umutov is no longer a merchant due to 3 of his popular products being heavily based on my custom GND2: Athletic body morph, as well as including Daz3D V3 morphs. he has also been banned from poserpros for 3 violations over there (one of them was a different product - sold to daz as a PoserPros original). i only wish i had noticed these sooner, since they were blatant infringements being sold in the marketplace for over 3 months now, and the damage done is beyond irreparable. i have dealt with infringements in the past - and there have been several merchants who have unintentionally used my work or misunderstood the license. often these are worked out behind the scenes and i am very forgiving when someone makes a copyright 'blunder'. but there is no way that these could have been 'accidental' infringements. not only has my material been in his store for nearly 4 months in some cases, but i have just wasted a week of my time doing comparisons and waiting for the results of the site investigations - i had to postpone a trip up north and the release of two new products as a result, not to mention the lack of sleep and outrage over this. refunds at both sites should be sent out soon, if they havent already (i think i got mine back a few days ago). cheers, -gabriel