OceanIsGrey

Thank you very much for backing me up on the subject. I believe everyone needs to agree that LL is lenient to sort thieves out of troubles. It almost feels like LL is rewarding thieves by not doing anything sponteneously such as ---like you aforementioned--- 'unlisting the flagged shops,' or 'suspending those shops on hold so they can't make sales, as well as paypal process suspension' etc. And how about give them stern warnings that they should return the earned lindens to LL. That's one way to stop infringment flowing on the MP disadvantaging the honest designers who are trying to make SL more attractive. My question is why LL is sitting oddly by !! Not to mention, the flagging button leads to the warning that it's the violation of doing it so. What the hell is that ! I think this Thief (I'll call this person this) needs to be punished. I do want to write a petition to LL that this kind of behaviour really does affect my shopping experience, and I'm more wary of spending my money on SL. I just don't understand what this company is thinking in terms of doing business. If they'd rather lose a money spender over some cheap **bleep** who steals money from customers and LL then it's their choice. I know many of my friends in SL are more cautious of shopping on the MP now for the fact that LL won't do anything. Those ripped-off designers must do something promptly to get rid of this thief. And I really want to see this **bleep** gets punished for that. LL is going to lose many good customers in a long run.

Could you stop quoting one sentence and make it like I'm trying to be blunt about the whole matter here? I'm talking about THIS PERSON as an example. I'm giving you a case about this particular situation. This is a very definite case where you don't have to buy every content of this person's shop to see they are fake. THEY ARE FAKE BECAUSE THIS PERSON IS BOLD ENOUGH TO USE EXACTLY THE SAME STYLES AND TAKE SHOTS OF THE PRODUCTS. You'll see this person's product lays right next to the original creator's work. And I assume this person does this knowing people won't take an immediate action until he/she processes their money to paypal or whatever they do with the wrongfully earned lindens. And like i said, I have informed the original creators about this because this person is taking the higher rank each day because of the crazy bargain which is only 21 L. Some honest customers bought the styles and realized they are ripped off. They left the reviews not to buy from this person, but obviously people don't care when the rank is going up. So It's up to those original creators to pull the big gun on this person, but as a customer myself it's just too apparent to look away from those thieves trying to ruin business around. I'm a big fan customer. I love SL and that's why I hate to see people being so lenient about infringement. I want to support those good designers so they can continuously provide me the new ideas and goods that I'd love in order to enjoy SL the fullest.

Here is the thing. I'm a shopaholic in SL. I buy a lot of products. I mean A LOT. I look through the Marketplace on daily basis, especially in hair section because I'm a big hair shopper. The contents this person copybotted are without a doubt the well known styles from those shops I shop at. The same styles, same hairbases, same everything, except they're all in black. The photos are the proof. You don't have to see the actual contents to prove they are fake. Even you'll know they are from the other shops from the photos. You can't assume customers are less intellectual about these things. Customers are builders, too. I wish I could reveal this person's name here but he/she is right there in the male hair section on the MP. You can look this person up and judge for yourself. They are exactly the same products from the other shops. If that's not the clearcut evidence I don't know what is. Also I don't think LL would want to get involved in the US Law over some virtual goods. I'm just questioning in the matters of their handling of the violations in SL. I just got irritated by the fact that I could buy something that isn't from the honest sellers If i don't keep my eyes open for stuff like this.... Don't want to lose my money by those thieves on the MP as the MP itself is losing my credibility as well. Anyhow thank you for your honest responses.

Sorry about the typo. I'm not the best speller in the world.

Yeah I agree with you. Some customers wouldn't even care whether it's ripped off or not.

In this case, I have the evidence. I just don't reveal the person's name here since it's against TOS. The person is right there on the MP. I see this person everyday. This person even created the fake logo for the ripped-off contents. I'm asking questions and suggesting at the same time as a resident playing in SL. I'm also a customer and a good friend with some of the builders. I'm pissed off for the fact that copybot is accessable. I know all about DMCA, but I can't take an action for the copybotting because I'm not one of the builders. I informed the builders about this issue, and that's about it.

Yes. I understand why and how banning IP addresses are aimless. I just hate to see those ignorant copybotters who get away with their dirty jobs. I tried to report this person and also flag all his/her items on the MP, but the flagging is currently disabled for some reason ---not to mention 'Dont do it' statement in the box above --- and I'm unable to draw attention to this shop other than pulling DMCA on this person, but I do not own any of the products in that shop so I don't have the right to file a report. I just wish LL would disable the reported copybotters' transaction or buy/sell previliage until they unlock the rights with the proof so fewer people would rip off other peoples' hardwork so easily. Just something to stop them in the first place. I've been buying hell loads of goods on the MP and I'm very loyal to those awesome designers. Anybody could just copybot those without paying a dime, but I'd rather support those designers to keep up the good work by paying for what I get. I wish LL cared more about qualities than quantities.

I was looking at the marketplace to do my shopping today, and this particular hair shop which is consistently priced no higher than 21 L is clearly a freud. This person ripped off from the well known shops such as Catwa, Wasabi pill, etc, and I'm unable to flag this person. Linden lab must provide the MP some security here. Block the IP addresses of the copybotters who presumpuously present their ripped-off products on sales !!! They never really pay for premium or buy lands for long term business so what is the reason to keep them around? I don't understand. Is LL promoting infringement now?

This issue is so bizzard I had to share in forums. I bought this skin from a well known skin shop, which included a 'shape.' I used it for almost 8 months. A few days ago I logged in as a cloud, which the problem wouldn't fix no matter how many times I relogged back and forth for hours. So I changed the shape and then I came back to the figure. I clicked on the shape to wear again, and it gives me this message that the item is removed from the SERVER. And the money I paid for this item was gone just like that. All because it's removed from THE SERVER. Was the item copybotted material that was reported? Or LL did it by mistake? I'm so confused right now, and I'm so not buying that skin pack from that seller anymore, even though the shop is plastered everywhere on the marketplace. Do you guys have any idea what might be going on?... or had this problem?

Jade Glazner wrote: I think they should definitely be sold as modify. 1. Without resizer scripts it cuts down on the lag. 2. Sometimes the color looks weird and tinting it fixes it. For example, some hair stores sell a dark gray as black and if it isn't dark enough I like to be able to tint it darker to my liking. 3. For sculpted hairs, sometimes the strands clip in a weird place, or the bangs are longer than I'd like, etc.. and being able to modify the prims to either fix a clipping issue or just change the style slightly is really nice to be able to do. Yes, I can see that.... What about mesh hair? You can't modify them or move individual prims to change the style slightly, all it does is change color. And we tolerate it all because it's mesh...

Hello guys. I was wondering this for awhile now.... the debate on Mod Vs. No-Mod of hair. Should they be sold as mod or no-mod? What is merchant's perspective on this particular matter?