I hope it is okay to post this here, where it will get the most notice. It is not a question about copyright, it is my own personal notice, that must get out in public. Thank You.

It has come to my attention AGAIN, that my models - my Egret/Herons, Pelicans and probably many others are being passed around illegally. I will at this point not mention names, but PLEASE, if you are the recipient of such a "gift" do NOT use the models! It is the only way to fight the illegal sharing of models! Many of you know how very hard I have worked on my models and texture maps, morphs etc. My shoulder is giving out on me, and now I am only able to continue with texture mapping and some minor morphs. It causes me MORE PAIN than even the partial loss of the use of my shoulder/arm that people can be so mean as to use my model sets illegally. If someone offers you such a "gift" please know that they are committing an illegal act and your use of these models will also be illegal!

I keep a copy of all my sales notices - names and e mails, etc. and MY STORE has a record of the addresses that the legal copies were mailed to. I am aware of the people that have my products legally.

The only way that anyone can receive a "gift" of my models (in whole or even a part of a set) is for one person to come to me and BUY an extra copy and tell me who it is for, so that I have a record of the legal owners. Without that record, I have to assume that if you are not on my lists you are using illegal copies! I have had e mails from various people about both the sighting and the receiving of copies of my models. I am not naming names as I said, so I can protect the honest people who are reporting this activity to me.

When my shoulder gets better one of the first things I have been planning are more high quality photo real FREEBIES... and for the HONEST people, I will still follow through with this, but right now it but it sure takes the edge off the "spirit of giving" with the knowledge of more and more people using and sharing illegal copies of my models!

Lyne
Lyne's Creations
Vista Internet Products

Message edited on: 04/29/2005 13:48

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