SCP Community,
6 months ago, we alerted you to the actions of Andrey Duksin, a Russian man who has illegally registered an illegitimate trademark for SCP within the Eurasian Customs Union. He has used said trademark to threaten and extort legitimate sellers of SCP merchandise, and in addition is guilty of copyright infringement, as his own merchandise completely violates the SCP content license: Creative Commons Share-alike 3.0. For a time, the situation calmed as we slowly pursued the dissolution of Duksin’s illegitimate trademark via Rospatent, but it has now escalated.
Duksin has recently resumed his efforts to threaten and extort competitors, and has now begun to threaten SCP itself. He utilized the illegitimate trademark to shut down the official social media page of the Russian branch of the SCP Foundation Wiki, as well as a separate fan-page. We attempted to negotiate with VK, the social media company in question, but so long as the trademark registration stands they will abide by it. Now, Duksin has followed this by making a ridiculous demand to be administrator of the Russian wiki, and that said wiki be twisted into an advertisement for his merchandise rather than the writing community that it is.
These actions threaten not only the Russian community, but every SCP branch, writer, and fan around the world. We stand with SCP-RU, reject these threats, and are organizing a lawsuit against Duksin to annul his false trademark and prevent his continued copyright infringement. As an organization of volunteers, this is a measure we do not often pursue due to the costs involved.
Last May, when news of Duksin’s actions first became public, we received many offers from generous SCP fans offering to donate to a legal fund. At the time we did not accept any offers, as we believed the situation could be resolved via bureaucracy. With these new developments, this is no longer possible. As such, we humbly ask that anyone who loves SCP and has some money to spare donate to our legal fund in order to protect our global community. We are still finalizing the details of the fundraising, and will have a second round of announcements later in the week once the donation page is ready.
The SCP community maintains a unified front against Duksin’s threats. Please spread the word about this situation on social media using the hashtag #standwithscpru. With your help, SCP will continue to thrive.
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