Cels Forum

The original point of this whole thing is that both Taro
and Yann think it's wrong to post scans of other people's
cels without their permission.

This has nothing really to do with what might come of
posting scans of "missed" cels, or even if it is right for
someone to declare that no one can use their scan of their
cel. This has to do with the fact that there *are* people
who are not happy about others "stealing" scans of their
cels from their websites (or from a dealer's website) and
both Yann and Taro want to try to accomodate these people's
wishes.

I'll be brave enough to admit. . . I do freely take scans
of other people's cels whenever I darn well please to. Half
of the fun I have when cel shopping is finding something
that, while maybe I can't buy it, will look good as desktop
wallpaper for my computer. ***BUT*** I also see the other
side of the debate, and I would never reuse one of those
scans in a public manner without first contacting the owner
of the cel. End of line. That should be courtesy, if
nothing else, and something that people should do
independant of where they stand in the "scan stealing"
debate.

But still, all that said, it breaks down to this: It is
very easy to accomodate the wishes of the people who don't
want their scans reused and this is where Yann and Taro
have chosen to stand together. Think this way. . . if it
were *your* cel, and *you* cared, you would probably be much more appreciative of their efforts.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac