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Originally posted by Kimmykim
Hmmm, forgive me if I'm intruding here but I have a question... what does it matter what site someone owns if they want to buy content?
What if a surfer wanted to buy a particular set for his own use, on his own computer? What if he were willing to pay full price and had no intent of using the images on any website?
What if someone were interested in content but NOT interested in being on a mailing list, seeing new sets weekly or anything else, they just wanted to buy some sets and be done with it?
If someone buys something from a content producer and they do not use it appropriately then you take the necessary action to correct their misuse, which is an assumed cost of doing business, no?
I just don't get it.
I also don't get why someone would need to explain their shopping habits -- thankfully none of the online stores asks me to explain how so much stuff goes in and out of a shopping cart before I actually whip out a card and make the purchase, I'd be a bit offended if they did perhaps.
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I assume that most content providers, Charly and myself included, have a license that is for use on certain sites. For the license to be a legally binding document, it has to have real information on it. Otherwise, the purchaser is using the material without a license. It never ceases to amaze me how many people buy stuff from me and then don't bother to license it. They apparently don't realize that the actual purchase is not for the photos (at least some of which are being uploaded to the newsgroups or swapped in the so-called "forums" as we are posting here anyway), but for the license. So, why does someone pay for the license and then not get the license?
A content provider is like a builder's warehouse. Frequently, if you go to a builder's warehouse, you can't get in to buy lumber and sinks and dishwashers at builder discount rates unless you can prove you are a builder. A content provider is a wholesale seller, not a retail seller, so it is quite right and logical to vet a customer.