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Intellectual property doesn't work the same way unfortunately; even with real world goods, once it crosses state lines it gets more complicated.

It might be worth checking out where he is actually located. WHOIS shows a site registration via an Australian registrar but a US based registrant: Registrant Name: Julia Shipman Registrant Organization: Julia Shipman Registrant Street: 2105 Maple Street Registrant City: Lawrenceville...

The design looks very nice but it actually reminds me of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook....

I think there are some examples of publishers who don't know what they are doing offering "exposure", not out of any ill will, but out of thinking good intentions are enough. Also, you have some who may offer exposure but could be paying, too. The exposure angle is the least cost for custom...

I agree - it is important to be competitive. One thing regarding those new to the market is to make sure you have a good demo reel or portfolio. Even if you do not have a lot of paying gigs yet, if your portfolio is packed full of "just good enough" assignments from art school, you don't get...

That's possible when actual play testing happens. But then you do find reviewers (over on rpg.net for example) who are reviewing without a full play through to the end - there is just the assumption of length of volume = length of play.

Artists are in the same boat as other creatives, and always have been - same with writers and musicians. If you are well known, you can usually pull in a fair salary or get some life sustaining commissions. If you aren't, then you are lucky if you can bag a full time position someplace, or have...

That's something I think is particular to the tabletop RPG market - quite interesting if you think about it. All reviews will have a page count, and when a font and margins are particularly large and noted, it implies volume = value. Maybe we are conditioned to this by the low page counts of...

Well, my conclusion is that reviewing the whole product is all that can be done. Im not condoning Janx making it a one man mission to wipe out the use of clip art, but to acknowledge that bad art is bad art. Yes. And you often get it in products when the decision maker doesn't get the value of...

What jives with me is that my company licenses content to others, including stock art, and is very successful at it. We've licensed some content to RPG companies but most of our content licensing revenue comes from other sources. I don't demonize stock art in general and do not draw the...

Then isn't it time to up your game, either strategically or technically? The clip-art crowd likely cannot pay prices for good original art. The online PDF sites ("drivethru" etc) are jammed with cheap, cheap product. So judge those games accordingly, and promote good art games over others. Get...

I employ several full time artists (2D & 3D), translators and other creatives. Experienced professionals should be producing far better quality work than inexperienced people in any creative endeavor. That's why folks with greater experience tend to be at the top of their respective pay ranges...

As you can see, its not perfect. The problem with CAD is that you have to make sure all of your objects are "closed" for STL. It makes sense to me that creators would license their models to allow this for personal use - provided that they have set their models up. Sort of like selling a...

One of the links you pointed to was to 3d models being distributed illegally. That link is dead now fortunately. There are quite a few indie artists that make their living off of modest model license fees. Why don't you support independent artists by not promoting warez sites?

I got a feel of this thing at PaizoCon 2012 (an awesome event that keeps getting better and better every year), and its extremely substantial - skullsplitter substantial. I cant imagine using it in a game session, but it is something to show off to your Pathfinder playing friends.

It isn't clear what the issue is, other than a general philosophical disagreement with how many IP focused companies protect their IP through employment agreements - then extrapolating that into some sort of societal issue.

Some creative work can be accomplished in a short amount of time - or not. How is this relevant? 100% of waking hours is not the same as time that could reasonably be spent on work related projects. Leave alpha complex and pursue your dream as a freelancer, inventor, entrepreneur. If your...

A salary is paid for your output time for creative works. If you have time to do other significant, similarly creative endeavors, then you could be devoting that time to doing a better job on salary projects. This is really hard on people like Stan!. If you are a freelancer, it is hard to live...

Once you ask a question on an open forum, its no longer yours. This is an interesting topic, and once a thread gets long its likely newcomers won't read every post in the thread. You should be happy that your product and question has generated so much dialog - its free marketing, lap it up ;)

Takashi Miike is hardcore horror/gore - he's the outsider of Japanese film. I would set aside anything and everything he does. I think you need to examine the scope of "adventuring" first. Consider these two: - It is a time of civil war (heh-heh). With various provinces at war with each other...