I'd rather have that though than go to extra effort to watermark my posted materials just to thwart a few unsavory characters--why should the 98% of the good people out there suffer poor presentation because of them?
I couldn't agree more. I guess what bothers me especially about sites like Moby Games is that the screenshots, box shots, etc. were taken by other people without any form of compensation. Then Moby turns around and claims full copyright of them, watermarking them and forbidding any other use. That's just fundamentally wrong in my opinion, and I'm ashamed of their behavior. It's wrong.
It'd be different to me if a site had its own paid staff who took their own screen shots. I could see not giving those freely to the public, because the site had to pay to get them. However, in a case where the site is getting stuff for free, it's just flat out wrong.
I'd rather have that though than go to extra effort to watermark my posted materials just to thwart a few unsavory characters--why should the 98% of the good people out there suffer poor presentation because of them?
I couldn't agree more. I guess what bothers me especially about sites like Moby Games is that the screenshots, box shots, etc. were taken by other people without any form of compensation. Then Moby turns around and claims full copyright of them, watermarking them and forbidding any other use. That's just fundamentally wrong in my opinion, and I'm ashamed of their behavior. It's wrong.
It'd be different to me if a site had its own paid staff who took their own screen shots. I could see not giving those freely to the public, because the site had to pay to get them. However, in a case where the site is getting stuff for free, it's just flat out wrong.
Matt Barton, Managing Editor
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Email: matt@armchairarcade.com