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Originally Posted by Ten  Don't be surprised if they don't make it.
I read that piece, and I can't say I feel it's "Devil's Advocate" or anything but riding the fence on the whole issue. He brought up a lot of "questions" that have been answered (many times over, even) and seems to simply be riding the coattails of SCD with pingbacks and links and such.
It happens often at SCD, and it's a little irritating. A well rounded rebuttle I would have welcomed, but whatever he wrote... is not something I consider as such. |
yeah, I noticed.
Well, I've seen skins that "look similar" before, but they're never EXACTLY the same in small details, because really you have to shade and remove highlights to make things look even. I remember a case in point with Lost and Funk Schnook (FNKY) but I could see immediately they were not the same skin, and said so.
I can't say so in the case of Minnu and Danae. I've looked at skins for a LONG long time... you don't produce a virtually identical skin, aside from makeup diffs by accident when you are using multiple photosources. Yes they differ slightly, in the makeup department. How many times have I seen the "rip n add gaudy makeup" problem before? Someone please give me money every time it happens, I'd have enough to retire on in short order.
If Minnu said
"Look, I bought it, used it and I think I have a right to use it"
I'd actually think she had a defensible position to work from, because so many people actually have used Poser rendered work in this way a long long time - and technically baking to a low res mesh is a render, you are just rendering to different uvmaps. Still, though I do consider it really morally ambiguous to use someone elses texture unless its licensed for use in texture creation (I believe the Renderosity license needs to be far more clear to cover this situation and not just rely on artist readmes). Someone could really believe this, and it's not a far fetched position.
The excuses and attacks I see on Danae by people who speak for Minnu and support her are what really make me wonder. Attacking the victim has always made me feel sick to my stomach. I've been in Danae's position in the past, so my support is for her.