I think changing the free paper prop threads here is just giving too power to people like this (is anyone really buying it at that price? - so is he really making money.) And on top of that no one seems sure that it is the same one. While even making this is beyond my skills it does not seem overly complicated, and even LeMarchand isn't sure it is his. It just seems we may be over-reacting. While he may have taken something free and sold it, I guess that makes him a scum, but he isn't taking money or hurting someone here so it seems an over-reaction. I am not excusing his behavior, it is a crappy thing to do (if it is indeed a copy) but for me (just on a personal level) it would only be " a crime" if he was taking buisness/money from someone else (that's why this is a different then recasting to me).
I get free things handed to me all the time at comic conventions and see them for sale on ebay, is that any different really?
When I worked at Top Cow we gave out free comic at conventions and would see them for sale 10 minutes later. We could have been offended that they were stealing from us, but it didn't work because it was free, in order to steal something (and do something "wrong") they had to be taking something of value from us. They were free things, thus by nature, of no value (in a money arena). It made them cheap, and maybe greedy - but hardly a crime.
I don't know it just seemed like a strong reaction considering no one even knows if it is the same. Not trying to argue anything here, or defend him. I just saw this and wanted to respond. I have seen free ID's being offered here, but I end up buying them from someone at comic cons - not because I could not get them free but because I have a crappy printer, and it is worth it for me to spend a few bucks and have it printed and laminated. I don't worry that these are "originals" as they are all copies from a screen used, and I have no realistic way of checking. Hopefully I have not been doing something "bad". I suppose I never considered that before, I just know that if I give away something for free, someone may sell it after they get it. That seems true for anything in life. It shows poor character or integrity of the person selling it, maybe, but I don't know how harsh that judgement should be.
Once again, not defending this person. As a poor prop collector I love the free paper prop threads, and in fact worry about people like this ruining them for everyone. That is why I wanted to speak up.
