"even if his argument that he created her from scratch were correct, wtf does that say about him? the characters LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. if, for arguments sake and despite all the evidence to the contrary we were to believe that he did create denelle, its still a virtual carbon copy of nia. and this is 'OK'? now denelle is to be embraced?
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I wouldn't suggest that.

"By accident", we all know isn't even a factor in this case, but similar ideas and accidental similarities do deserve some consideration. However, it would be nice if, when it happens, the two merchants could strike up a dialog and resolve it. For example, I submitted my wedding dress textures to PP and Mehndi mentioned her white lacy texture for the same dress was ready to be released and she wanted me to know. I asked her opinion and asked if she wanted me to wait on mine. Since they were different, just for the same dress, neither of us had a problem with their proximity in the store.

I guess my point is I'm all for someone building a better mouse trap but I'm for adult behavior and attempts at working things out. And for the most part I think that is what goes on between the merchants here. I'd hate to see new product submission policies based on a handful of people who don't have the ethics they should in this case.

...... Kendra