Bob Schroeck Wrote:That, sadly, seems very typical for the TVTropes of recent years -- right down to the message censored by the mods because it apparently said or asked something they didn't want to hear. A genuine open community doesn't fear or suppress dissent .At the very least, it's concerning that they don't want to answer the question in the public eye, even if it is simply that "we thought it would work better in terms of us not getting zinged regarding having advertising," or "we want to publish a book of this later". Yes, the latter might make people not want to contribute anymore, but so will publishing a book without telling the community it's happening first.
And banning discussion of copyright? Someone's got something to hide, I think.
The "we don't want armchair lawyers making false claims" doesn't hold a lot of water when you can just answer the question in public, and THEN lock the thread out.
Ironically, lack of transparency during their recent site upgrade was why I decided DAZ3D was no longer earning money from me. Sometimes, it doesn't take much to earn my trust, but it takes even less to utterly destroy the bowl I keep the particular allocation in.
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