RECASTER ALERT

[madphisto]

Though I know how frustrating creators of a piece of art feel being victim to copying
I still think an embargo is no adequate solution to prevent or ban unauthorized replication.
Actually it bears unwanted side effects.

1.
The current recast gets its own uncontested market in canada due to the imposed "blockade".
People in Canada can't buy the original anymore so they are forced to go with the recast
even if they were likely to support the original creator.

2.
It just takes a good friend somewhere else to surpass the "blockade".
Result see (1)


I think recasting is something that cannot be prevented other than just not letting
any copy of your work go anywhere.
Even the best buddy has a next best buddy who might pursuade him to allow "one single" copy.
But for the costuming fans not being gifted with the ability to create such things
a collective punishment would be a sad consequence.
I think public announcement to alert the idealists and moderate pricing are
the only reasonable measures left.

 

[Coinprop]

Blame Canada..

(Sorry, I had to )

 

[FETTCLONE]

Hey guys, remember the part where Skygun said: <div class='quotetop'></div>

Im not going to black list canada...just the few that are causing this problem[/b]

Though Madphisto raises some valid points I think this particular horse has been flogged enough. What we need more of is support aginst the recasting, not the blame-game. :confused

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I have black-listed this dude. I guess that's pretty much all I can do: not buy from him and not selling anything to him.

Sorry to hear you were recast Skygunbro. Hope this person won't be able to sell one single piece.

 

[skygunbro]

Look I want to just say that when I found out about this I was very annoyed to say the least...and posted without thinking through what I was saying......
Like I said ,yes to black ball a whole country or state because one or a couple people there are recasters is a dumb statement and I admit that..But you have to remember when your angry about something sometimes logic takes a back seat to what is actually said....
Anyway thanks to all who looked beyond the original statements made and sympathized with the real issue the recasting...
I realize the only fool proof way not to have your stuff copied is not to sell it....My point of this is to out this guy once again as he has been caught several other times recasting peoples things and no one seems to do anything....but what can be done ?
I think at the Garrison level something should be done and last I knew the garrisons can and have the power to deal with these kind of issues.....

And lastly to the people that went out of their way to question the logic of my statements instead of recognizing the real problem and point of the thread the recasting :thumbsdown

This place has become very cliquey and I find it funny when certain people on here cry recast alot of people support that person but if your not in the "Clique" then your logic is questioned and I was made to feel like I did something wrong.

 

[Lord_Gita]

I feel the need to point out that while it may be a questionable business decision to rule out an entire geographic locale because of 1 or 2 bad eggs, it is still the business's decision. I have seen it done the same with Florida and our record of recasters and frankly I can understand that. There are people I have refused to sell to because of their associates activities.

While we'd all love to say there is no correlation between the people and their geographic location that simply isn't true. Any recaster in question is more likely to have friends locally that buy the piece and then take it to be recast. It's similar to saying you're a friend of Recaster A so I am not going to sell to you.

And saying that Canada is bigger is not necessarily excuse enough. Distance is relative to willingness to travel that distance. Florida is smaller, but I haven't met most of the current 501st people anywhere in Florida. There are prop people that live within minutes of me that I haven't seen in years and I don't care to and there are people I travel cross country to see.

If the goal is solely to not be recast then you do what it takes to ensure that as best as possible. And if that means some possible customers are offended, that's the cost of that business decision and they'll have to deal with the consequences publically and fiscally. And in turn, just because you are offended by a business decision doesn't mean the business made the wrong decision.

Do I personally think it's a smart decision? In this case, no. But, it is still the businessman's perogative.

And btw, that's a personal opinion and not an RPF declaration...

 

[TR-0773]

Agreed this topic has been handed over to the legion council for debate. I have edited my post to avoid unnecessary further debate here.

Cordially yours,

Randy TR-0773

 

[CMANavy]

I belive this entire issue has been handed over Legion Command staff due to another email from the responible partiies that was rather different in nature.

 

[Lord_Gita]

<div class='quotetop'>(CMANavy @ Jul 3 2006, 07:18 AM) [snapback]1272997[/snapback]</div>

I belive this entire issue has been handed over Legion Command staff due to another email from the responible partiies that was rather different in nature.
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Again, a personal opinion, not a statement of RPF policy.

Having read the original post, that has now been removed by the author, I sincerely hope the Legion Council sees fit to comment and add to that decision. To be honest, if I recieved that response or the other one I'd publically campaign for the boycott of the Canadian garrison also.