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alert- ebay member "orienblack" is selling thecoverproject covers for $15 a pop!
tiktektak:
Even if we would get problems with one of the big companies like N or M we then could just drop support for the newer stuff and it would be all good wouldn't it?
AppleQueso:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on May 03, 2010, 04:00:20 AM ---Even if we would get problems with one of the big companies like N or M we then could just drop support for the newer stuff and it would be all good wouldn't it?
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Likely they'd ask us to cease hosting all of their covers.
That's assuming it's even likely that they'd give us trouble to begin with.
ShaggyB:
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--- Quote from: Alucardian on March 24, 2010, 02:37:41 PM ---I see your point, but still if you set something free over the net then don't be surpised or upset how it plays out. Thats just the nature of the net. Also this person could have just been charging for teh assembly of them or 15 for the case, I mean there no way to know for sure. This just has a number of auguments within it that you can not balance, and for people that created something to begin with that they didn't have permission to go playing with to then get upset when they see someone else using it, should be taken as a compliment to them instead of an insult. If one person is guilty in a situation like this then everyone is guilty, because it began with the people that created these things to begin who didn't have permission by the companys to use the names of the games or the art.
As I said there is a doulbe standard being set here, and for people (including the admins) to start pointing fingers is crazy. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. From what i see the whole site is based on peaple making covers for games they don't have any permission or rights too(I'll stand corrected if someone posts their rights), and the site will even give you the tools you need to do it yourself with.
By all means please explain this to me????
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wow, just wow.
anyway, I know alucardian is a troll, but MisterCreazil is exactly right, TCP covers contain IP from the original release, even if they are put together/cleaned up by us, thus I don't think any of us think we have any rights to them ourselves.
what we do have the right to do, indeed our duty is to make sure no one ever sells them, including us, they are free for everyone, period.
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I agree... though i have purchased one from ebay as a convenience (though adding up the cost of shipping an official ds case and printing the cover on regular paper.... dude only made $1. But they used glossier paper so prolly less)
though i think it really comes down to the profit one is making.... A little for ones time and cost of materials seems fine... but I too would more enjoy the site being credited.
TheValeman:
This particular issue crops up every few months and someone usually goes to town on it.
We have no legal rights to host this stuff whatsoever. The fact we are under the radar is irrelevant to the legalities of the situation. It may simply be luck that we haven't been asked to remove the files, either by the copyright owners OR the sites Hosting company. That happened to us over at www.retromags.com and it caused a heap of issues believe me. Asking people to say where they got the files from COULD ... I stress COULD ... cause more issues for us than doing nothing about it.
Example ... someone buys a PS3 game off EBAY to find it is a copy. Makes a complaint to Sony. Sony looks at auction and see's our site mentioned. Lawyers visit Snowcone.
This is probably a bit of an overkill example but given the knock-off volumes on EBAY it does represent a potential issue. All I am saying is that sometimes staying below the radar by not advertising yourself has better long term effects for the cause than the feel good factor of getting your name out there.
thesubcon3:
Exactly, that's how I have always conducted my site as well.
In all honesty, this site will likely never get a cease order because it is free publicity/advertising for the companies and their products. It's not like this domain is making any money off of selling the covers and there aren't tons of ads. It would be where as Valeman said, people advertising on eBay who are making money off the covers with copyright infringement, could get adverse attention directed towards the site. And while the majority don't approve of selling them, we can't really do anything about it except put in complaints on eBay.