Ya people make mistakes. That though was not a mistake. It was intentional to take another's pictures altered them and placed them on to his website. In my personal opinion that person immediately goes on my do not buy from list. Why? Well because they obviously has little regard for another's years of work.
I've seen alot of sites pop up That feature others productions on them so that when the sites are visited they look like they are bigger than they really are. To me it just looks like someone trying to make quick sales.
Whether that was hccs intent. I don't know. Nor am I saying it was. But I've seen it all before. I have a website of my own and I know I pride myself on being a hobbiest breeder that enjoys sharing my animals with the world. But every picture on my site is work of my own and animals I have in my collection. There's one picture actually I have permission to use. But that baby was produced from the parents That I produced. Either way credit is given to the owner.
Also hcc probably wasnt looking for all the drama. But when you post on a public forum you open yourself and your business to anything. I myself know. I've had to publicly apologize for a comment here or there and tucked my tail bc I was in the wrong. It something all humans have to do at some point let a little humility in. But agian when you participate in a forum if things are on the up and up you don't have to worry About things like that. Just some .02c
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