since I have a very large customer base that use vue, I felt compelled to post this here. Yes folks it seems that if you ask around people will give you my models for free as "gifts". This is making me come quickly to a decission that I don't want to have to make. Either I will need to remove my store from renderosity or the community is going to have to stop this "gifting". I don't think that the piracy is going to stop just because I am being driven out. So, that leaves me with very few alternatives. For this reason I will be adding no more models to my renderosity store. For those of you that have been good and loyal customers I will keep in touch with you if you will be so kind as to join my mailing list at ironhart.us I want you all to know that giving away my products is a breach of contract between you and I. Therefore, anyone that has given away any product of mine without consent is in breach of contract and is indulging in piracy. if you have recieved any product of mine from anyone other than me or through legit purchase from renderosity you are also guilty of piracy. in either case if you are in possession of copies of my products that are illegal (this includes breach of contract purchased products) I expect you to delete them from your hard drive and destroy any copies you may have. It is my intent to further track down the offenders in this and to consult legal authorities in their areas. heartbroken to have to make this post. ironhart

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear this is happening to you, ironhart. As you know, I have purchased most of your products, and am very happy and pleased with them. I'm sorry some people have been treating you and your hard work so disrespectfully. With all the work you put into them, I think the prices are really reasonable! I haven't heard anything about anyone getting them illegally around this neck of the woods, but I hope you are able to track down the culprits and put things right. Please keep smiling and know that you do have real friends and admirers out here! Regards, Djeser

That seriously sucks, Ironhart. And I agree with Djeser's sentiments. Also got signed up for the newsletter, as I love the work you've done to date. You might want to consider bopping over to Renderotica and contact Davo. He's worked out several methods of tagging his kits so that he can identify just who he sold that particular set to. He might be able to give you some ideas to allow you to mark your stuff so that this doesn't happen again.... Good luck and good hunting!

The best thing to do is to track down the offenders I applaud your integrity and offer support to your effort in any way. Regards, shoop