But this is an absolutely needless point to make, as everyone understands this, its simply common sense. It has no relevance to the discussion at hand, as nobody ever claim Fred wanted to sell "ideas" without permission. As explained many times, my artwork is my intellectual property, and as such is protected from the…
Soft deadline will be a hard and strict rule. It won't change. People can read the rules at the very beginning of the challenge, and take note that if they get into the soft deadline duration, they are screwed, but at least they can finish. This soft deadline will not alter, and no extensions will be given. The official…
You are right, I made various mistakes up to now, the major ones being starting with large prizes in DWII, running UC, and ending with attempting to sell art packs in DWV. These were really dumb. I am already paying the price for my actions. GAMontreal has effectively been shut down since December 5th as I am too…
I would be happy that my work is getting out there. As long as they give me credit as the artist, I have no problem with people sharing my work. I know that my work is an advertisement for my skills and if I do good work, I want people to see that. So I would not be offended. I apologize if I made assumptions about the…
It's evident that greevar either doesn't or can't read: IP is from the execution of the idea. My idea of a sexy vampire with a massive sniper rifle - it's just an idea, it's not IP, the moment I execute it, that execution is my IP, someone else can do a similar idea, but executed completely differently - the IP's will…
Nevertheless, property law does not cover creative works. It only covers physical property. So, the canvas and paint you used to make a painting is protected. The digital photo you took of it is not. There is no law that grants the right to "intellectual property". It is a tool control public opinion and strengthen their…
The canvas and paint used (for tangible pieces) has no value on it's own, it's the artwork on its idea that has value. Art is property, whether it be tangible or digital. It's intellectual property as EQ said, your idea, and execution of idea. Thus plagiarism is a crime, and is punishable in both the work place and…
Agree completely Erich. And it's a tragedy for all communities and organizers involved that any of this has happened. Just think how amazing this competition would have been right now if it had grown responsibly. More forums, more artists, more sponsors, more game studios taking part, so much potential for where it could…
did someone say priracy? sniff sniff, I heard it somewhere, sniff sniff.....its wrong, end of. I just wish fred was more vocal in all of this, a simple sorry is all thats needed. Instead we get told its all polycounts fault. How dare they stand up for artists rights!!!!! I 100% understand people being angry, Ive been…
The only reason DW works, is because even though there are thousands of artists competing, the mechanics are still sound because each community has it's own support base for their competing artists. If there was a single forum running a challenge of this magnitude, with 1000's of threads being made, the community would be…