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Some "brikwarsman" dude stole my CGI mini-figure and started posting it around the internet as his own. More info here.

I'd say more, but I've been up for like five hours fixing this thing. It's late, I'm tired, and I've got six hours of church-y stuff I'm supposed to listen to later. SUPER members should be aware that I've taken down all LEGO blend files for the time being; if you need them, I'll should have them back up in a day or two.

Somebody remind me that I haven't quite made sure that YouTube knows about this, and should take down the videos he made with it.

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Hmm...he's made no effort in improving the rig (i.e. constraints, and the arm problems).  Are those vids on Youtube your animation or did he animate them?

Might have a weak case against but what arrogance the guy has for claiming credit.

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He animated them.

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Join the club Brick! Someone stole mine too. No gave a crap about me!

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Did you make a thread here, and report it on the blender website?

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I HATE people like that.


If I found him in real life, I'd dislocate his jaw, then stomp on his head...


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EddieHasscle wrote:

Join the club Brick! Someone stole mine too. No gave a crap about me!

What?

Sorry to hear that, LB.

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Man, that's a bummer LB. I hope it all turns out good eventually.

Edit: Oops, I looked at the wrong section of the page on the Turbosquid page.

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He's not selling it -- it was listed as free.

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He's giving it away??????? Dude nail him for that!!! I would hate that! Was their any copyright thingy on it? mini/eek

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I wish you luck in getting your CGI minifig back. That sucks, man.

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EddieHasscle wrote:

He's giving it away??????? Dude nail him for that!!! I would hate that! Was their any copyright thingy on it? mini/eek

I should have some copyright on it just for making the thing, so yes.

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You might already know this Littlebrick, but as a tip of advice, if you don't want people stealing your stuff (I would hate it also), then put a visible copyright notice on it. That would probably deter people from snatching it again.

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Yeah always mark it some way. I was recently asked by a lady in the USA for a copy of a photograph I took of a church in the UK. Her ancestors came from the area and were members at that church. I decided to let her have a copy, but not before I put my copyright and owner details in tiny writing on a grave stone in the background, you'd never see it. She won't even be aware of it, but if it suddenly appears for sale somewhere I have so got their ass nailed to the floor with the copyright case mini/lol

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That sucks, I don't even understand why someone would want to take credit for someone else's work. mini/blankexpression

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What a &0%#.

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EDIT: Oops. Thought that was censored automatically after I posted it. mini/sweat

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Dude, that sucks, personally I just send them personally to people who request them.

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Okay, this may have just got a whole lot more serious.

Someone (I'm not saying it's one of you guys, though I'm not putting it out of the question, either) has been sending threatening phone calls to this brikwarsman guy. Now, I'm not 100% sure if I believe what this guy is saying, but if this is true, it's very serious. If you know anything about this, or are the person sending the calls, STOP IT NOW. This guy could very well take legal action if the calls persist, and I do not want to get the law involved over such a trivial matter.

Again, I don't 100% trust this guy; it's the internet, after all, and it's very hard to tell if someone is lying or not. However, the above still applies.

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Littlebrick the law is that the person making the calls is the offender, so even if someone was it isn't you so it is down to this other person if they want to get them selves into legal hot water. But still agree with you, it is a stupid thing to do.

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Yeah that's really a stupid thing to do! Why yell/threaten someone over the phone about a insignifficant picture! (no offense) I would be more worried about my next brickfilm! Sorry about all this LittleBrick. I'd help ya if I could. mini/no

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