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Someone copied my hack...

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I suppose I should be flattered, but I was a little wierded out when I took a look at this hack and found that it borrowed levels, palettes and such from my hack. Though I gave him permission to use the Pikachu graphics, I didn't expect him to just up and copy the whole hack (though he added a few levels and stuff.) What should I do?
Comparison-screenshots to follow if anyone's interested...
It will probably get removed if you ask a mod and he might get a ban or something(not likely). However, there are currently no mods online right now. Just wait a few hours-- someone will see this.

Originally posted by Doownayr89
What should I do?

Ignore it due to the fact that this is SMW hacking and doesn't matter in the slightest?
If "suing" for intellectual property is what you're after, make sure you have all kinds of concrete evidence first before going to a moderator to file a complaint. Make sure you have your own GFX set, all your custom made palettes in a ZIP or RAR file, your IPS, everything you feel you should present to a hack moderator, and then present all that evidence, along with your complaint, to an available moderator.

If nothing can be done...hate to put it like this, but oh well =/ Just keep working toward your hack's completion.
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I'd love to see your screenshots. We will be looking into this. It's a real shame when people do stuff like this. If we agree and see that he blatantly stole things, that hack will be removed and he will be reprimanded.

I'm leaving this open for now, but I'd prefer if only Doownayr89 and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$PICKACHUFAN!*%$$ (or whatever his name is) were the only people posting here.

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If I moderated your hack, there was apparently a 90 percent chance it was rejected.
His Welcome Screen:

My Welcome Screen:


This is the only playable level that I see was ripped directly from my hack (since the last demo I added a new background, but the resemblance is still uncanny)



















As far as I see, the other two levels that were playable were original (I loved Mudkip Isle!) but it's obvious that everything else was ripped from my old demo (He didn't even change the "___ Presents" graphic!).
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