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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 3105228, member: 36230"]First, you're no Andy Warhol, sir, and not on your best day, in your grandest delusions, or even wildest dreams. You're no more comparable to him than anyone using modern technology and machinery to exactingly copy the work of more talented others, including the Chinese you find so reprehensible. No one is going to make movies about you or pay <i>millions</i> for your work, ever. Simply because Warhol took a visual of the commonplace and turned it into arguable "art" and is remotely similar to your use of modern technology to exactingly copy, this doesn't make the comparison valid nor even remotely reasonable. Suggesting as much is no different from some schmo buying a pro-level camera to shoot on auto mode while comparing himself to, say, Ansel Adams. Just because some do seem to think as much, this doesn't make it any less laughable.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you're capable of saying/admitting that it "<i>appears</i>" another producer's dies are/were "<i>illegal</i>", then you are also capable of applying the same to yours, but that's not what happens during these little dances, is it? Instead we end up talking about painted corvettes, superchargers, Andy Warhol, or whatever other deflective ridiculousness you can muster to excuse both your copying and refusal to simply and clearly identify your products in a manner that would make them easily recognizable to the layman. It's not that I blame you as it surely gets expensive having to pay for all of your fine toys, but no amount of spin changes the fact that you refuse to apply to yourself what you insist upon applying to others, and has been shown time and time again in these threads. This also goes directly to what started this little dance renewed, and is your open embrace of a double standard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, the second part of the referenced post was possibly the most telling and simply because it, especially the "<i>illegal molds</i>" part and in a nutshell, explains why you're so willing to skirt what the HPA makes quite clear as well as what was addressed earlier by Blissskr. From the best I can tell, said "<i>illegal molds</i>" are <i><u>not</u></i> illegal in China where they're produced and used. However, unless the individual has been granted "<i>lawful authority</i>" to make and/or possess them, it certainly seems they are in the US, including Colorado. Funny how that works, isn't it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 3105228, member: 36230"]First, you're no Andy Warhol, sir, and not on your best day, in your grandest delusions, or even wildest dreams. You're no more comparable to him than anyone using modern technology and machinery to exactingly copy the work of more talented others, including the Chinese you find so reprehensible. No one is going to make movies about you or pay [I]millions[/I] for your work, ever. Simply because Warhol took a visual of the commonplace and turned it into arguable "art" and is remotely similar to your use of modern technology to exactingly copy, this doesn't make the comparison valid nor even remotely reasonable. Suggesting as much is no different from some schmo buying a pro-level camera to shoot on auto mode while comparing himself to, say, Ansel Adams. Just because some do seem to think as much, this doesn't make it any less laughable. If you're capable of saying/admitting that it "[I]appears[/I]" another producer's dies are/were "[I]illegal[/I]", then you are also capable of applying the same to yours, but that's not what happens during these little dances, is it? Instead we end up talking about painted corvettes, superchargers, Andy Warhol, or whatever other deflective ridiculousness you can muster to excuse both your copying and refusal to simply and clearly identify your products in a manner that would make them easily recognizable to the layman. It's not that I blame you as it surely gets expensive having to pay for all of your fine toys, but no amount of spin changes the fact that you refuse to apply to yourself what you insist upon applying to others, and has been shown time and time again in these threads. This also goes directly to what started this little dance renewed, and is your open embrace of a double standard. Still, the second part of the referenced post was possibly the most telling and simply because it, especially the "[I]illegal molds[/I]" part and in a nutshell, explains why you're so willing to skirt what the HPA makes quite clear as well as what was addressed earlier by Blissskr. From the best I can tell, said "[I]illegal molds[/I]" are [I][U]not[/U][/I] illegal in China where they're produced and used. However, unless the individual has been granted "[I]lawful authority[/I]" to make and/or possess them, it certainly seems they are in the US, including Colorado. Funny how that works, isn't it?[/QUOTE]
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