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Ten · 05-08-2008, 10:15 AM

I would like to show everyone an email I received earlier this week from a Renderosity.com vendor named Danae about her "Manhattan" line.

Hello,

My name is Danae Kotsi and I am a professional digital creator vendoring at Renderosity.com for many years. I create photorealistic skin textures for applications such as Poser and DAZStudio and I have been a Top Selling artist in the 3D community for many years.

It has recently been pointed out to me from a member of the SL community that a certain member - seller of your community is using my original, licensed products as their own. The product I am referring to is the “minnu model skins, generation 4“. The said SL seller has manipulated these textures against the TOS and License provided in my products and without any permission thus violating all copyright laws.

I have included an image of my product’s renders against the ones sold by the SL seller. My work is on the far corners while the copied is in the 2 middle images. As anyone can see the similarities are beyond the scope of mere chance but clearly illustrate that my work has been plagiarized. You can view my full product description here : The Metropolitan Collection - Manhattan -

It is clear that my work has been used in the production of the Avatars and most of the differences come from the change in format an the lower resolution - polygons.

As a professional my main income comes from producing and selling works such as the one stolen from me. It takes lots of research, money and many months of hard work to produce just one item and having this stolen by someone and claiming it as their own is very infuriating and insulting.

I have been informed that the said seller - and I refrain using the word artist for apparent reasons - has been selling my altered and stolen work and passing it as her own for a long time. So, I have informed my lawyers and we are currently thinking about the next step which is sure to be requiring immediate withdrawal of the said product and full compensation.

I was referred to you by someone because they said you know and care about the community and also know the seller. I wanted people to know that what is being sold is NOT original work and that ultimately it’s your community and the honest buyers that have been cheated and stolen from and not just me.

Thank you for taking the time and reading this long mail. Please see the attached images.

Kind Regards,

Danae Kotsi aka danae

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You can view more of the images at SCD: Renderosity.com: Losing content to SL users dozens of times a day! « Shopping Cart Disco

05-08-2008, 10:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ten Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 6,918 My Mood: SL Join Date: 10/7/2006 Awards: 1	Renderosity.com > SL Theft? I would like to show everyone an email I received earlier this week from a Renderosity.com vendor named Danae about her "Manhattan" line. Hello, My name is Danae Kotsi and I am a professional digital creator vendoring at Renderosity.com for many years. I create photorealistic skin textures for applications such as Poser and DAZStudio and I have been a Top Selling artist in the 3D community for many years. It has recently been pointed out to me from a member of the SL community that a certain member - seller of your community is using my original, licensed products as their own. The product I am referring to is the “minnu model skins, generation 4“. The said SL seller has manipulated these textures against the TOS and License provided in my products and without any permission thus violating all copyright laws. I have included an image of my product’s renders against the ones sold by the SL seller. My work is on the far corners while the copied is in the 2 middle images. As anyone can see the similarities are beyond the scope of mere chance but clearly illustrate that my work has been plagiarized. You can view my full product description here : The Metropolitan Collection - Manhattan - It is clear that my work has been used in the production of the Avatars and most of the differences come from the change in format an the lower resolution - polygons. As a professional my main income comes from producing and selling works such as the one stolen from me. It takes lots of research, money and many months of hard work to produce just one item and having this stolen by someone and claiming it as their own is very infuriating and insulting. I have been informed that the said seller - and I refrain using the word artist for apparent reasons - has been selling my altered and stolen work and passing it as her own for a long time. So, I have informed my lawyers and we are currently thinking about the next step which is sure to be requiring immediate withdrawal of the said product and full compensation. I was referred to you by someone because they said you know and care about the community and also know the seller. I wanted people to know that what is being sold is NOT original work and that ultimately it’s your community and the honest buyers that have been cheated and stolen from and not just me. Thank you for taking the time and reading this long mail. Please see the attached images. Kind Regards, Danae Kotsi aka danae <<…>> You can view more of the images at SCD: Renderosity.com: Losing content to SL users dozens of times a day! « Shopping Cart Disco __________________ Shopping Cart Disco http://www.shoppingcartdisco.com THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES.