[Groop] wolverine vs groo on ebay

[Pengyfelix at aol.com]

Personally, I have never downloaded or copied movies, music, etc. and that  
isn't just because I'm technologically inept.  Can't say I'm entirely  innocent 
though.  I'd be willing to lay kopins that I'm not the only one on  this list 
that has patronized the pirated DVD booths at cons.  Sure, we all  know 
they're illegally copied/sold videos, even if the seller slaps a disclamer  that 
he/she believes this material is in the public domain (saw that one on  Star 
Wars--yeah right).  My moral justification is that we're trolling  those booths 
for programs that have never been professionally released for the  home video 
market (e.g. Star Wars Christmas Special), and we're not buying the  bootleg 
Spiderman 2 or whatever.  We buy the professional releases of the  programs or 
movies when they are available, but certain things are simply not  out there on 
the non-pirated market.  I'd give the  producer/writer/artist his cut if they 
would just put it out there for me  to buy from them, but until they do...  
Sure that's just excusing something  that I know good and well is a violation 
of US copyright laws.  I've not  lost sleep over it.
 
As for the resale of artwork on eBay, I'll just reiterate what has become,  I 
think, the consensus:  people who get sketches from artists for the  express 
purpose of selling them are jerks, and not just because they make the  lines 
longer for us legitimate fans.  However, if you got a sketch from a  favorite 
artist, then fall on hard economic times, it is a painful decision to  part 
with your sketch to make the rent payment this month.  Knowing that  you had to 
hawk your beloved artwork for a roof over your head is bad enough  without us 
self-righteously emailing "tsk-tsk" from our comfy, warm  computers.  Between 
those two ends, there is a lot of grey area that ME and  Sergio, being the 
interested parties, assess on a case-by-case basis.  All  we need to do is bring 
it to their attention.  I think, as a Groop, we're  pretty good at doing that, 
and they're pretty good at nabbing genuine  offenders.
 
Janet
 
 

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