I am curious to know how this ends up working out for you. I do hope that the thief will be forced to remove or credit your work.
We have had some people steal our photos - as well as our entire layout and description in one case- from our eBay store. It is extrememly frustrating. I spend a lot of time taking and editing photos of our merchandise to make them unique and appealing - so when someone copies our work, that defeats much of the purpose. We also spent copious amounts of time learning how to design and our own templates and store page- only to have some woman steal many of our elements and text from that page. She was a direct competitor and it was very low of her to sponge off of our work. Apparently her customer service sucks (no suprise) so she is no longer a competitor. I guess she could not "steal" customer service from someone else so she failed.
In a competitive market you need the uniqueness to help you stand out and express your company and products. Not to mention- it is just plain wrong to outright steal someone else's work.
There is a big difference between humbly learing from and building upon the achievments of others and stealing. We all learn from and use one another's ideas to some degree- and then make them our own by adding to them. Nothing wrong wiht that. As an artist, much of my inspiration comes from other artists- but I do not rip them off.
I am personally grateful that this fraud has been brought to our attention- and that this matter is being discussed. It IS a big deal- and I do not think that, so far, anyone has handled the situation in an immature fashion. Hell- even if they did- we are talking about a thief. How much respect can you give to a thief? That person KNOWS that they did something wrong.
Kudos to you for handing it in a professional fashion, and for bringing it to our attention.
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I would be very concerned that her consultation takes no longer than 10 minutes! she cant have much to say, Im with clients for at least an hour (obviously thats with cup of tea too!) also she says she has been doing extensions for "some time" how long is that exactly? I dont think this girl will be in business for long!
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Hey Mokipono, I have tried contacting hairseller a few times but they have never got back to me, they obviously dont want my money, do you supply virgin russian hair wholesale? I would be interested in visiting your site, ta
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I didnt mind that it was posted on the nails and stuff forum, for others to use, thats absolutely fine. But the fact that its being used by connect 2 hair to promote and sell the products using my demo is a little bit much.
I was never asked permission, and truthfully that demo is property of hairextensions101.com so if she is going to use it I would like the credit to be given to www.hairextensions101.com, not to my misspelled name of sherry215
Kudos to Freewebs for taking care of this so quickly. Copyright infringement is theft.
This gal is on that connect hair board which speaks volumes. The forum owner over there lifts text and passes it off as their own, once copying word for word my shrinkies description and using it as their own to profit. They sold the unlined plastic tube that slipped out of people's hair. They contacted MB after this forum's shrinkie brouhaha and now sell the uncertified shrinks. Hah hah.
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