Thanks for your interest and feedback on this issue, everyone. This is clearly a touchy subject, with ample room for confusion. We at DAZ certainly do not want to create a "witch hunt" type of atmosphere concerning the piracy of our products whether maps, models, etc.), especially towards those who may have inadvertantly done so. We also do not wish to accuse anyone publically. As always, we prefer to deal with these types of issues privately whenever possible. The specific map we have shown in this thread was chosen because it was already being publically discussed: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12356&Form.ShowMessage=351276. We do not intend to bring any additional attention to the artist but to use this map for illustrational purposes only. We have also seen several posts in the recently discussing specifically the use of DAZ texture maps in creating other maps that people are posting, either for free or for sale. Because this community is made up of artists, we feel that there is a greater understanding and empathy towards copyright violations and plagarism. We have appreciated the tremendous community support in encouraging each other to follow the agreements made on artists' products (i.e. the discussions on Traveller's morphs and Morph World). This type of support is what makes it feasible for businesses and other entities to run effective enterprises in developing for the Poser community (i.e. Renderosity, Curious Labs, LipSinc, DAZ and others). We realize that without your support we would not have a successful business built up around Poser. Having recently become aware of the scope of the use of DAZ maps in creating other maps, we felt that we needed to address this issue publically. This is intended to promote awareness rather than publically punish anyone. We believe that most of these copyright violations are due to lack of understanding and not blatant disregard for the agreements. We wish to thank the many people we have contacted privately on this topic, such as Snow Sultan, for quickly responding to our concerns. This whole topic is a two edged sword for us at DAZ. We realize that community development for Michael and Victoria has been the most significant factor in their success. Therefore, it would be wrong for us to discourage anyone from developing for them. The problems surface however, when our products are used as a building block for another product that eventually becomes a substitute for the product from which it was built. This is the reason that we publically provide templates for all our models as a starting point in which a map should be created to fit models. This is all that is needed to create original maps for our products. Once again, we really appreciate everyones support. The Poser community is really a great community to be a part of. We are very excited to see what the future will bring for us all. Thanks, AnneMarie White DAZ Productions www.daz3d.com P.S. To answer a few posts specifically... Snow Sultan, thanks so much for working with us. We definitely do not acuse you of being a thief and we appreciate your good nature. Ronstuff, we have no admin privilages at Renderosity, so we have no idea how your message was deleted. Hopefully this message may have addressed your concerns. Soulhuntre, sorry for the confusion concerning the statement that this map is obviously a derivative. This was based on our examination of the full-resolution maps by the artist that created the original maps, and was not intended to mean that it was obvious to someone viewing the small images posted above. hmatienzo or anyone else, please contact us with any information or concerns about potential copyright infringements. Thanks! David Amos, thanks for the offer. Yes, we would appreciate you sending us the Lina zip file. I suspect this is the same Lina map that we've seen in the past, which did turn out to be a very slightly modified version of DAZ's first Victoria texture map.