I have been here long enough to know that people steal paints. FM3 Auction house had a bug that people exploited, to unlock paints and re-sell the cars… ehem… Bruce Lee… ehem.
And yes I do believe that anyone that re-does a REAL LIFE Livery is a thief. The artist is definitely skilled at replicating the look of the car, but where is the credit for the people that designed the REAL car. They should be making money off of it too, right?
So if I do a Paint, it will always be something original. I wasted some time doing the cover car from Forza 2, and realized, that I was duping something that likely required multiple people to create. None of them got credit for my work.
The real point, was that you have a Hot Wheel, that you can drive in Forza. Whether or not you get the paint from the creator’s storefront, whom you may have never heard of, or from the code in the box, which secretly links to the Seller’s storefront, with a token to download it for free, along with the Actual Hot Wheel, that is now in your hand, or on your shelf, or having its wheels dented by your kid.
Like Dragnet says, if there is money in it, it will happen… The only thing I am getting at, is would you buy them.