Musclerodz wrote originally:
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When are we going to get "Kris" to make a calender.
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Being that I originally brought this up in this thread, I guess I should add my .02 on this difference of opinions. I can understand both sides of this arguement being a customer of Kris' and a self employed person. From the customer side I feel I should have equal rights to my product to do with what I want. The people that have made posters have done it to share in their joy of their car with their friends. Nothing has been for profit, mostly a loss. From the business side I can side with Kris that I would like to be able to profit from my work. Where you are in error Kris is not realizing how close you are to making it huge with your style of artwork, and not being prepared legally to protect yourself.
I don't think Scott or Jody had the intention of producing calenders for profit. No different from the posters, they would have been made limited availability to the great people of this site. I brought up a calander 6-8 months ago over at PT.com but at the time I don't think there was quite enough PT cars to do a calender. Now here we are 8 months later with plenty of kick a$$ cars on this one site to do a calender and we are still asking for a calender. Maybe it is something to stop and consider very hard.
Personally, I think you should have mentioned at the time you did each persons car that as long as nobody was profiting from the distribution of your work, you would not have an issue with it. On the other hand, your work is not copyrighted, plus you can't control what people do with the images once they leave your hand. I would definitely seek legal counsel as to what you can and can't control. I am very happy with what I got and enjoy viewing all the cars you have done for other people. As per my quick phone call earlier today, I am still interest in having more work done. Let this be a wake up call for everybody so we can go on enjoying our addictions in peace.
Mike