Just last week a so-called "artist" was banned from Renderotica for blatantly plagerizing the works of other artists and claiming it as his own. One of the artists was Louis Royo. Others have copied this image but, it was obvious it was a copy, he did not. It was a pixel for pixel representation with a very badly removed signature (apparently he can't even use a color picker). He also plagerized the works of one of Renderotica's more popular artists Il Geco (a work that had been posted here). Again it was a pixel for pixel copy. I don't want to be accused of libel but the artist is Shin_Gouki. I would suggest that people check his works and see if they recognize any of them.

Or Shin Gouki, I think when I copied the user name it added an underscore instead of a space.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Y&Artist=Shin%5FGouki

Looks like most of the images have been removed.

And 3D commune, highend 3d as well... I went to his site and you're right Legume, it disappears right out from under you as each page gets looked at!

His ego is only matched by his stupidity "This is one of my greatest works ever" is the comment generally on all of the things he posts. He has 9 images posted here since he was banned at Renderotica. He's already sent me an instant message telling me he wished I would die :)

Did you happen to save that IM? If so forward it to Spike.

Yeah, I archived it. Thanks, Jeff, I will.

Your warning to other artists here is appreciated, I'm just sorry you're being targeted in such a nasty way now as a result of it darkjeanette. Hopefully something will be done about him very quickly.

Attached Link: http://www1.kcn.ne.jp/~arrow/

That is an exceptionally well designed site Momcat. It's sad to see something like that stolen and knocked off so badly to boot. Another person is being named as a thief in this forum under another tread. I hope this isn't spelling a rash of them.

I think the kooks are crawling out of the woodwork lately. Have you noticed the sheer volume of viruses going around lately? Not just email either. My Macafee found 4 or 5 of them embedded in websites. I don't think the site owners are aware of them, so I mailed them each time to let them know. It was almost all 3D sites too. Last week I was knocking out 3 or 4 per DAY in my email. What a pain.

You, too?? I got 14 of them in email.... and that was just today. Maybe the moon is full?

Not when I'm hunting nasty little frauds >^_~

the colleges are letting out for the summer, can any one say Idle Hands?

Most of the images have been verified as being copyrighted by someone else, two remain.

-Jeff

Why is he still here? I can't believe that Renderosity would tolerate blatant plagiarism or the offenders of such an act.

The 3DCommune staff has been notifed of this and are dealing with it. I'm deleting his gallery as I type this Thanks for the heads up Tom (Hawkfyr) 3DCommune Site Administrator

Pam, just what I was thinking! It's so common all across the net to see this kind of activity - and lots and LOTS of trolling - at this time of year.

Jeff, are you saying you will allow him to remain even though he blatantly violated copyright on several images and you can not confirm the other two? He should be banned from the site like he was from the others he posted these images on. Does Renderosity's terms of service not protect artists from copyright infringement? I'm just amazed he has been allowed to remain at all. Flabbergasted even.

I would have thought the nasty little instant message to DJ would have been enough cause for him to be banned too. go figure..........

We are working on this. Please know that action has been taken.

Thanks Spike.

That's good news Spike, I agree with the others and the thought he is still here is extremely disagreeable.

hehehe. I already told this guy when we banned him at renderotica that he REALLY doesn't want to have the Poser community come down on him.

Bless his heart...he knows not the wrath of this community. lol Tom

So far I only know a very few of the folks in renderosity. I know that as time moves on I will widen my circle of friends from this community and into other communities. The way I see interaction between communities in this and the other thread is terrific and encouraging!

I am VERY disappointed to see that "his" gallery is still on the site in part. I do not understand why it has not been removed in totality and why he has not been obviously banned. Can one of you explain this to me? This is the single issue I would have expected the administration to not only take VERY seriously but to take a hard nosed stance on. He should have been banned for posting a single stolen image, much less 9 of them. You verified 7 of them, do you HONESTLY believe the other two are his? What further verification do you need? This really makes me uneasy. Don't just tell us action is being taken, show us results.

Thank you Jeanette. I too, would like to know what action has been, and will be taken. You are correct. A single plagiarised image should have been enough, let alone the that nasty little note he sent you.

Attached Link: http://geocities.com/gallery_illusion/gallery/illusion.html

::laughs:: Then he just changed it on his site after getting caught here... at least he's not saying anymore "This is my greatest work ever".

Sad. BTW, did anyone see the Spider-Man movie yet? I MADE THAT.

Attached Link: http://www.horae.dti.ne.jp/~seppy/garally/aku.htm

to borrow from Socar Miles: This picture is copyrighted material. It is not clipart, and you may not, under any circumstances, use it for any purpose which includes public display. When you use one of my images, modified or unmodified, for your commercial enterprise or for any non-commercial enterprise involving public display, you are entering into a contract to purchase a license from me. I will determine which license is appropriate depending on how you have used my work. You do not need to be directly making money from my image to be bound by this contract. If you display my work in any public venue (including, but not limited to websites, galleries, "web sets", and clipart CDs), you are liable for any licensing fee I shall deem appropriate, within the limitations of my current price-list.

Why isn't this person banned? And why is this image still in the gallerys claiming to be done by him when it is not, it belongs to Shinya. http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Y&Artist=Shin%5FGouki Please answer to this matter!!!

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Y&Artist=Shin%5FGouki