Cels Forum

I've been reading the many recent treads about people
taking cel scans and I came up with a few thoughts
which might be of interest (probably not ;) to others.

First when you buy a cel that is all you get.  Yann
I believe was the one who correctly explained that you
don't even get the right to make a copy of the cel.
That means that when we scan in pictures of our cels
we are making illegal copies.  Of course we don't see
it that way but that's legally how it works.  It also
makes it questionable for us to start shouting that
someone has taken our image and is using it without
permission.

Sure it would be nice if they did ask but do they
really need to?

Consider why we put up galleries.  Is the idea to
share our treasures with everyone else who wasn't so
lucky to be able to find or afford the cel we treasure
or is it a way for us to just lord over other people
all of our prize possessions?

If we are putting up galleries out of the goodness of
our hearts to share with everyone then what does it 
matter if they don't ask before taking the picture?
It's not like they are stealing something and we are
left with nothing.  We put these things out there for
them to enjoy so why should we get upset when they 
grab a copy of that picture, after all we still are in
possession of the real cel.

I'd really like to hear from those of you who have 
galleries.  Why did you put them up and does it bother
you when people use your scans without permission?