Re: MM porn/copying - relax pls!

[Ben Rottler]

At 11:11 AM 5/6/1998, Wayne Townsend wrote: a lot of good stuff.



I second this. I sure as heck dont want to hear whining about copys every da

y for the coming years, for thats what its going to be in this world of inst

a-info. I used to be on a GUI design mailing list and half the time people w

ere bitching at eachother about who copied who and who had made the "origina

l" GUI scheme.  (Ok, an exaggeration but it got tiresome.)  And they were ta

lking about *pixels* of difference.  I could go on and on as the subject wen

t to the point of judges uploading files on copyrights and lawyers bickering

about it. Most innovation is based on what came before it, and if someone we

nt so far to copy anothers work because they have no ability themselves they

will eventually get found out for a fraud.

        On a personal note I thought the WyseWeb page was kinda cool, and di

d somethings different than Gabocorp, even if the spinning off idea was used

. And Im out.



                                                Ben Rottler







> Hi Folks,

>

> Please Relax...

>

> This thread is really getting annoying.

>

> I'm not sure what some people are complaining about - porn or copying.

>

> Ripoff is a strong word.  And I haven't seen (the supposedly ripped-off)

> official MM people chiming in on this thread, so they must not care too

> badly.  Uh, wait a minute, isn't that what they produced for the original

> fla for to begin with?

>

> Look - people are going to look at your work, and if they like it, they're

> going to imitate you.

>

> They may copy your files directly, or they may reproduce it on their own.

> But what difference does it make?  This is the *internet*!  It has happend

> since day one.  And how many people writing about this haven't admired

> certain sites and tried to imitate what they saw.  Anyone?

>

> Leading edge people only stay on the top level by continuing to innovate.

> If you ever get lucky enough to develop something that people actually want

> to steal, then you know you *have arrived*.  Take it as a compliment, not a

> threat.

>

> But if you want to take it the other way, there is absolutely *nothing*

> that you can do about it.  Except take some pride in the fact that you came

> up with it first. Look at Hollywood.  Directors and Producers all do the

> same thing.  That's the normal course of the media business.

>

> On the porn issue, it's best to back-off on this one.  You're getting into

> American Civil Liberties issues there.  The country decided long ago that

> naked pictures of guys and gals are legal.  So ignore it if you don't like

> it, and don't go there.  There is no profit in persuing that issue.

>

> In the name of Love,

>

> Stop this obnoxious thread.

>

> /wayne

>

> Wayne Townsend

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