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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7689763" data-attributes="member: 6677017">I took a look at the Star Wars one earlier this week. Wow...I was impressed. Then I deleted it. I really hate seeing something that well done out there that is ripping off way too much IP (and as noted, much of it is probably from artists).What we need is a better dialogue with those who own IP. I mean when people they aren't paying do something of that level of quality, the exchange needs to be more along these lines:&quot;Hey, look what we made. Would you mind paying the artists whose works we nabbed from your previous books, then publishing this thing and selling it to us at a reasonable price?&quot;&quot;Sounds good to me.&quot;But of course, they won't do that, because they feel like they have to make a point, &quot;Stay away from our IP.&quot;But I think the point that needs to be made is, &quot;We can make stuff as well as you can--let's work together and stop being jerks.&quot;It's all about power, when it ought to be about the art and the creativity.Honestly, I kind of wonder how the world would look if the concept of copyright were entirely revamped (or eliminated) to go back to its roots rather than its current implementation.Okay, just felt a need to rant after seeing a wonderful product I don't feel I can ethically have.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7689763, member: 6677017"] I took a look at the Star Wars one earlier this week. Wow...I was impressed. Then I deleted it. I really hate seeing something that well done out there that is ripping off way too much IP (and as noted, much of it is probably from artists). What we need is a better dialogue with those who own IP. I mean when people they aren't paying do something of that level of quality, the exchange needs to be more along these lines: "Hey, look what we made. Would you mind paying the artists whose works we nabbed from your previous books, then publishing this thing and selling it to us at a reasonable price?" "Sounds good to me." But of course, they won't do that, because they feel like they have to make a point, "Stay away from our IP." But I think the point that needs to be made is, "We can make stuff as well as you can--let's work together and stop being jerks." It's all about power, when it ought to be about the art and the creativity. Honestly, I kind of wonder how the world would look if the concept of copyright were entirely revamped (or eliminated) to go back to its roots rather than its current implementation. Okay, just felt a need to rant after seeing a wonderful product I don't feel I can ethically have. [/QUOTE]

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