new SEIV milestone reached

[geoschmo]

I would not be in favor of this as a method of raising funds for PBW.

First of all PBW does well enough on straight donations to meets it's expenses at this point, and that's all we've ever tried to do. When we've ever had a cash shortfall, a couple of posts asking for more donations, or a fundraiser like the stuff Shrapnel gave a way a couple years ago or Tesco's race to SEV tourney have been more than sufficent.

My real concern is putting PBW on the hook in case someone feels like their intellectual property got put on the CD without their permission. I really don't need to have Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm, or even Hadrian sicking the lawyers on us for what they feel is improper use of their copyrighted material. As long as that stuff is being freely distributed for download the worst you get is a "cease and desist" order. You start offering a physical CD and asking for a fixed price in return and they want to come take away your house.

Whether or not any such hypothetical suits would have merit is totally irrelevant. It's a fight I don't need to deal with so I'd just as soon stay as far away from the idea as possible.