URGENT: PIRACY ALERT: Somebody's selling sir Julius Perdana's Optimus Prime

**Hans Christian** · #1 07-06-2012, 11:29 PM

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sir Julius, some idiot is trying to make a hefty amount of cash from your work... and from the site, it looks like this "Alice" is also cashing in on other designers' models...

I'll look for ways to deal with this moron... any and all help will be much appreciated to stop this...

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ok I tried to report this to the site's admins, but they require me to make an account... grrrrrr

**Vermin_King** · #2 07-06-2012, 11:35 PM

Yeah, that's a notorious site ...

**SCEtoAUX** · #3 07-07-2012, 06:12 AM

Yep, Alice Papermodels in the news again.

**doctormax** · #4 07-07-2012, 06:18 AM

Alice has been trawling the world wide web again it seems got new stuff to steal and sell. its next to impossiible to report on that site even if you join it i done it myself before joined it to buy some hair extentions and the hair was Crap as well just look at my picture

**jagolden01** · #5 07-07-2012, 07:33 AM

Nothing but theives there. Love their i5 Phone, wow! Unlocked for just 30.00!

**Hans Christian** · #6 07-07-2012, 07:48 AM

geeeez... so this bozos are already at it many times eh... crap...

**Revell-Fan** · #7 07-07-2012, 08:06 AM

WHAT THE FRAK IS THIS????? Is there no way to stop them? I just took a look at the BSG models, and see what happened:
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The Pylon Vessel, the Shuttle, the Viper Helmet, the Gemini ---- all of them were unfolded or created by ekuth, Steve, skupilkinson, nothing, me and others, and they should be available to all FOR FREE!!!!

Oh, and see what you find under "Buck Rogers":
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Isn't that Thunderchild's Warhawk?

All these models are fan-art. You are not allowed to sell these because you are violating copyrights if you do so. Is there no way to stop them???

**3Turner** · #8 07-07-2012, 08:37 AM

Folks, it is very unfortunate that they are selling or re-selling many models...many of them available for free. HOWEVER, each time you link TO THEM or the store, you are helping create more traffic to their website which in turn will bring them up higher in Google (or other search engines) search results. Remember, there are always search bots combing the web looking for links and email addresses which contain the keywords used by the person searching a particular model. And when they begin seeing web links to that very same website over and over again on a paper model forum which contain a specific set of keywords, the search engines will give that website top search results because the keywords being used are in the link to the website here or any other forum you've linked from.

And what does that do, why is it important we do not link to that website? It will deceive the hobbyist doing a Google (or similar) search who is new to paper modeling into thinking that the website is a legitimate website to purchase from. And how do you think they will feel if they bought a model that IS FREE from one of the designers who frequent here? When that new hobbyist finds out he/she could have gotten that Optimus Prime model from Paper Replika for free...they will be mad and may be turned from our hobby. This is where, we as a community, come in to help the new hobbyist. Members from here should direct those individuals to the genuine, legitimate websites.

How can we stop them? First and foremost, let each designer know BY EMAIL that one or more models of theirs are being sold without their permission. Although, the designer may already know the situation with that specific website subject of this thread, it still helps to notify them. Next, you may want to try and find a link at the bottom of the website under "Help" or "Report Abuse" or "Report Copyright Violation"....something like that. Report the item if you can. But please...DO NOT link to them anymore, it is only more advertising for them and help gain them more exposure to unsuspecting hobbyists that do not know that website is not a legitimate outlet of digital models. All the linking does is give them higher search results and more exposure. Lets not let that happen.

**D-WHALE** · #9 07-07-2012, 09:07 AM

Well, some of this models are only available here at Papermodelers.com or/and at Zealot! I speak especially about the Star Trek models from Wulf111 and my models!
That mean, that the "Alice"-pirate is here a member and can download these models! If i´m right, you must make some postings to have access to the downloads!?

**3Turner** · #10 07-07-2012, 09:40 AM

Yes D-Whale, you are right in regards to the post to downloads. However, the person running that online website store may not necessarily be a member here or even over on Z. They may be supplied by other persons or websites. It truly is a never ending battle.

A member does have to have postings to be able to download from here, I think the magic number is 10. And on top of that, an secondary requirement of spacing out downloads was put into place by Jason. Meaning, a member has to wait XX amount of time before downloading a second or more file in the downloads section.