policy on cel thievery

Yeah, that was pretty much going to be the deciding factor when I sat down to think about how I would be able to decide what to do if the guilty party (accused or accuser) didn't give up after I make my decision. A quick scan of some of the linework at impossibly high res is probably good enough. Tattered Xerox lines are about as close as you can get to fingerprinting a cel. Of course, I'm not going to just listen to any transient who randomly accuses people left and right of stealing something. If it's from a name I recognize, I'm much more likely to believe them.

If I were a bad person I could probably fake this too, given enough time and motivation, but it would have to be for some huge dollar amount. At that point, I call their ISP and suggest account termination... if not prosecution.

A good idea would be to always keep high res scans to yourself if you're worried about someone taking images.

Thanks for the great suggestion.


jn

One way to determine who has a real cel would be to have them scan the back of the cel at high resolution. It's a bit tougher to fake that with an image of the cel itself.