I would agree that stealing is wrong, whether for profit or not, but downloading/copying someone's artwork is not stealing . The idea of property only exists as a mechanism for managing scarcity. Scarcity is the condition of there only being a limited amount of something and it being difficult to ma...

It's not common sense, it's propaganda.

Give me one reason why it is wrong. How have they harmed me in any way? What did I have before they did this that I do not have now?

Technically it is currently illegal, but it is not wrong . If anything, the laws that enforce this kind of "protection" are wrong. First of all, what makes it illegal has nothing to do with whether profit or money is involved. What makes it illegal is the act of copying itself. What this means is th...

Well sure, but the point is that people who download or copy artwork, such as the ebay seller in question here, haven't stolen anything.

Original artist chiming in here! First, I'm flattered that someone thinks my art was good enough to put on something. Second, copying isn't theft. "Intellectual Property" so-called is doing society so much harm right now it's not even funny. Copyright does way more harm than good and I can go into a...

Merci Blondine!

Stormyfan wrote:How was your birthday? :cool:

It was fun and full of love!

I spent the afternoon/evening with my parents and my grandmother and my sister and my nephews and we ate cake and I opened gifts and we hung out and chatted. Yay!

Heehee thanks! I look forward to meeting you too!

Fantastically well-written as always Rachy. I love Wisp's characterization, particularly in the first episode. She's so optimistic and free-spirited. I'm still curious as to how Murky's new characterization will play out. Will he still have Lurky as a sidekick? If so, will he be different/darker as ...

Everyone starts somewhere though and it is interesting to see everyone's takes on the original stories. I didn't get very far with the rewrite I did, but I got a good bit done before I stopped...Simoun interfered! By my other works, are you referring to my other RB stuff, or the other fandom works ...