Hi folks

As you can see R'osity has lifted the ban, Spike kindly asked Moe to inform me since he's having email problems at the moment.

First off I'd like to thank everyone for their support in this matter, especially Moe, I'm in your debt.

Now to explain what happened and why the ban was placed.
As you all know from the message above which Moe was good enough to post for me, I unwittingly posted links in the free section for the Antares model, which was hosted by RDNA on their free section, the mistake (and yes Melanie I'm VERY embarrased) was I linked directly to the files.

I received a message from the RDNA staff, (which I didn't download till the following morning), informing me of my infringment, the message was as follows:

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Dear Billy,

Thanks for the Antares project that is in our free section, as well your
Warrior Bug and Grey Alien. Due to strict limitations and rules regarding
bandwidth theft, your files have been removed from the free section on this
site.

If you wish to re-upload these files you are more than welcome to, but under NO
circumstances are you to link to these files.

For future reference please do not link to any file hosted by Runtime DNA for
any purpose whatsoever. Also know that bandwidth theft is not tolerable under
any circumstance.

We look forward to working with you in the future, and know that you will
clearly understand our position.

Truly,
Runtime DNA STAFF

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By this time th ban was already in place. I now know R'osity had already tried to contact me through audre, with an instant message requesting that I remove the links to the models from the site, firstly because they believed the model wasn't mine to post, and secondly because of the infringment to RDNA.

The message was sent at 00.15, but due to the time difference, (I live in England so it would have been in the early hours of the morning), I never received the message. (I actually didn't get the message until today, as well as one from Spike).

It seems obvious that the admin staff, having recieved no word from myself, quite rightly in this case, took the only course left open to them at that time, and placed a ban on me, to protect both Moebius & RDNA, until further information could be gained. My only complaint (and a small one at that) is nobody from R'osity tried to contact me by email to get my side of the story, since I was unable to contact them.
Anyway, that's all water under the bridge now, I'm just glad everything has been resolved.

As for who owns the model, the Lightwave version of the bridge is wholey (I think thats how you spell it) the property of Moebius, the Poser & Cinema 4D versions are a collabaration between Moe & myself to convert his brilliant model to other formats, especially Poser, with the intention from the beginning to release the for free into the community.

Now thats all over with, and most importantly,
IT'S NICE TO BE BACK

Again thanks everyone

Billy