF format constitutes a form publishing and any published form of a Groo
comic book without Sergio & Mark's permission is a big No-No. 

I think it's like if I have a Groo comic, I can pass it around to a bunch of
friends to read and then sell it for $30 over the cover price on ebay so
that 25 people who might have purchased a copy did not plus I made $30 bucks
while Sergio & Mark make 30 cents and all of that is OK.   

But if I make a copy of that Groo comic and try to sell it for 30 cents,
Sergio and Mark could sue my butt off. And I believe that even if I don't
try to sell it for 30 cents, but just give away the copy I made, I could
still get my butt sued off. And putting something up on the web for others
to read is not like passing a comic around, it's like making a copy. (I
think.)  Isn't that what the whole Napster debate was about?  

Of course, then it comes down to whether Mark and Sergio care.  Maybe they
don't if it's a 15 year old Groo comic that's already been reprinted.  That
could even be looked at as good advertising for future Groos.  But what if
they think it's not worth the bad precedent.  Or what if it's a Groo comic
that hasn't been reprinted yet.  And what if it's a Groo comic that has just
come out? 

I think the bottom line is:  When in doubt, ask permission. It's just the
polite, respectful thing to do regardless of the legalities.  

Anywho that's my two cents.  -Gary G.  (Who still hasn't re-asked for the
permission Larry got to use a little Groo art on the membership cards.)    




-----Original Message-----
From: Groo [mailto:grinningdemon at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:25 PM
To: 'Groop'
Subject: [Groop] Groo... What pirates? (File Sharing)


 
I was on the emule/edonkey network and for the heck of it decided to look up
"Groo". There were several groo comics being shared in PDF format.

I don't know what the Groop's views are on file sharing and was just curious
what you all thought.

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