BoXXi, I may not be a full-fledged subscribing member (yet...workin on that part), but I appreciate all the hard work that you and other artists put into your work. It's not fair for some jerk to come along and "claim the fame" (so to speak), taking recognition from the REAL artists. You shouldn't apologize for your actions. I sure as hell wouldn't!

As far as the reputation of WC.... the only people who are gonna look down on the reaction to the rips? Well, probably other rippers. "Birds of a feather flock together", right? Stay to your own, keep your own. It's great to see how everyone banded together and verbally beat the $&*# outta MRKacau. If anything, you all should be proud.

Makes me want to subscribe even more!!!!

Okay, good point Quentin. Maybe the spamming wasn't so great, but if dA had handled the situation in a timely and appropriate manner, then things wouldn't have gotten so out of hand. There is a reason for it, and although it may not have been right, it seemed like the only course of action, given the situation. If it reflects poorly on anyone, it should be dA for not dealing with rippers in a more severe fashion. This guy was a repeat offender, after all. How many chances do you give someone?

I agree with you in part Quentin. From my perspective and experience DA has more often than not been the Author of its own misfortune. I got behind it when it first started and was an active member for years. When Jark was there it was a different place. Much like here. Then when Angelo did what he did and more or less committed an act of piracy it just went from bad to worse. Like attracts like and the pirates all flocked together. When the split first happened there were two clearly opposed sides. To this day the division exists. Why? Because Angelo has never given the membership an honest account of what happened. He has rewritten the site history to make it look like he did all the work in founding it. He is money motivated and has been caught out more than once for exploiting the membership. No way on God's earth will I ever support that site, nor will I make excuses for it's own self generated incompetency. It gets back three fold what it puts out....negativity by the bucket load. If you liken it to the Starwars script....being a member at DA ,for me, is like being invited to "come over to the Dark Side." I support sites that are committed to honesty and integrity and fairplay with its membership being seen as the important beings they are. Sites cannot exist or function properly without the mutual respect of both parties.   I am glad Boxxi got a result!