[Exploit] Place theft

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#1

#Username: yourdemiseisfunny
UserId: https://www.roblox.com/users/128780687/profile

#N-City:
Original: N CITY (🌼 Now free to use! 🌼) - Roblox
Stolen: N city - Roblox

#Neuro City:
Original: June 1, 2014 Neuro City - Roblox
Stolen: Neuro City - Roblox

#Pablo’s Italian Restaurant:
Original: OLD Pablo's Italiano Restaurant v1.8 - Roblox
Stolen: pablo - Roblox

#The Citadel:
Original: The Citadel - Roblox
Stolen: citadelio - Roblox

I have talked to the original owners of all of the places, not one of them ever gave anyone a copy or group access to the places. I can confirm this is a clientside exploit that steals only parts, as you will see that unions, lighting, scripts and terrain are all missing.

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#2

My friend also had all of his places stolen and he was threatening my friend that he would uncopylock them if he didn’t let them rejoin a group.

#3

The geometry of places and any other local content can always be stolen, because it has to be downloaded by the client. It’s not a new exploit, and there is basically nothing that can be done to stop it from happening.

The original place owners will have to contact info@roblox.com to see if they can get the copies taken down.

#4

I think this belongs in #moderation-review-requests

#5

They only handle incorrectly moderated assets owned by the account holder - for stolen maps, the original place creator has to email info@roblox.com. (They need the original creator’s word to make 100% sure that he didn’t just give the place to the alleged copier)

#6

Or anyone else getting a legit copy for that matter, rendering group games unmoderatable for place theft

#7

wouldn’t using part streaming prevent them from stealing the whole place? unless they have a beastly rig or something

#8

They could still stitch the map together couldn’t they? And that would make the game less attractive to legitimate users with good enough computers who aren’t exploiters.