Would still buy a doll if the artist required a contract?

You know, the artist can say whatever, have buyers sign her contract, etc. LOL Most people aren't going to buy from her in those circumstances. I see there IS one person at least who's bent that way, which shows there might be a market. I think that those who adhere to that idea (Full set never undress, never do anything creative w/my doll blah blah blah) are boring - they remind me of my cousin who got all upset cause she'd buy my girls matching outfits & I'd encourage the kids to mix & match (oh, the horror!) But the world would be terribly uninteresting if everybody were the same LOL
So I have nothing against this.
BTW I doubt she's gonna get an avalanche of buyers to the point that other doll companies would ever consider following suit :d I mean, Volks marketing is what it is (yech) and they are successful, but you certainly don't see other companies following their example :d Thank goodness...

 

I would buy it and alter it to be petty and when they realize they can't do anything about it I'd just laugh. Some artists in this world and hobby just think way too much of themselves, there has always been a pervasive arrogance problem in the art world.

 

I mean you can try a contract, but given how international this hobby is, and the average income of artist types, I think any manner of enforcement would be difficult.

I know there are BJD companies that would prefer you do not hybrid, I have been given that reason by some companies that only sell full dolls and never separate head/bodies.

But none of them are going to spend time and money hunting you down to stop you and they can't really stop the secondhand market and people who arrange splits when they purchase.

I personally wouldn't buy from an artist who seems a bit like a control freak, especially if the form of art I am buying is one that I feel is inherently not static, like dolls. I know there are tons of control freak arrogant fine artists, but that isn't my wheelhouse.