Here's a Pretty How-De-Do

Soon, Animan's World will celebrate its first year as a blog. A lot has happened this past year. 

When you buy an Animan video, it makes sense that you would want to share it with your friends. That's part of the video experience. That's all included in the $7 price tag. 

But putting all the video links up on a site where thousands can access them instantly is quite another matter. It's mean and cowardly. The videos ARE copyrighted. Unfortunately, I am not able to micro-manage or control this sort of dishonesty.

Today's post is NOT intended for Animan's good and loyal friends. It is intended as a rebuttal against the share site mentioned.

A number of things are mentioned in these screencaps taken from such a site. Animan will respond to some of them.

"I think that we should make a thread about his works, they are awesome and btw, to see if someone shares his videos"

TSK TSK.  I should feel flattered that you admire my videos so much. Have you ever given any thought to the person who worked so hard to create them?  If you did, you wouldn't "share" them behind his back.

"The people that had paid for them were not going to share them cause they only cost $7 or so."

It's $7.  Animan's KUDOS to those of you who didn't give in to the freeloaders.

"I think the corn got in the way of the porn".

LOL. A sense of humor depends on the person, where they were born and what time period they live in. Even Shakespeare gets corny when it's played back over and over.

"….hearing the characters talking about 'fucking pussy' was really off putting."

Animan has resolved that words about female genitalia will no longer be heard in Animan videos.  Not because some crabby appletons on an unrelated blog moaned and pissed about it behind his back, but rather because someone brought it up on Animan's World, in a forthright, friendly and diplomatic way.

"The fact the sites do what they did is tacky as hell, but we're not about to change the fact that they do it."

You express my feelings about your site perfectly.

"It would be great if you upload them. Im sure everyone will be very appreciative, i know i will"

Well ANIMAN is NOT appreciative.

"carmen

camp

bigbeachadventures

they will all drop at 6pm PST today."

HOW UTTERLY SICKENING.

THIS IS VERY DISCOURAGING.

IN CONCLUSION

I have many artist friends who joyously set out producing fabulous gay art--but they STOPPED, because the drawings they wanted to sell were pirated and offered for FREE on blogs. Brilliant careers cut down by stinginess and greed. What a pity. Isn't it ridiculous that people who love the art think nothing about pulling the rug out from under the artist who CREATED it? THen they complain that there's "not much good stuff out there". 

I only started making these videos so that there could be something just for us gay folks. Something that maybe didn't exist before, and that might make our world a little better and brighter.

If this were a perfect world, everything could be free. Unfortunately, Animan has to pay for food and rent like the rest of us.  The more money Animan can make from his hard work on the videos, then the less outside work Animan needs to do, and the more time he can have to lavish on making the videos.  If they get shared for free, the money STOPS. The animation machine STOPS. The videos STOP. That's how simple it is!

Animan acknowledges that there are thousands of friends and fans who DON'T try and cheat him behind his back. You are the ones for whom I make the videos. Those who cheat the process and then complain and bitch about the videos have no voice in Animan's World.

If Animan videos survive, and flourish, it will be due to those of you who offer your kind support and encouragement, and help Animan to afford to have the time to make the videos, and make them bigger and better. 

If Animan videos vanish someday, it will be due to those of you who unkindly offer them up for free to the masses You will be the ones who kill the goose that lays those golden eggs you seem to want so badly.