*Update: after 1am I got a message and note card from Kira saying the PrimFeed post has been changed, and that the item in general has been removed from their platforms. Indeed, now the PrimFeed post is their new version of wings.
The note did not have the requested link yet. But now I really have to go to bed!
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A fairly large brand in Second Life put out a pack with a fairy costume and a 3D mesh copy of my wings in faded colors.
The Elora wings in the photo only came out about a month ago, so I was especially bothered by finding this.
I reported them to Linden Labs, then contacted Kira Icon / Scandalize to let them know and give them a chance to resolve it themselves.
They halfway did - they changed the wings in world to something different. BUT they left the Marketplace listing up, as well as the PrimFeed post announcing the release and having a giveaway.
I waited, and another day passed without them doing anything to the Marketplace listing or the PrimFeed post.I left the DMCA open because they had not fully resolved things yet with that MP listing still up.
Usually, LL acts very slow with DMCAs, which is why I was surprised to get a message from Kira Icon this morning upset that the costume pack had been removed by LL via DMCA even though the wings had been changed.
They still wouldn’t give me the link for where they found the reference image.
The explanation for it doesn’t match up with them providing the image they referenced all covered in their own watermark.
Even though they said they claim no ownership of the wing design they found.
I responded to them. Notecard screenshots below.
I emailed Linden Lab after they told me about the edited listing being removed, and I asked them to reinstate only the in world vendor with the changed wings.
Kira also said in her response this morning that she has the link, that they were on Pinterest. But I could not find those wings in a Pinterest image search using both the image they gave me and my own wings. Nothing else even close out there.
However, if you search for ‘fairy wings’ my wings are usually in the top row of results and these specific wings turn up only from my own site or socials.
They openly use a lot of gen AI, and their mesh wings look like they were automatically generated via a program that creates meshes from photos.
I also did several image searches and the only wings that look like that are mine, from my accounts.
They did not announce the discontinuation of the first wing design or explain why they or the whole fatpack disappeared to their customers or store group, so people were talking about it in their chat group and asking why the fairy costume was gone.
I explained what happened to the best of my ability, especially since I wasn’t trying to get the new edited version removed & I think LL messed up there.
I hope that I’m provided with the source of that image, which looks like gen AI was used to generate this version with the flowers on it, and with assurance that the copies won’t go back up
That’s if they truly did find it elsewhere under false pretenses. If so then my anger should be directed at whoever that is.