Stealing fom SkinBase

I am amazed. What´s happening around here? :(

I am pleased thus far we have avoided bloodshed Aaron! 😎 😎 😎 .....it is the way of it it seems Artur! :p

I am happy about the decision, what i am amazed if the proliferation of rippers around here. I´m glad that someone like Aaron noticed that. I confess that probably I have some of my phtographs ripped by someone...but until discover them, I am in total ignorance. :Happy |O|

Sally..you really have nothing to apologize for. For some reason today this seems to be happening in a lot of different ways. I seen people take other peoples work, say thank you to whoever, and call it a mode. I have seen some of my own work put up on pirate boards when they are absolutely free...go figure ! I dont know maybe just all in all people are looking to gain fame at other peoples expense.I really dont understand all this.... :Happy

Precisely Butch...it is a pointless exercise and in the long run they only degrade themselves for a little short term fame. Self defeating behaviour in its opitamy! :congrats 😎 ;)

I will thank gRAVE for all of you. I think, personally, the ripping is envy. They don´t know how to do what you all do so well and don´t want to learn how. Ripping comes easy. The longer they go, the easier it becomes. But, they all make mistakes and end up getting caught. Maybe Iain and Aaron can form a committee and go knock at their doors. ❤️

I am permanently retired from the business of standovers nowadays Sally....I enjoy my freedom too damned much! There are more intelligent ways to skin a cat if you will excuse the pun and no ill intent meant toward your fine feline! :congrats :congrats :congrats 😎 😎 😎 ;) ;) ;) ❤️

They have a second page here....mediaplay which takes you to a site under construction called mediaplay.de...exact same livery. 😎 😎 😎 |O| |O| :magic

Sure removed him from friends list }:( }:( What a waste of time, I had been recommending his site to Germans and sending pms and stuff in several languages. <br /> <br />He violates Warner Brothers TOS, too, the way it looks to me. And they might not be hesitatant to take more actions than friendly private people if they catch on. <br /> <br />MEDIAPLAY DU MACHST DICH EXTREM STRAFBAR und kannst von Glück sagen, wenn Dich einige Leute nicht verklagen. Mit Dir habe ich ziemliche Zeit verschwendet. Was glaubst Du eigentlich, frage ich mich? <br />

On ya Toby!! Keep the Base free of ratbags! 😂 😂 😂 😂 :p :p :p

Yep, I see my stuff on websites, in other themes/skins...even had a couple of people selling a CD of my stuff on E-Bay but I realized a long time ago that, realistically, once you release something on the internet, you&acute;re relinquishing control of it for better or worse. The skinning sites do a wonderful job of recognizing and removing rips but with other sites...well, that&acute;s up to the owner/host whether they want to be a decent and fair individual about it or not. <br />Nope, not alot of control once it&acute;s out there...I know it pisses people off but that&acute;s the nature of the beast and, unfortunately, not alot you can do about it. Look even at a company like Microsoft...how many times a day is their logo, designs, graphics, etc. used in the work of others although they&acute;re clearly copyrighted, which goes to show you Joe Average is pretty much on their own... :-) <br />

The difference I see in what you are saying about Microsoft is it really is not affecting their income when people use their logos...it is enhancing their income and promoting their product and providing a service for people that they generally ignore. You only have to look at the quality of the images they usually provide with a system. Pixelated to hell. I also see a large difference between that and taking a photo that clearly has copyright markings and deliberately cropping those from the image,flipping it in a token gesture of an attempt to hide its appearance and then splattering your website name across the top of it claiming it as your own work. I know you visit devART and realitysquared there has provided a wealth of information on copyright law. The thing that irks me the most is these people not only jeopardize their own position by placing themselves in a position for prosecution but it also puts the unsuspecting website in line for prosecution as well. Those costs can close a website which is why devART chose to enforce copyright law with a zero tolerance attitude. The mindset of nothing can be done simply gives it a seed to continue...better to do something about it rather than simply accept a wrong. In the case of posting others work without permission that is just rude.....courtesy costs nothing! :congrats 😎 ;)