Where Are The Moderators?
Monday, June 27, 2005 by Boss019 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
For a site that puts so much emphasis on including permission on works of others that you have used as a basis for your own creations, there are still skins getting on that should never have made it past the moderators if they had checked. I'd like to say "more thoroughly" but obviously "not at all" is what happens far too often.
There is a logon that's been up for 2 weeks now, using a wall from one of the better known wallpaper artists here, that simply says "Thanx for the permission, man" with no permission included. He says he forgot, would put it in, and never did. The person who made the wall says he doesn't even know the guy. Yet, on my last logon using this persons work, (which I have exclusive permission to use), I get a comment from administration making sure to put in the description that permission is included, which of course it is. Yet this other total rip remains on the site with no permission at all.
And the wallpaper library, supposedly the one most heavily moderated, allows a wall using an icon from another artist on this site without the artists permission, the person then adds a thanks and a link to the author's site, but no permission included in the file.
I can see this happening perhaps on things that aren't very obvious, getting missed, but there seem to be a lot of examples of this happening with work that should be known to the moderators and checked for permission. They should be some of the most knowledgeable people here with knowledge about what is getting submitted.
There is a logon that's been up for 2 weeks now, using a wall from one of the better known wallpaper artists here, that simply says "Thanx for the permission, man" with no permission included. He says he forgot, would put it in, and never did. The person who made the wall says he doesn't even know the guy. Yet, on my last logon using this persons work, (which I have exclusive permission to use), I get a comment from administration making sure to put in the description that permission is included, which of course it is. Yet this other total rip remains on the site with no permission at all.
And the wallpaper library, supposedly the one most heavily moderated, allows a wall using an icon from another artist on this site without the artists permission, the person then adds a thanks and a link to the author's site, but no permission included in the file.
I can see this happening perhaps on things that aren't very obvious, getting missed, but there seem to be a lot of examples of this happening with work that should be known to the moderators and checked for permission. They should be some of the most knowledgeable people here with knowledge about what is getting submitted.
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Frogboy
Reply #42 Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:01 PM
Reply #42 Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:01 PM
Lol.
Well Boss, I'm not sure what spin you're talking about. I'm saying it straight out: Do not count on us to protect other people's copyright. We don't consider it our job.
How can that be spin?
That we have moderation means that we do put an effort to try to protect other people's work. But it's just that -- an effort.
Jafo
Reply #47 Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:58 AM
Reply #47 Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:58 AM
| Let's bottom line this -- we at least have moderation. And we catch most rips and such that do come up. Sometimes rips get through. It's life. If someone sees their work ripped, it's their responsibility to report it to us. We provide moderation as a bonus feature of the site. We do NOT consider it our responsibility to protect other people's copyright. We do what we can, far more than most websites, but we're not going to go beyond a best-effort basis to do so. |
As Brad said...'bottom line'....
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Reply #41 Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:53 PM
What pool???
Fuzzy rolls over and goes back to sleep...