There are several laws that prevent someone from stealing one another's work, but that requires a copyright, which in turn costs money, which many people do not take the time to do.

Since the models stay in the form that they are modeled in, once models are released they are basically open source, so if you don't want it ripped, then keep it to yourself.

The HK 23 and Glock 20 models belong to me. I also contributed to the Tactical Benelli shotgun that I modeled.

The community has changed a lot since I was first a member here, and I've only been registered a little over a week.

If this is what I can expect from the community, then there is no reason to continue posting here.

This forum has become a pimpled-laden haven for people who rip work from people who worked hard on their models, scripts, and skins.

I recommend getting a DigiMarc account, so you can embed watermarks into your work, so that only you can read them and prove people that your stuff is yours.

I know that we can't stop it all together, but we can stop it gradually, by banning even suspects of ripping without notice, I think that if we work together and form an anti-ripping alliance, we may be able to salvage this community.

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