Saturday, September 20, 2014

Battling Copybotters

I am sure all of you know the struggle that creators in Second Life go through regarding those nefarious users who use the Copybot program.  At one time it was a frequently talked about issue, but it seems that since Linden Labs tried to do their part to block the program, it has fallen by the wayside in general conversation.

I am here to tell you that copybotting is still as big a problem as it ever was, so we all need to remain vigilant. While it may seem great to get that skin made by your favorite designer for a fraction of the cost from someone else, please realize that you are hurting those that spend hours trying to make SL a more beautiful place.  It sickens me to see just how many copybotters are still popping up or continuing to operate on the Marketplace.

Unfortunately there aren't any really good methods for we the consumers to help our favorite designers stop this onslaught.  Flagging an item on the MP may seem like one method, but none of the categories or reasons listed through flagging really allow us as consumers to point out to LL that the product is a copybotter.  Besides that, just as soon as you think you've got one reported, another seller pops up with the same or similar item, and it all starts again.

So what can we do?  I have recently begun a personal quest to try to help one of my favorite merchants become aware of these copybot enemies by keeping a notecard with links to the offending MP listings.  Each time I add new links to the list, I forward the notecard on to her customer service rep.  And now to continue in my quest, I am going to start posting those links here.  Many of the owners of these MP links are people I see posting copybotted items from multiple legitimate businesses around SL, so don't think that they are only attacking one person.

My quest is to help stamp out those copybotting Pink Fuel skins.  As I told the creator, Mochi Milena, I support what I love, and I absolutely adore her skins.  My Jarl likes her skins so much that hers are what all of our household wears, even the models at our store.  As I find more offenders, which I wish I wouldn't, I will update this post so that all of you are aware of these bad apples.

DO NOT BUY THESE!  THEY ARE ALL COPYBOTTED!
8/19/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Renee-4-tones/6312162

8/28/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Peach-skin/6333159

8/29/214
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Latte-Blue-and-Smokey-Eyes-of-FatPack/6336102
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6335810
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Pink-Fuel-Lipstick-Peach/6335535
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Pink-Fuel-PEACH-FATPACK/6335531

9/2/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-PF-Harley-Peach-BASE-SKIN-and-Lipstick/6352990

9/8/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6369019

9/14/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Harley-BIG-Fat-Pack-Hazel-Skintone/6383956

9/16/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2/6392809
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Fatpack/6392342
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Sora-Fatpack/6392335
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Harley-Crystal-Fatpack/6392311

9/20/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Harley-Fat-Pack-Hazel-Skintone/6402755
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Fatpack/6405655
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Sora-Fatpack/6405651

9/23/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-PF-Harley-Peach-BASE-SKIN-and-Lipstick/6416583
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Latte-Blue-and-Smokey-Eyes-of-FatPack/6416541
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Harley-Fat-Pack-Hazel-Skintone/6416487
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6416473

10/4/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Harley-Fat-Pack-Hazel-Skintone/6445497
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6445481
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Fatpack/6448738
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Doll-V2-Crystal-Shape-Skin/6449369

10/7/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PINK-FUEL-Elly-milk-tone-FAT-PACVK-FULL-PERM/6459077

10/9/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2/6461950
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-PF-Harley-Peach-BASE-SKIN-and-Lipstick/6466090

11/1/2014
Lost a list I had been accumulating, though it looks like some of those are already gone from MP, like those that were offered by the infamous Stumbolova.
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Harley-Fat-Pack-Hazel-Skintone/6530091
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2/6530069
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Owner-Blog-obsession-shoes-Louize-Burt/6530049
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Sora-Skin-Pack/6513822
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Doll-V2-Complete-pack/6512232

11/2/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Fatpack/6539367
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Sora-Alabastar-Fatpack/6539328

11/10/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PACK-SKINS-FULL-PERM-LIMITED/6553126
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Fatpack/6551310
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Sora-Alabastar-Fatpack/6551304

11/19/214
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Peach-skin/6579061
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Crystal-Shape/6579050
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Fatpack-Limited-Skins-999-Bealtiful-skins-Full-permission/6588402

12/12/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PFCrystal-Doll-V2-Pink-Fual/6609746
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Selections-Skins-Full-Perm-PF/6671554

12/21/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2/6702929
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-skinshapeeyeslipgloss/6701403
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-skinshapeeyeslipgloss/6600297
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-skinshapeeyeslipgloss/6598635
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2/6461443
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6461412

12/25/2014
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2/6711447

1/1/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6729214
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2-LIMITED/6728025

1/13/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Doll-V2-Crystal-Skin-Shape/6728889

1/16/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Alyx-Ivory-Pony-WLH3/6775907

1/25/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6802332
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PFSora-Skin-Pack/6802331
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PFSora-Skin-Pack/6801612
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6801610

2/1/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2-LIMITED/6826738
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Sora-Alabaster-Fatpack/6826021
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Vamp-Fatpack/6823065
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Crystal-Fatpack/6823008

2/4/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2-LIMITED/6840809

2/8/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/6846466
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PFSora-Skin-Pack/6846464
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Harley-Fat-Pack-Hazel-Skintone/6842035

2/11/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Vamp/6862054
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Vamp/6860629

2/18/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Vamp/6886720

2/19/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Doll-V2-Crystal-Fatpack/6892831
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Sora-Alabaster-Fatpack/6892828
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Pink-Fuel-Harley-Fat-Pack-Hazel-Skintone/6461455

5/12/2015
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Peach/7153516
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-AndroSkinShape/7124060
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Harley-Peach-Base-Skin-and-Lipstick/7118240
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Alyx-Ivory-Pony/7118237
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Alyx-Ivory-Pony/7112147
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Harley-Peach-Base-Skin-and-Lipstick/7112146
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Crystal-Doll-V2-LIMITED/7076171
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Sora-Vanilla-Sugoi/7076169
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Harley-Fat-Pack-Hazel-Skintone/7019406
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PF-Doll-V2-Crystal-SkinShape/7016042


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