Thursday, September 18th, 2008...
you just bought a knockoff from Sinistyle Designs
My friends over at Skin.Graft Designs just discovered some way shady thief has been blatantly recreating exact replicas of their original clothing designs and selling them on Second Life.
Skin.Graft Designs Originals:
Sinistyle Designs counterfeit knockoffs:
Skin.Graft Designs Originals:
Sinistyle Designs counterfeit knockoffs:
This is the first I’ve ever heard of anything like this, though I’m getting the feeling it might be happening a ton.
If you are a designer in the same community as Skin.Graft, you might wanna check out the rest of Sinistyle’s “inventory” to make sure yours designs aren’t in there too. I know I got a saddlebag belt JUST like this from a vendor at Lightning in a Bottle this year. I wouldn’t be surprised if all the stuff Sinistyle is selling is 100% knockoffs.
So lame.
In case you’d like to look fabulous in your FIRST life, feel free to get in touch with the wonderful folks at Skin.Graft Designs.
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2 comments
September 18th, 2008 at
Seeing as that type of design isn’t really widespread, shouldn’t Skingraft use it as a promotional opportunity? It’s spreading the aesthetic to people who wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to it. I mean, ripping off designs without credit totally sucks, but maybe SkinGraft should contact the virtual accessory maker for some “branding” strategy?
September 18th, 2008 at
Hey, I’m not suggesting people don’t have the right to look stylin in Second Life, or whatever. But if you’re gonna SELL someone else’s stuff, you gotta pay a licesning fee for that, or at the very LEAST, fucking ATTRIBUTE it to the original creators. If their BRAND isn’t on the designs that’s not a “branding strategy,” for them, yo.
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