Shall I take it as an honor ??

[zorg]

Hi,

while checking ebay I was attracted by a seller selling some bezels that look fammiliar to me.

while checking deeper I noticed that this guy is selling printed version of some of the artworks I traced, here's the list

Puckman Bezel: item 290219479175
Puckman Bezel: item 290219479343
Karate Champ Bezel: item 290219477747
Kangaroo Bezel: item 290219477168
Jungle Hunt Bezel: item 290219477005
Jr PacMan Bezel: item 290219476658
Gun Fight Bezel: item 290219476281
Gorf Bezel: item 290219475841
Driving Force Bezel: item 290219475187
EPROM Bezel: item 290219474896
Donkey Kong Bezel: item 290219474513
Burgertime Bezel: item 290219471704
Barricade Bezel: item 290219471454
280 ZZZAP Bezel: item 290219470866
Frenzy Bezel: item 290219475453
Galaga side art: item 290218959613
Burger Time side art: item 290219237899
Mario Bross side art: item 290219238392
Defender stencils: item 290219238019


thoose represent 90% of the stuff is curently selling.

please let me think he selected thoose, because of the quality of my work  (just kidding)

oh and yes thoose are mine, I'm pretty sure at 99,999999% some of them where not available on the CAG hard drive, when it was sold.
also note that the Gorf Bezel he is selling is INNACURATE. he grabbed the one on localarcade.com, unfortunatly for him, I did not updated this one
some white parts on the gorf bezel, should be grey not white

Some others artwork he is selling , also contains error

too bad he did'nt try to contact the authors before printing   


do you guys think I can kindly request him, one of each artwork I traced he printed   

[ChadTower]

That's a hard one.  You did trace them and put them into the public domain... but maybe he'd be willing to drop you a print or two in gratitude.  I guess it depends on how much he is selling them for as to how morally grey it is here.

[shardian]

My guess is that he won't even respond to you. That sucks dude.

[waveryder]

This is a long running issue. Its a problem with the public domain which has run for years. You'll never get anything out of the seller, nor realistically should you. If you produce something for public use you cant then get upset when someone uses it, even to sell. These were tracings after all so you cant even claim them as "intellectual property". I'd take it as a complement and laugh at the people paying over the odds for something you created to be used freely! 

[zorg]

This is a long running issue. Its a problem with the public domain which has run for years.

Yep and for years I've continued to provide freely the tracing, and will continue

[gonzo90017]

Yep and for years I've continued to provide freely the tracing, and will continue

[WunderCade]

Yep and for years I've continued to provide freely the tracing, and will continue

    

[thatitalian]

Dude it is people like you that keep this thing going! Don't ever stop, you are the man

If this guy wants to sell your work then he is an  because he is obviously a broke  mofo ,if you would excuse the (what I believe) ghetto term.

Let him do it, he will get his comeuppance soon enough!


DO NOT CIRCUMVENT language filter with ****, this will result in a temporary ban if done again. Next offense is the highway. Thanks.

[amadama]

Hi Zorg,
I love the work you do and the contributions you have made to collector community. Thanks to you some of my machines look like new (I've printed out your stuff for my own use).
I have thought many times of printing out artwork for sale to others but could never get past the fact that I would be leeching off of someone else's work (maybe that is why I am still poor!).
Keep up your good work sir!
Alex

[zorg]

as far as I'm concerned, tou can print and sell I really don't care 

if you do that just send few bucks to MrDO of the mame artwork project, this way more artwork may be purchased, thus more vectorisation done, thus more stuff for you to print thus more bucks for the printers.