PeteVenkman
Well-Known Member
After reading everything here and alot of the arguements being made everyone seems to be forgetting one painfully obvious thing: He was infirnging on a protected copyright. Whether he had custom molds or original ones is kinda moot here, as are his business practices. It's the danger that we all face in this community if you are going to sell replicas without a licence.
If it was my intellectual property being ripped off I'd nail the person to the wall, and so would most people here. I mean look at how upset people get at re-casters. So whether he thinks he has some loophole or defence to save face is totally beside the point. He broke the law and got caught. Looking for escape pods now is pointless. And trying to keep his business in the UK to avoid problems is still breaking copyright law. If you didn't create it and it isn't public domain then it isn't yours to profit on and you run the chance of being screwed. If you get caught you have to face the facts and deal with it.
So fair warning to any of us here that sells with out a licence, it could be you next, and you know it, so why all the crying and surprise? Again, it's the chance we all take in this hobby. If you get caught, most likely, you're gonna get it.
If it was my intellectual property being ripped off I'd nail the person to the wall, and so would most people here. I mean look at how upset people get at re-casters. So whether he thinks he has some loophole or defence to save face is totally beside the point. He broke the law and got caught. Looking for escape pods now is pointless. And trying to keep his business in the UK to avoid problems is still breaking copyright law. If you didn't create it and it isn't public domain then it isn't yours to profit on and you run the chance of being screwed. If you get caught you have to face the facts and deal with it.
So fair warning to any of us here that sells with out a licence, it could be you next, and you know it, so why all the crying and surprise? Again, it's the chance we all take in this hobby. If you get caught, most likely, you're gonna get it.