Hello, everyone.  Unfortunately, with this forum entry, I am bringing some unsettling news.  I was just alerted by a kind person that some of my models were stolen, and are being offered by a thief in the SecondLife marketplace, for what appears to be a crazy amount of money.  I'm not familiar with SecondLife, so I'm looking for information on how to shut this guy down.  Also, if you are a modeler, you may wanna look around for some of your own stuff, because this guy clearly has a lot of models in his marketplace, and is making money at our expense!  Here's some examples of the models he has stolen from me, and is currently selling in his SecondLife store:

Starfish Floor Lamp
Dirty Shovel (this one was part of a larger Dirt Grave prop I created)
Street Lamp
Bag Chair (he also modified it into a couch, but this is my original bag chair, including all my original textures)

He's got a few additional models of mine too, and tons of other high quality models, which I'm sure he did not create himself!  If you create models, it may be worth having a look in his store for some of your work.  If you know someone who creates models, please alert them to this guy's illegal actions:

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/126033

This guy needs to be reported, and shut down immediately.  If anyone has any information on the best course of action in regard to reporting this behavior to Linden Labs, or if anyone reading this has contacts at the Linden Research company that might be willing to help, please let me know.  This guy is stealing, and making money off our hard work.

Here is a start - www.lindenlab.com/contact or 415-243-9000 or (fax) 414-243-9045

Here is a start - www.lindenlab.com/contact or 415-243-9000 or (fax) 414-243-9045

Thank you.  I found that information as well, but I haven't seen anything specific to legal issues, or know of any department which may handle copyright infringement directly.  It's been brought to my attention that the thief has also stolen work by other prolific modelers, especially those found here on Renderosity; like Stonemason and others.  I've been contacted personally by some of the victimized artists already, and may form a coalition to have this person removed from the Second Life marketplace.

...aaaand that's why I keep all my stuff on my hard drive.  Until piracy is beaten into the ground and scum like 'phuongdzu' are ground under for fertilizer I won't be selling anything.  These pieces of shit are talentless creeps and parasites.

They need a name-and-shame feature on their marketplace. Opportunists (read: thieves) like this do need to be stopped, even if the content was free/open-source... to be making money off someone else's hard work is reprehensible.

Sorry to hear they are doing that here is there dmca I think https://secondlife.com/corporate/dmca.php

hope it helps you can at least point to your  site and terms  good luck as you have been generous with your freebies and your tutorials 

thank you for those

Sorry to hear this, Lux!  Looks like that bastard is stealing from a couple other guys too.  I see a model from one of Stonemason's sets in there, and that dinosaur he's selling is being sold by the original artist over on 3DOcean.