Menk stealing assets + plagiarism

I understand that the customers which Menk sold the copies to are directly affected by his offense. To make it less difficult, I will allow them to keep and use the banners under the circumstance that @Menk pays me all the income generated and takes the punishment that plagiarism warrants. He should, of course, also remove the banner from his shop and server to prevent any confusion or misleading customers.

As a little last note: you paid exactly $32.5 for the files. The rate of 07 is approximately $0.4/m and you got paid 240m total, which means you almost tripled the investment. It is time to stop bullshitting.

Sounds good to me.

@Menk I think that it's a reasonable offer. Yes, you did some minor edits, but Izad is selling his banners for approximately double the price. Would you please pay that 240m to Izad and remove the banner from your thread and Discord?
I'm sure your customers will appreciate it.

 

[Menk]

Sounds good to me.

@Menk I think that it's a reasonable offer. Yes, you did some minor edits, but Izad is selling his banners for approximately double the price. Would you please pay that 240m to Izad and remove the banner from your thread and Discord?
I'm sure your customers will appreciate it.

sure i am going to buy some 07 gold and i will pay him within a few days 240m 07.
banner will be removed from thread.

 

sure i am going to buy some 07 gold and i will pay him within a few days 240m 07.

Do you have any time estimation?

banner will be removed from thread.

+ Discord server, please

 

[Menk]

Do you have any time estimation?

Within 72 hours.

+ Discord server, please

Of course it will be removed from discord server as well.

 

Within 72 hours.

Alright, 72 hours it is.

Also, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I'll have to DNT you until it's paid to Izad in full.
I don't think that you would SQ, but it's better to be safe than sorry, right.

You have my word that the DNT is only a precaution and will be lifted once Izad is paid in full.

 

Payment has been received.

 

Thank you.

@Menk you used the same composition, which is something that presumably Izad had to design.
You indeed bought the files, but they were meant to be for personal use only.
I understand that this wasn't directly stated, but to quote Jason: "...absence of a license still means default copyright laws apply..."
(I'll have to ask @Izad here to make sure that it's clearly stated in the future).

@Menk what you did was highly unethical and against the sythe rules.
As explained on Discord, the DNT will be lifted, so that you won't have to request a pardon, but you must still take the punishment for plagiarism.

Users will be banned for 1 month for the following:

• Plagiarism: Plagiarism (websites, ToS, discord servers and other significant content but not trivial things like thread titles) results in a 1 month ban.

- The Official Sythe.org Rules

The above punishment is quite clear. You'll be banned for 1 month.

Regarding the section rules:

Ripping will not be tolerated at all. Ripping will result in a forum-ban, as well as a temporary or a permanent ban depending on the severity of the offense.

- Graphics Marketplace Rules [Updated April 29, 2020]

It was right from you to compensate Izad and make sure that your customers (ER, EZ RSPS and Chubs Gold) are allowed to use their banners.
We'll be lenient here and the forum ban (GFX forum), won't be permanent, despite the severity of the offense.
You will be forum banned from GFX Market for 3 months, starting today.

You are free to dispute the decision, should you wish to do so, however, this report was discussed between multiple staff members and I think it's very reasonable.
Special thanks to @Jason for his insight.

@Menk I'm lifting the DNT and applying your temporary ban. We'll see you on sythe in a month.