I went to buy one of the knock offs for $187 but they're sold out!
Apparently super popular with people who want something nice-looking but
do not find it remotely feasible to drop $1,000+ plus on a pool cue. Believe it
or not, and this message is for high-end cue makers and collectors alike, there
is a huge industry of people out there that actually play with these sticks and
beat the hell out of them and do not really care about what they're worth. But
they want them to look nice. Which brings me to the design.
There are patents and copyright laws in place to protect your artistry for literally
centuries now. Either spend the money up to prevent such a thing, if you care
that much, or just keep making cool stuff worthy of replication. Your choice.
As far as the skins clown complaining about music, well some things just
never change!!! Has this idiot ever heard a song remade by another group?
Or a melody repurposed in a completely different song? How does that happen?
Very simple. The companies that actually release the media in a ripoff-able format
have their asses covered by copyright. So when someone wants to re-use the music,
which is a wonderful thing to do, there are permissions and royalties involved.
What a concept! What a thought!
Regardless of that, it is hilarious to compare this ripoff with the music industry because
so many of the newest and most profitable songs could hardly be defined as "music"
like this incredible example from Taylor Swift that showed up on my FB feed:
We are never ever, ever getting back together
We are never ever, ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends
talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever, ever, ever
getting back together
Like, ever
I am sure people are lining up to steal that!!
As it stands, the shameless people who ripped off Pete's design and are trying to
make money off his hard work, they are literally saying "what are you going to do
about it?" and this is a sad answer. I don't condone their behavior, but this kind
of response is not much better.