Hello, I haven't posted here in ages, but I thought I should post about this.
While reading another comic that I read, I was linked to the following tumbler story.
TL;DR version: An android developer is stealing the comics from the comic's rss feed and is displaying them in an app, making money off of adds in the process.
With no funds going to the creators (or really, any permission asked at all) this is widely regarded as stealing.
Grim Tales is one of the comics "Supported" by the app.
I am currently unaware of any way to actually contact the writers of the Snafu Comics, and I am in the tedious process of contacting almost ever other comic creator I know, so I was hoping one of you fine gentlemen could do this for me.

At any rate, the link to the actual story:
http://chrishanel.tumblr.com/post/19196 ... t-is-theft

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The avatar is pretty temporary, as I simply took it from this forum.

I'll let Bleed and Dave know. Do you want to like... foster discussion on this? Because if it is a request, it's fulfilled.

you're not exactly a new member, but you haven't really done anything but lurk. we're a friendly bunch. maybe you would want to post more, and participate in the community? :0) I would let this be a quasi-welcome thread.

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"We're quite aware of this. BR is no happy rainbow face man. He is simply our neighborhood best fucking poster." ~ Warbear
Puff Most Epic.

Oh, uh. Welcome, I guess...

I find this very interesting. Is this a free app? If not, this could cause a very large catastrophe.

When messing around with shit like this, you have to give credit where credit is due EVERY time you mention it.

And not even that is enough if he is making money off of it.

If Dave didn't authorize this, this can and will get very messy. I hope that it's just a misunderstanding and everything is hunky-dory already. If not, well...

Fuck.

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"It's such a fine line between clever and stupid."

The Chronometal Wars, a fan-fiction taking place in the PPGD Universe. Catastrophe is the only certainty.

I let Dave know already, he emailed me back pretty quickly this time, so he's aware of it :0)

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Bleedcomics Staff Writer/Editor, , and Keeper of the Jar Brain of Secret President. RIP Ku Ku Ku \(-^.^-)/ U Wuz A REAL N***A!!!!!!!
"We're quite aware of this. BR is no happy rainbow face man. He is simply our neighborhood best fucking poster." ~ Warbear
Puff Most Epic.

Malarkey, we are a hoard of miscreants divided into two groups, one with an ungodly attachment to an imaginary set of rules and etiquette, the other totally dedicated to feeling smug and playing counterculture to the first. These two groups also somehow overlap 100% of the time.

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Also I think it is a funny double standard how most people here think this is stealing and immoral while most o us use online manga readers and download plenty of roms.

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Also wondering how Dave would even be able to try and force this person to take down the comic.

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Escape will make me God.

Apparently the one doing it is willing to take down someone's webcomic if asked.

Jeph Jacques mentioned this on his site yesterday.

Friendly bunch? If you really wanna believe that shit, don't go to the Spam forum at all. And you better behave like a motherfucker, because I haven't been fucking around lately ever since Lord Soth became Marquis du Soth and Warbear became Modbear aka they're fucking mods.

This is a world guarded by a trio of kings; absolute monarchy shall be absolute, or damnation.

I can't say much about Comic Theft since I don't come across often with stuff like this. It's a shame it's happened before with the comics though.

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Grivous.

Welcome, Swot! You can go to whatever forum you wish, here...if you even come back. You seem like a decent character, so you'll do quite fine.


Lol I was just thinking this.

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Tuor: Stuff is our resident, hot mess, alcoholic.
Senel: Stuff is the patron saint of getting shitfaced. You replaced your organs with an engine that runs solely on alcohol.
RIP Lucky. I love you so much.

Let's say a friendly dog only bites when provoked. The difference however is that when the dogs here bite, they bite hard.

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dA username iLuvWMGs (kinda like my online handle now). Pretty dead but hey, I will get on it soon

Don't listen to Rosso. He's biased because we don't like him. Spam would give you a chance unless you fail to show any improvement.

You just made my fucking day. And it's basically 2 in the morning here!

Oh and welcome I guess. And yes, comic theft, bad, do not and I mean DO NOT do it...

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Delia Surridge: You've come to kill me, haven't you?
V: Yes.
Delia Surridge: Thank God.

Oh and please read my first literature post. Feel free to bash me and whatnot...
http://www.snafu-comics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=50149

Soth and Warbear are always friendly... You are just generalizing everyone in Spam. Those two became mods for a reason.

welcome new guy.

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Nah I'm sorry If you took that the wrong way, of course they're friendly, I like em too. What I'm saying to the guy is don't fuck around, especially in the Spam forum.

It drives me nuts though that Mirak's not a mod anymore. Four mods would have been so much better.

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Grivous.

I dunno if this was stolen, but the other day I found all 70 comics of Grim Tales Afterbirth on a wiki site. Pretty good read, but I can't get over wondering how it got there. I'm guessing it was stolen most likely.

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Tuor: Stuff is our resident, hot mess, alcoholic.
Senel: Stuff is the patron saint of getting shitfaced. You replaced your organs with an engine that runs solely on alcohol.
RIP Lucky. I love you so much.

Oh lawldy.

Ahh crap... so there's App try to eat some money ?

And thankgoodness that app was unpublished.

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I heard you don't accept god
I don't accept fandom/shipping/mary-sue

I will try to get two more mods, soon.

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Bleedcomics Staff Writer/Editor, , and Keeper of the Jar Brain of Secret President. RIP Ku Ku Ku \(-^.^-)/ U Wuz A REAL N***A!!!!!!!
"We're quite aware of this. BR is no happy rainbow face man. He is simply our neighborhood best fucking poster." ~ Warbear
Puff Most Epic.

Oh boy, I wonder what the intensive screening process is like...

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"It's such a fine line between clever and stupid."

The Chronometal Wars, a fan-fiction taking place in the PPGD Universe. Catastrophe is the only certainty.

More mods?

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Tuor: Stuff is our resident, hot mess, alcoholic.
Senel: Stuff is the patron saint of getting shitfaced. You replaced your organs with an engine that runs solely on alcohol.
RIP Lucky. I love you so much.

Am I missing something here? What's with the eye rolling and stuff.