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« on: May 31, 2012, 03:50:56 PM »
Glen:
I have not heard you say anything about the "entrapment" issue Buddhapi brings up. I suppose you can try to deny that spreading the images as "free" and then trapping those who use them in the threat of a lawsuit is not your strategy, but most members of this forum find that infuriating.
Let me give you the benefit of the doubt. If your sales and marketing guys went through a period where they thought free distribution would increase sales, then found that it didn't, so they tried to pull in the reigns and cut out the free stuff but couldn't because others who weren't under your control ran with the free stuff, - it is your past sales and marketing guys that damaged your business.
They may no longer work there today, but is it right to try to get back what your people gave away, on the backs of innocent people? Don't you find anything dishonest in trying to cover the tracks of how all that "free stuff" got out there? And then trying to profit on it?
If it was as cut an dried as people are stealing your images and making money on the backs of your artists, most of us would be defending you. But that is not what has gone on. Why aren't watermarks, copyright notices, artist identification and the like more predominant in your works? And why should anyone be help accountable if you participated in spreading that bait?