I 'll give up
I cannot fight all these 'Frankestein-skins' any longer that uses bits and pieces of my work without my permission all over again and again and again,...
It feels like competing myself.
Thank you to all who supported me over the years, the first few years building up DUTCH TOUCH were amazing and I will cherish this for ever!
Love to you all!!! (and the finger to the thieves)
I cannot fight all these 'Frankestein-skins' any longer that uses bits and pieces of my work without my permission all over again and again and again,...
It feels like competing myself.
Thank you to all who supported me over the years, the first few years building up DUTCH TOUCH were amazing and I will cherish this for ever!
Love to you all!!! (and the finger to the thieves)
DUTCH TOUCH will be open as long as I can afford to pay the monthly tiers.
For clientsupport I'll be available at: iki@dutch-touch.com
13 reacties:
Oh, that is awful that people are doing that to you. I'm going to miss your skins!
I wondered why you had such a huge sale....
I've worn your skins exclusively for about two years. I still have the Onyx skins from the hunt on the DT sim.
I'm truly saddened by the news that DT is closing and furious with LL's criminal complacency.
Your customers are very loyal, Iki. If there is *anything* the members of the Dutch Touch group can do to help just ask - even if we send masses of complaints about the frankenskins and ripoff artists.
Sending you much love <3
I'm so incredibly disappointed to hear this. I buy Dutch Touch skins exclusively for my main AV, Masha Eilde. No one, NO one in SL creates such beautiful dark skins and I will truly miss your work. I'm so very sad to lose the anticipation I'd feel when you'd post teasers on Flickr.
If you're at all moved to reconsider, I hope you do.
Regards,
Masha Eilde
This is such sad news! I've been a fan of yours since your early days. Your skins are so beautiful and unique, they will leave a huge gap in the SL market. It angers me that thieves, and Linden Lab's inability to deal with them, forces a talent like you to quit. We all lose here. I wish you the best and hope that maybe one day you'll be back in SL again. Hugs.
Hoi Iki,
je winkel was een van de eerste waar ik m'n kleine linden dollar beursje leeg kocht. Echt alles wat je deed was mooi, origineel en droeg onmiskenbaar jouw unieke handtekening. Je zal gemist worden in SL! Wens je heel veel succes met komende projecten buiten ons kleine wereldje, maak mooie dingen!
Hugs,
Froukje
You know I will miss you greatly, as a skin maker and friend <3333 I wish that it hadn't come to this, but I know that it has been an uphill battle. xoxo
Thank you all for your kind words, it means a lot to me XXX
I'm so sad to hear this. I've been shopping at DT for almost as long as I've been in SL. I have a ton of your clothes and always loved your texture choices. They are items that continue over and over to pass the "do I need to keep this" test. I purchased your very first skin and have picked up many over the years. I can only imagine how disheartening to see your hard work ripped off continually by greedy opportunists. I completely support and would participate in a complaint, referendum, letters...anything that will help send a message to LL regarding the "problem", ie: assault, that is content theft.
Jemig Iki wat vreselijk jammer en dat meen ik. Mijn eerste gekochte skin en outfit 4 jaar geleden was van DT. Ik ben een fan van het eerste uur. Maar begrijp dat je erg moe word van al die oneerlijkheid. Sort of vechten tegen de bierkaai. Hoop dat je je nog bedenkt, want SL zonder DT... :-(
Dank dank voor al die onwijs mooie dingen die je hebt gemaakt in de afgelopen jaren! Dikke kus, Dido
oh no! i still wear your "group skin special no.1" that i got over two years ago and changed my second life forever! i'm so sad, but will be buying up the rest of your collection (which isn't much left as i pretty much own everything alredy)
so sad :(
Iki.. dont do this :/ dont let them win! i am a fan of dutch touch since my early days in sl..so since 2007! even before you started making skins.. dont do this :( fight against them.. this is so sad news
Cleo has been my face in SL for so long and now I am so sad to learn that you are giving up, leaving the ground for those thieves. I do understand how you may be feeling but don't give up please. Second Life needs such a talent like you.
I've also visited and shopped at Dutch Touch since I was first in SL (mid 2007). It was one of the first places that I loved visiting. Even before I had a paid account I just loved being in the store and looking around. I spent hours in there deciding what I'd buy. I've always loved your earlier grungier stuff (I was sad to see a lot of that go), and I like your current more mainstream stuff too. I think you're one of the most talented clothing makers that has ever been in SL - even the things I have from years ago are such good quality that I've always kept them.
Now that I don't come into SL very much, I still always visit DT to see what's happening there. I'm not sure I can imagine an SL without Dutch Touch. I'll be very sad to see it go, and really miss it.
All the best for whatever the future brings,
Kie Jinn
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