Acadia, We are dealing with an international community. Should Blackhearted have to fly to wherever umutov lives in order to hire lawyers and file suit and wait months for a court in another land to determine damages? How much of his creative time ought he to spend to recover some of what he has lost? Meanwhile, this is not the first time umutov has taken an ID and plagiarized the work of other artists. He WILL be back, in some form, plying his trade again and ripping off other merchants again. He has no remorse and no sense of shame. Some people have reformed, once caught. However, if a person has done this at least twice, under two identities, we can feel justified that they will never reform, but continue to take the easy way... by siphoning sales from others. Once might be ignorance, twice is a pattern! The only thing we as a community can do is stick up for the people who actually create original work and shun the thieves whenever we see them. This requires publicity, not secrecy! Oh, we can also shop carefully. If someone is tainted, I don't even use their freebies. Reputation is everything. Carolly