Posted by Devalin on May 25, 1998 at 20:01:38:
In Reply to: Are they really stolen? posted by Kitty on May 25, 1998 at 17:52:00:
Always a tricky situation, deciding if someones stolen your avatars or just used the same source.
We always recommend that an avatar creator adopts a simple naming scheme for their avatars, eg, dd001 or mike1, mike2, etc
This makes it easier to track theft since alot of people posting avatars as their own dont change the filenames.
About 75% of avatar theft claims made to the guild are innocent mistakes by newbies, only a few people create sites from other
peoples work deliberately.
: The other day I came across a site that
: I thought had my avatars on it! So I
: contact this person, and of course she
: really upset with me of accusing her!
: Well it turned she and I both use the
: same materials to make our avatars with.
: We both scan from the same catalogs! I
: guess you can say we both have excellent
: taste!
: And yes I did apologize to her! I felt
: kinda dumb about really!
: With scanners becoming more affordable,
: more and more people are using them to
: make avatars with. (Personally I love
: my scanner!)
: And usually folks like to make sexy
: avatars so the same materials are being
: used over and over again. So it makes
: it kinda tough to decide if the avatars
: are really stolen or if they just had
: the same idea as you.
: Just food for thought!
: Everyone Take Care!
: Kitty