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Post #260118

Author
Darth Solo
Parent topic
"Banning of OCPMovie"
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Date created
4-Dec-2006, 5:35 PM

I would like to point out that in defence of OCP that he has become increasingly frustrated at bootleggers selling copies of his Deleted Magic at conventions and on ebay at premium prices and has campaigned to stop these faceless people from doing this in the past with minimal effect. So hes done nothing that others arn't already doing elsewhere (with the exception of using these forums to market them and putting his own name to it).

I have delt with him in the when i first joined up with these forums and i perceive him to be an intelegent and genuine guy who will go out of his way to help anyone in anyway that he can, even to the extent he was out of pocket with the release of Deleted Magic. Yet, over time i have seen his attitude become more....well....jaded, with members of the OTforums. Perhaps he blames members for distributing his work and making money from it for themselves (Jambe Davadar has had the same problems with Building Empire). He may just be p**sed off enough after being hounded for copys of this and that, to want to get something back for himself now hes at a low.

I can see this from both sides and I can understand why the Mods have acted the way they have (rules are rules and the freedom of speech argument cannot be used to bend them) after giving him a second chance in the past and he's come back and made matters much worse for himself, just, give the guy a break at the moment.
I dont condone his behaviour, but dont label him a pirate and use him as an example to others, as he himself is a victim of piracy.