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

Finn Smith mulch3 at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 29 10:56:56 PST 2004


Ultimately, Groo being on or off the net won't help poor Mark.  Mark NEVER 
gets paid . . .

finn


>From: "Grossmann, Gary" <GaryG at DOR.WA.GOV>
>To: 'Groo' <grinningdemon at comcast.net>, 'Groop' <groop at groo.com>
>Subject: RE: [Groop] Groo... What pirates? (File Sharing)
>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:39:44 -0800
>
>
>
>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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