[Shelley_c]

Interesting last paragraph Nexy. Couldn't agree with you more. Where some people will give up and stop releasing My way of thinking is to release. I wouldn't say my work is valuable but then I wouldn't say it's any more worthless than anyone elses. An author will always or in most case put a high value on their work, they spent the time in creating it and it came down to their imagination, creativity and that's where I think you miss the point. When you create something you have created it from scratch, you've developed it with months sometimes years of your time to see it grow and evolve into something your proud of and whether you agree or not when someone comes along and makes a duplicate copy/ steals or decides to distribute it without your consent it's stealing no matter how much you sugar coat it.

With regards to re-creating images, watermarking them is not a deterrent or atleast not a good one. As stated, they can easily be re-created then implemented to the style. Is copying stealing? I'd still say yes, I know if someone copied any of my images i would know, I intentionally make graphical errors in my images so only i know and will know if someone purely copied it or stole it and used it as part of their style to distribute and sell off which they do and I regard this as stealing also.

Most people don't want to work nowadays, they don't want to put in the time into creating something that would benefit the community they want an easy solution to a way of either making money and/or receiving credit when in some cases credit shouldn't be applied to this group.

Hmmm Yeah. Rambling hour.