Another One Bites The Dust

Well, once again the sharks at MPT have saught out yet another victim to fatten their pockets.
Charlene Lois, who by the way is a BEAUTIFUL artist, has signed her name in blood with MPT.
See, when, maybe a few artist's actually ask to join these companies, most are hounded to join.
Ever wonder why MPT encourages you to use FTU artwork in their groups?
So they can find out who the next "Big Thing" is, not realizing that these artist's are only great because they are FREE!!!!!!!!
But will their star power hold up when you are charged $2.00 per tube?
Most likely not. The tag world was founded on Garv, Huerta, Barbara Jensen, Joel Adams and a few other's. So those are the Power Player's in this little battle of art and hobbiest. And are expected to do well. But when artist's not so big or well known, get months of free publicity only to then change their TOU because they see 20 or so tags made using their artwork, and MPT is emailing them or CILM or UYA or any other's desperate company eager to round up each and every FTU artist left on the net, They end up living in the shadow's of these Power Players. Not making the $ they were "promised".
Because, it doesn't matter how many taggers signed your guest book, or used your artwork when it was FTU. It only matters how many taggers are going to run to the checkout to buy your tubes.
Remember, just because you were a "BIG" FTU artists, does not mean you are going to be a "BIG" PTU artist.

::Because You Were Free::

Best of luck Char!
It was great while it lasted!

What The Hell Am I thinking?????

What a good question!
Well, I say fuck the witch hunts! Do these License companies really give
a shit whether they are "Protecting Artist Rights"??? I think not.
They can go on and on about how they are trying to educate all of us house wives about the
do's and dont's of copyright bullshit, but really, they only care about the $ they are not making from that one tube that was shared with your Aunt Milly.
I mean COME ON!!!
WHO FUCKING CARES?!?!?
They sure do.
And good for them, I think everyone needs hobby.
That's why I made tags. It was fun, it was creative, and it didn't cost anything.
I wasn't printing off my tags and selling them in a local flea market.
I was making them for my online friends.
I wasn't getting paid one penny for the time and effort I put into it.
And did I credit the ARTIST, absolutely!
Did I need some # to do it? Nope. I sure didn't.
But then all of a sudden, some moron see's a tag, and decided that they should make
some money from these poor housewives and better yet, why not make money from the artist too? Man I wish I could have been that greedy so I would have thought of that.

Do we need a License # to use artwork?
This is a on going battle between those of us who feel it's full of shit and to those who hold their badges high and claim to be the internet police.

But, I plan to get the bottom of this little bit. I want to know the truth. If I am told that they do in fact have a right to sue us for not buying tubes from them, then so be it.
But, If I find out they have no right to force me to buy their tubes and slap a bullshit # on it,
then I sure as hell will have a lot to say about it.

So that will be a good start to this blog....But don't think the artwork & tubes are the only thing I plan on attacking. There is always digital scrap kits, music and movies...
Yep I plan on being on the FBI's most wanted list....

LMFAO