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MrPopup · 01-08-2003, 12:29 PM

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Designers, wake the fuck up and stop doing business with design brokers. It is obvious from hundreds of posts over the past 3 months that these brokers are taking credit for YOUR work and are either paying you a fraction of what your work is worth or they don't pay you at all.
Wake up.

Wake up to what? No industry standards. No industry regulatory organization. This business is survival of the fittest...and the smartest...and the most cunning. Unfortunately that will NEVER fit into anyone persons definition of what is ETHICAL or what is RIGHT or what is HONEST.

Business is business. I blame lazy photoshoppers who dont have enough energy to research the legal implications and issues surrounding copyright ownership...not to mention failing to understand a shred of common business sense...nor trying to establish what the true MARKET VALUE of their work is....

Do you think that a real estate agent who "flips" a property at a substantially higher value then original purchase price owes ANYTHING to the original owner?

Do you think an antique dealer should charge LESS to a customer then what they paid for an item at an auction?

Business is selfish. It has to be. It's business. But until you can point to an ACCEPTED INDUSTRY STANDARD of what is RIGHT and what is WRONG in the adult webmaster biz, you cannot successfully judge nor condemn the actions of people you may morally/ethically disagree with.

01-08-2003, 12:29 PM
MrPopup Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: on the internet Posts: 3,783	Designers vs. Brokers: BAH! Recently posted: Designers, wake the fuck up and stop doing business with design brokers. It is obvious from hundreds of posts over the past 3 months that these brokers are taking credit for YOUR work and are either paying you a fraction of what your work is worth or they don't pay you at all. Wake up. Wake up to what? No industry standards. No industry regulatory organization. This business is survival of the fittest...and the smartest...and the most cunning. Unfortunately that will NEVER fit into anyone persons definition of what is ETHICAL or what is RIGHT or what is HONEST. Business is business. I blame lazy photoshoppers who dont have enough energy to research the legal implications and issues surrounding copyright ownership...not to mention failing to understand a shred of common business sense...nor trying to establish what the true MARKET VALUE of their work is.... Do you think that a real estate agent who "flips" a property at a substantially higher value then original purchase price owes ANYTHING to the original owner? Do you think an antique dealer should charge LESS to a customer then what they paid for an item at an auction? Business is selfish. It has to be. It's business. But until you can point to an ACCEPTED INDUSTRY STANDARD of what is RIGHT and what is WRONG in the adult webmaster biz, you cannot successfully judge nor condemn the actions of people you may morally/ethically disagree with. Last edited by MrPopup; 01-08-2003 at 12:30 PM..