Post #293168 by Psycho Tiki D on Mon, Mar 19, 2007 6:21 PM

Although I enthusiastically support all new forms of art tiki and otherwise; this might be why I have decided to collect vintage tiki.

Arguably there are some very talented artists out there creating tiki in many forms and we see it all the time on this site.

Agreeably, there has to be a consensus that any tiki, aside from any original aboriginal design, has been copied, ad nausea um. Unfortunately for the ancestral creators, neither copyrights laws nor a forum to gripe about it existed for them.

Luckily, we have laws that protect individuals from plagiarism and prevents the explotation of other people's endeavors. No one who supports the tiki culture and the talent and efforts that individuals create should accept in any way the misuse or abuse of their creativity and fruits of their labor. Some people actually make an honest living doing what they do.

It is a sad commentary on what we all love when we fight!

Go back to your corners and re-think your positions! Can't we all just get along?

Psycho Tiki D (I know I am and I am sad for tiki today)!