The Cover Project
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Snowcone on October 12, 2010, 01:34:09 PM
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I've seen a ton of topics lately about people selling boxed covers for games. In some cases, the artwork is probably from here. To keep from having to address this each time it comes up, let me preemptively address it here.
1. This project was started as a free service to gamers around the world. It will remain a free service as long as I am running this thing.
2. The second you upload anything to the internet, it's going to be saved, copied, and transferred anywhere and at any time. This is the nature of the internet.
3. Aspiring people see the high quality work that the members of TCP have produced and are going to try and make a quick buck off it. This sucks, but since we don't in fact own the artwork there is nothing we can do about it. Would it be awesome to get credit for the work? Absolutely. I support your right as a contributor to request a link back to the site to help support things. What I don't support are threats of legal action. Let's be real here folks. A savvy lawyer could probably argue that what we do is illegal despite the fact that we aren't out to make a profit.
4. You have every right to be upset if someone "steals" your work without credit, but let's not start a topic every time we find yet another person trying to make a business out of this. Email them, ask for a link. Most people are cool and will be glad to help us out. Some people will not be so cool. Again, the nature of the internet. Don't take it personally.