I tried to handle a Copyright violation of one of my textures silent and civilized last week, but when i check the store to see if the thief had altered his way i found that not only was he still violating my copyright on the original item he had also released a new one that also used my work. As civilized stealth diplomacy doesn't work on this Sknox guy i'll try some public flogging instead. Sknox is a LYING THIVING BASTARD! (ohhh.... i feel better now!) Considering the liberal rules i apply to work i can't see the need for anyone to abuse them, after all you can do what you want with them as long as you don't charge for it, why the #%& didn't he just release the damned textures in the free stuff section! You can get the original full quality textures on my sites at http://home.online.no/~kjellil/ or http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/darkknight/369/index.htm And they are FREE! Staale Here's a mail i just sent Renderosity and Sknox The products in question is Wendy and a texture pack -------------- Ste Leth wrote: Sknox have posted images using my texture in renderositys gallery, http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=sknox the image 'Shameless' and 'Quiet Vision' uses my textures unaltered (as far as i can tell) in his next image 'But....Where can i get the T-shirt' he uses an altered version but you can still see the distinct shadows under the eyes and on the edges of the moth and nose and the highlight on the lips and between the lip and nose. Its that distinct look created by the painted in shadows that made me aware that he was selling my textures, not the direct copying of the lips and belly button (its not from an image its hand painted using the spatter airbrush in Painter 5). evidence 1. He have used my texture. 2. The face texture looks like a bleached version of mine. 3. The lips was a direct unaltered copy, admitted by Sknox. 4. The belly button is a direct copy (i don't think he could paint it if his life depended on it) 5. The guy lies, see below. Ask yourself this, if he directly stole the lips what's the chance that he would bothered to paint a direct copy of the belly button from my texture? stealing is much easier, and it takes no talent. Sknox sent me two mails the last time, i live in Norway so i get all your mails in one big heap in the morning, and i quote: 'Please forgive me, but I just now see what's going on. Exactly what part of the texture are you claiming came from your texture specificly. I know my sources and techniques did not include your texture at all, perhaps there is a larger issue here.' As you can see from the last part of that mail he claim 'I know my sources and techniques did not include your texture at all' but faced with the evidence of the direct copy of the lips (i sent him a copy of the mail and image i sent to Tammy) he chose to change the model. This proves beyond any doubt that this sknox guy is a lying bastard. Not only that, he is an idiot, as i used the lips as evidence he alter them but didn't alter the rest of the texture, rather stupid as it wasn't the lips that made me aware of the theft in the first place. Its clear that this guy is untrustworthy and not someone you should do business with. Staale I'm Sending Sknox an unaltered copy of this mail. -------------- Mail from renderosity to me -------------- Jenifer Handley wrote: Ste, I know you have been working with Tammy on this issue, but I've been made aware of the problem. Have you directly contacted sknox to try to resolve? He claims that he painted the belly button using deep paint 3d and a photo of a real belly button as a reference. I've viewed the image you sent for comparison, and agree there are similarities. We have placed the product in pending, but we need to to contact him to try to resolve since you are the copyright holder--not us. Thank you, Jenifer Handley