On Accusations of Copying, Scamming, or Recasting
Jan 27, 2015 23:12:13 GMT -8
Post by allurose on Jan 27, 2015 23:12:13 GMT -8
We mods want to take a strong stance against scammers and recasters. We also will not allow the forum to become a venue for attacks or harassment.
It is difficult to draw the line between designs that evolved independently, were inspired by other artists, or are direct copies. We mods may not be able tell the difference, and it is not our responsibility to be the last word on these issues. Serious accusations of illegal activity should be dealt with in a serious manner, which means via private email with legal counsel at hand, not publicly in our forum.
We do believe in holding artists accountable for their work and in informing potential buyers. Therefore, if you have firsthand experience with a doll artist, we strongly encourage you to post about it in the Artist and Company Feedback section of the forum. Feedback posts may refer to transactions held off-site or before the forum was created, as long as they are first person accounts that involve an exchange of money. It is our hope that this will become a valuable resource that creates an accurate picture of each artist's business.
If anyone has information about an artist or doll that they feel calls into question whether that doll or artist should be included in this forum, we encourage you to talk privately to the Moderators about it. We can then decide if it is appropriate to take action. We will take all this information seriously and do our best to prevent the forum being used by scammers or people that recast dolls.
To help with issues of this nature and other questions users may have for the moderators, we have created a new subforum called Ask The Moderators where users can post questions or voice concerns privately. You can post questions of any sort in this forum and only you (the original poster) and the moderators will be able to view them.
Thank you all for your cooperation in making this forum a wonderful place to be!
It is difficult to draw the line between designs that evolved independently, were inspired by other artists, or are direct copies. We mods may not be able tell the difference, and it is not our responsibility to be the last word on these issues. Serious accusations of illegal activity should be dealt with in a serious manner, which means via private email with legal counsel at hand, not publicly in our forum.
We do believe in holding artists accountable for their work and in informing potential buyers. Therefore, if you have firsthand experience with a doll artist, we strongly encourage you to post about it in the Artist and Company Feedback section of the forum. Feedback posts may refer to transactions held off-site or before the forum was created, as long as they are first person accounts that involve an exchange of money. It is our hope that this will become a valuable resource that creates an accurate picture of each artist's business.
If anyone has information about an artist or doll that they feel calls into question whether that doll or artist should be included in this forum, we encourage you to talk privately to the Moderators about it. We can then decide if it is appropriate to take action. We will take all this information seriously and do our best to prevent the forum being used by scammers or people that recast dolls.
To help with issues of this nature and other questions users may have for the moderators, we have created a new subforum called Ask The Moderators where users can post questions or voice concerns privately. You can post questions of any sort in this forum and only you (the original poster) and the moderators will be able to view them.
Thank you all for your cooperation in making this forum a wonderful place to be!