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I too hope that creators don't get discouraged. It's a shame that so much talent is potentially lost to us because of the actions of a few.

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Thanks, MarieLouise

I made my decision a long time ago (back in the days of TheSims2 - was that really 10 years ago!) that I wasn't going to let thieves stop me from creating & sharing those creations. Not that it doesn't make me sick every time I come across another incident. I agree that filing a DMCA is a great way to go in SL and will have to figure out the rules of other grids as necessary.

One of the worst things is "there is so very little trust left now" and, as you say, "this has caused a lot of people, including myself, to be reluctant with making stuff public".

How do you keep a community healthy & vibrant with all the suspicion?

It's sad because I would guess that only about 5% of the actual population are to blame. The usual pattern isone or twoindividuals with a whole lot of alts.

This is the question Jacon is tackling in Theft in SL.

This case has given us (both estate managers & community members)some practical experience on working together & I think we can build from there.

Do you have any suggestions? Anything that would make you feel safer sharing your wonderful new version of the Chateau de Versailles for example?

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LOL Jacon, "Karma is a bitch" is one of my favourite sayings mostly because we actually have a wonderful Sheltie named Karma and yes, she is female

On a more serious note, I agree that working together goes a long way to solving the problem. They can rip us off but now they know they'll eventually be found out.

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Thanks, Jane!

On the bright side, this time we didn't just "swallow it" and I think we've learned a bit more aboutworking together as a communityto help alleviate these types of situations.

My heart goes out to Pamela Galli, a wonderful person & creator whoseSL income supports herself & her family. She is facing continual theft that impacts that income. I can see why she only allows AVs with payment information onto her region. I wouldseriously consider doing the same if my regions were only about the retail aspect but I really enjoy sharing the land and like to think it might inspire a brand-new AV (who doesn't yethave payment information) to get involved with the historical communities.

In other words, I like the community aspect too much to want to lock down my land anymore than I have to and I'm not about to let unscrupulous people change that.

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Thank you for your insights, Mercury.

I hesitated to post the group list because I really don't want to imply that belonging to a group means you're somehow guilty.

As you say, most group members are innocent and people belong to groups for a wide variety of reasons.

I didn't get much of a chance to review the Chateau itself. I was with an administrator and concentrating on content that I could verify as mine. There was a lot of it so it took some time.

I would strongly suggest that anyone that has built the Chateau de Versaillesincluding the Hall of Mirrors go and take a look themselves.

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Here's one screenshot of the Facebook page for Chateau de Versailles in Sunlight-Grid. This group has since disappeared from Facebook.

The profile link for Marie-Antoinette de France right here on Royal Courts.

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Took a visit to the Sunlight grid yesterday, specifically my French Pavilion which had all the content of my inworld display model (tea set, tables, chairs etc.) so about twice as much as I had originally listed.

Kind of made me sick standing there in the middle of all my hard work.

FYI, here's a look at the Chateau de Versailles group:

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One "advantage" Sunlight has over LL is that (right now anyway)it's a small operation.

Managing content theft is complicated & time consuming and the effort probably grows exponentially with grid size.

I have a fair amount of sympathy for administrators on any gridtrying to grapple with it. It's hard to tell who the injured party really is.

That being said, Itoo wish LL would figure out a better way to deal with it.

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Thanks Jacon! You have mine as well.

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Kudos to the Sunlight-Grid administrative staff.

I couldn't have asked for better help in sorting through this situation!

What a pleasant & welcome surprise!!