Hello, recently my Cute onesie series got a lot of love from users.
The first time I put this design on the Roblox platform was last November, and especially the Shark Onesie item was so beloved that it was at the top of the marketplace. I know that since this item became popular, many copycat items have appeared on the marketplace.
At the end of December, I decided to relaunch this Shark Onesie design in a variety of colors. And I received an IP declaration about 15 days after uploading the variation items.
I received a report from a user named AdorkenAdorken and the Roblox Moderation team confirmed it and approved it, so I got an email saying that some items in my shark variation have been deleted.
Attached is an image of AdorkenAdorken’s catalog. This is the creator of copy items, stealing copyrighted creations from many others. It was hard to find my design from the catalog(maybe it was already deleted), and I don’t know how I could have reported it, but from common sense, it’s crazy that this user has the copyright to my design.
And just yesterday, another IP declaration removed all the rest of Shark Onesie’s color variations. This time, I got an IP declaration of all my Shark Onesie variations (11 types) from a user named MybodyHurtz.
Attached is an image of MybodyHurtz’s catalog. It looks like this user also used to make copy items, even the account was deleted and it no longer seems to exist on the Roblox platform.
I’ve already sent a counter-notice in the previous email, but I haven’t heard back yet. In addition, the second IP declaration was approved and my account was banned. So yes, I can’t even use my account now. If false reports are approved continuously like this, my account may be deleted and that would be really unfair.
All variations except the original item that was first posted were deleted
Shouldn’t it be protected when additional item variations that the original creator of the design uploaded later are reported?
I think the system is set up to make it too simple to make a false report. This is too easy to misuse. Even if the moderation bot of the system is judged to be the same item when someone reports a deletion, I think someone can use the copy item of the actual original item as if it were the actual original item, as in my case.
I think there should either be a verification period where items are not removed immediately, but by actual members of the moderation team, or there should be strict criteria so that unverified creators cannot indiscriminately request removal requests. There are serious problems with this DMCA system right now.
While I understand that Roblox may find it difficult to thoroughly review all reports due to various circumstances, I hope the process improves for the sake of everyone involved. Thank you.