[Groop] wolverine vs groo on ebay

[Azamin]

somehow... piracy can also be a good marketing tool for intellectual 
property owner too.  It is how the owner take advantages on handling the 
piracy issue.  For example, on this part of the world (asia), Microsoft 
and other software companies through BSA - Business Software Alliances 
only take action on the business organizations that used pirate 
software.  On the home/personal users, there was no action taken.  It is 
because, those who used pirated softwareat home will get familiar with 
their products and when they go to work, these people will prefer to 
used these same kind of software too at their workplace ...( then the 
training cost will get reduced too).  One example is microsoft Office, 
this brings advantages to Microsoft especially to counter what open 
source or free software like Open Office can offer.  A lot of people who 
are familliar with Microsoft Office are reluctant to use Open Office and 
i've seen this at my office.  If these people are already familliar with 
Open Office, they don't mind to use it at their office too, which means 
no sale for the big fat Microsoft..  There will be no request from the 
employees to ask the company to buy Microsoft Office if everybody are 
happy using Open Office..

So, it is how the intellectual property owner handle piracy..  they can 
turn piracy to be on their side by taking its  advantages with some 
brilliant strategy..


Pengyfelix at aol.com wrote:

> 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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