#imvu thief

[yxn-yang]

okay. i normally don’t do this. this isn’t what i like to use my tumblr for. i like using my tumblr to share edits with you guys! however, flower312 on imvu has been stealing my edits and reposting them on their photostream. in fact, that’s all their photostream is.

i asked them nicely at first to remove them. that didn’t work.

i commented on their posts several times telling them to stop and calling them out. they got deleted.

i was going to try and forget, let it slide and hope they would stop. they didn’t.

i know you lurk my tumblr. so think of this as a personal message to you - kindly, fuck off.

but yeah. i’ve been a bit disinterested from posting because of this. from here on out my posts will have watermarks.

(shoutout to the person who told me, had you tagged but wasn’t sure if that’d make you uncomfortable. but again, thanks. <3)

[kiro92]

Waiting for the prey so i can pull the beanie over the face 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

[tentaclesimvu]

Regarding Phi @ IMVU

Hey, normally I don’t make posts like this but I have been struggling with this developer on IMVU for a long time now about her stealing part of my product icons, and I think it should be public that Phi is a thief, at least of icons. I messaged her about it quite a while ago, and she argued with me over it and instead of acting like a grown ass person, decided to attack me personally and put down my work.

For reference, here is her catalog where the use of my tentacle border starts: http://www.imvu.com/shop/web_search.php?manufacturers_id=124806695&page=55

Here is a link to my catalog, which you can plainly see i have been using those tentacles for a very long time (longer than Phi has been on IMVU, in fact): http://www.imvu.com/shop/web_search.php?manufacturers_id=30512073

I commissioned the icon from Reini @ IMVU, which you can see on her Deviantart here: http://enjoyboredom.deviantart.com/art/Tentacles-Icon-325822695

The icon has taken many different forms, as I sometimes edit it here and there, but the pixel tentacles that Reini drew for me always remain.

The original message I received a year ago that first tipped me off to her using part of my icon:

 Below I have all of the messages, between Phi and Aujeri and I, regarding my icon after that:

I know that was a lot to read but let me drop the links down here that were included in the messages-

The GIF overlay comparing the pixels on top of each other: 

The screenshot of my icon and its layers:

And the message I received today about it:

I am done playing around, which is why I am making this post and also getting with Reini @ IMVU and putting together a DMCA against her.

[imvu-roy]

Another case of theft by the same individual. I have now had to file four separate DMCA forms on them. (Three are still being processed). This is creating unnecessary work for myself and the DMCA agents. IT is getting extremely annoying. I know this individual has stolen from others as well. (Her shop is primarily “Kids” items, so if you are a kid developer, especially a popular one, she is most likely ripping you off.)  

I did end up sending her a message today asking her to stop as it is annoying and is against the ToS and Copyright Law which has ramifications. 

I usually do not message people about such things as most thieves do not like being confronted directly, but I want people to know it hurts me, and others in a similar position as myself. 

I am far from a rich man, and I put a lot of work into my products both because I enjoy it, I like seeing others enjoy it and it does put food on my table. 

It breaks my heart to see the hours of work I put in scooped up and shat out again either as an exact copy of my work or something such as above where they have drawn over my work and then claim it to be their own.

[imvu-roy]

Texture thieves abound. Here is one I found this morning, a rip off of my eyes. The theft version was edited with colors (maybe my Malibu eyes as an overlay I am thinking) and another highlight over top they added. You can still see the exact pixels of my highlight on the stolen version. 

They do not seem to have any other eye textures stolen in their shop from IMVU developers. A lot of freebeis, some made from art from Deviantart artists. (which is using without their permission, I know one of the artists and their work is often stolen for textures or icons which they do not wish, though they allow peopel to use their art is non-commercial ways such as a display picture or a wall paper for your desktop)

Please do not steal my hard work, people. I will file DMCA. Original artists WILL recognize their textures, even if you edit them. I know every sparkle, every brush stroke of my work. You can not hide it.

[imvufashionblog]

Watch out you guys not only is he stealing but giving away your work. "I feel like we should share things" yeah right!!!! It's obvious you stole those textures and without permission giving them away because they outed you and your ways.. If people want to share their work, they will. They don't need you using some texture ripper and spreading it like this. If my textures are leaked I'll be dmca'ing EVERY single one used, no exceptions. Don't use another persons work without permissions guys you don't want to end up on the end of a real world binding DMCA issue.

[aimyimvu]

More stealing from Elke

So, I realized that Elke has actually been stealing from me for a long long time. I had confronted her before. At one point, I realized why she was so adament on hiding her account hurtful, and catfishing me all over again. It was not only because she was two faced. But because she had actually stolen from my alt Feb@IMVU before. Hurtful is toot. And now we know that she’s not only stolen from me, but others. And that she isn’t a first time offender at all.

Elke/toot/hurtful had actually stolen both my icons and my products directly. I confronted her back then and she immediately hid them.

[imvufashionblog]

If you guys see any of my textures being posted. Let me know ASAP. Anyone who downloads and uses my textures will be dmca'd. You have been warned.