hum, Shelley, i would say as a mirror, that your word is not gold either... you just point at me, but i'm not pointing at anybody on my side... and basically, my opinion worth what it worth, i'm not telling that i'm the reincarnation of a god here...
i had a deal, maybe... that does not mean nobody would steal my stuff... actually they did last week, 20 minutes after i released iTrader, a guy there copied it to their site... does that mean i had a deal?!... nope.. that just mean that what he have done was not worthing a panic.
you can not be happy with someone steal your work. i mean, nobody can be happy... does that mean you have to focus 24/7 on piracy?... jut close the shop and there will be no more. do your job, do it well, and the people that worth focussing on, your real clients, will be there to pay for your efforts and worth. there will always be pirates, there will always have someone stealing others ideas... just think, China sent some guys in space 2 months ago, just because they wanted to. they are now heros in their country... 40 years after the USA... does that mean the USA have to bail them for the ideas the chinese stole for the trip?
i personally don't care if the guys there steal my work and have donations for the scripts... even if they rename the files, drop the credits, etc... because the one who download the results are unable to give a penny for the job, they would not pay me more if they come to my site, because they would not pay for it.
it's an american way of thinking to focus on profits. i personally prefer to be paid for the respect and great exchanges between the client and the coder... i hate dirty money, so having credits where the things are pirated is not interesting for me... they can drop my names, its even better for my reputation.
you don't see things the way i see them, that does not mean my way is wrong.
04-11-2009, 02:41 PM
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