[Groop] dvd cd misc viability

[Chad Riden]

> Sure, if there were a real groo cd rom thingy, I would get it, 
> probably look at it a few times, and store it for when family visits 
> and I don't want them touching my original bagged groos.  But no, I 
> don't want stolen merchandise.  Last thing you want is groo knocking 
> at your door with a lawsuit like napster.


I, on the other hand, have been searching P2P networks for Groo ever 
since somebody mentioned that they saw it available somewhere.. I've 
been unsuccessful, but if I ever did find Sergio's work online, I'll 
download it and enjoy it myself. I'd never redistribute it in any form 
though.. and of course, I'll continue to buy all official Groo products 
whether or not bootlegs are available.

Like somebody else said, I spend the vast majority of my day in front 
of a computer & I'd read Groo every day if I had a digital copy of my 
comics. I'm afraid to pull out my bagged, boarded and boxed issues 
'cause I've got a one-year-old girl running around my house who would 
love to chew on them. Plus, my laptop is always with me, whereas 
carrying around GN's or TPB's doesn't work with my lifestyle.

I'm afraid this is going to be exactly like downloading music.. the 
industry doesn't have a legal solution in place that offers protection 
for artists / owners, even though the demand is clearly there for a 
product that doesn't exist.. so the computer-dork consumers will come 
up with a way to make illegal copies available for sharing and by the 
time the legitimate owners in the industry realize what is happening 
and want a piece of the action they're behind the curve and have to 
play catch-up.

Josh's offer of hosting online versions on Groo.com is really 
interesting to me.. how cool would it be to have a paid subscribers 
only section where you could read Groo? It'd be really sweet if one 
could download a copy (pdf?) and have rights to copy it to x number of 
computers, but not redistribute it (kinda the way Apple does iTunes 
maybe). I dunno.


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