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WARNING: Don't read this post unless you want your stomach to turn and your blood to boil.

Here is an e-mail exchange I just concluded from over the last hour with "Romain M (dbzgoodies@hotmail.fr)" His is RED mine in BLUE.

Hey,

I am a French dealer, I sell your creations on french websites.

I sold about 100 of your productions since the beginning of 2012.

Do you have Disney characters? My clients want Disney characters.

Thank you for your response.

Best regards.

Hello

What is your website?

Ebay:

http://shop.ebay.fr/jaynoby/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

And leboncoin.fr

I give the templates away for free, they are not to be resold!

You are just taking my work (and the work of others from the looks of it) and profiting off of it? And then you have the audacity to tell me and request more?

Rare et limité? LIES!

You are ripping me and these other artists off and conning your customers!

Yes, "rare et limité" because I'm the only seller with these products.

Do you have Disney characters?

Thanks you.

Best regards.
Romain

I have notified ebay about your infringements of my work and are letting the other paper toy artists know as well so they can do the same.

You have no copyright on these paper toys.

Well, you don't want to provide me the Disney characters, I'll look elsewhere.

But if you change your mind, you can send me samples printed to my address.

Vivacti Services
31 Rue du President Wilson
41200 ROMORANTIN LANTHENAY
France

Thank you.

Best regards.
Romain

I absolutely do, they are my artwork. You took them from my site, print them and sell them. You are now asking me for more.

It is you who have no rights to them. You think you can just find other peoples work online to sell for yourself?

Ok I'll find other peoples, don't worry.

You are the worst.

I've contacted ebay's Vero program on my own behalf but I cannot on behalf of the other paper toy artists he is ripping off. If you see your stuff on his page you can contact ebay here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/vero-rights-owner.html

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Comment by EULE on March 25, 2012 at 4:02am: hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. they will be rotten in hell for sure. liar liar set on fire!

Comment by Alex Gwynne on March 24, 2012 at 11:36am: It's just a shame that this always seems to happen. There's not always a lot you can do about it.

Comment by merrci on March 23, 2012 at 11:00pm: it seems this little french bastard don't sell anymore on his Ebay page... or maybe did he create another one...

Comment by eddie rodriguez on March 23, 2012 at 1:34pm: It's guys like this who ruin it for everyone else. What a jerk. I hope this doesn't discourage our great paper toy designers from continuing their great work and offering it to honest collectors and fans of their work. Don't let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch. Paper to the people!!!

Comment by Mr. WalkieTalkie on March 23, 2012 at 12:12pm: What pisses me off most is how thick-headed he seems. Your clearly speaking and explaining the situation that he is stealing from you, yet he continues to ask you to make Disney Characters.

Comment by Leanne (Anne Götze-Piening) on March 23, 2012 at 11:07am: This is a mean person. His motivation is not only to sell the stolen design, but to provoke and insult the designers and enjoy to see them helpless. I think he enjoys his cynicism. How poor!

Comment by Rob Ives on March 23, 2012 at 10:11am: I've had the same problem several times as well as seeing my stuff appear on websites such as 4chan. It is worth looking into creative commons copyright and I'd encourage everyone to keep files un-encrypted as it is only the honest customers who loose out with encryption and drm.