Would you still be of the same opinion if they had not removed the Stardock Design reference under his name, and removed the Stardock Design skin?
I would phoon.
The facts are that the guy is a twit and a thief. I believe that polite dialog now would have gotten the same results as have been achieved at the least. It also would have the added benefit of giving the perception that the WC folks that are at dA are responsible, respectful, helpful folks.
The same people that are upset and and pulling their memberships could still do so. If hitting dA in the wallet is the goal, it would still be accomplished. If the forum posters wanted to be vocal and raise awareness of the problem, that could also be done politely and would likely be MORE effective than repeated spamming in a forum that has nothing to do with the problem (and was polite enough to say so early in the dialog).
The questions really are, "What is the goal?" and "What is the best way to accomplish those goals?"
What I think the goals should be (should have been):
- Have the content removed content from dA
- Have the user banned
- Identify the process for reporting rips
- Identify the time frame that a rip is acted on
- Improve the process or reporting and acting on rips
- Create a network where a WC admin might discourse with a dA admin (as an advocate for a WC member) to expedite a rip report.
I don't think anything that's been done in this thread or the one at dA has been directed towards those goals.
They may not have been yours and perhaps that's my misunderstanding.
Do you really think your methods accomplished what you set out for? What *was* it that you set out to accomplish?
