Scam / Counterfeit Reports Thread *Updated*

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NFT Guidelines

  • Sapienmed audios and mandalas may not be shared, traded, sold or borrowed after purchase.
  • Pirated audios will not work for those who obtain them in that manner.
  • Downloading pirated content and trading, selling or sharing is considered black marketing or bootlegging.
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Stolen NFTs

Report stolen copies to @Zen
They will be listed here: Awareness Alert: Stolen NFTs in Circulation

DM the following information to the moderators (one DM to all three):

@Dr_Manhattan @Nice2knowU and @Rosechalice

  • Wallet Addresses and Usernames of suspected/actual scammers**

  • Users requesting for any audios or mandalas of NFTs they do not own. (There must be evidence)

  • Users requesting / sharing / trading / ‘borrowing’ of non-NFT purchased audios / mandalas.

  • Websites of collective stolen content.

  • YouTube Channels.

  • Community groups on other platforms or social media.

  • Scammers, black marketers, pirates not on the forum.

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May I share paid fields with a friend when they are poor and can’t afford the audio and really need it
Official NFT Guidelines & Discussion - Update
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Is this a stolen video? Mh Power: Sapien Medicine Throat Chakra

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#4

It does say it’s a sapienmed audio, so in that respect it’s not stolen.

I remember Dream made a comment on a recent patreon release that if people were going to put it on their channels at least they should say where they got it. Looks like that’s what this person did.

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Yeah, but like it’s a paid audio from Gumroad. Or was at least, idk if it’s still there

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#6

So it’s not a problem since it mentions it’s sapiens audio? On that logic even the yeah right guy did nothing wrong since every video mentions it’s sapiens audio lol. Looking at the other stuff it’s literally a channel that uploads paid stuff like those other yt channels. That channel should be reported if anything. And looking at some other sapien content on that channel it’s obvious that they were uploaded when they were still available for purchase. It’s not fine to upload premium stuff by any means or under any condition. Stolen or not doesn’t matter.

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#7

Is it from this post? Thought only applicable to that…

#8

More than likely I am misinterpreting. Before I stick my foot in my mouth even further I will ask someone with a bigger brain. My first error was in not checking to see if it was the paid one, as I had thought it was free - it is not. Even so, the official word will be sought. Thanks

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#9

It’s fine since there are many sapien audios and it’s hard to keep track of the paid and free ones. It just looked like you were saying it was ok to upload it there as it isn’t considerd as stolen and I was just pointing that part. Nothing else intended on my part. And if you check it’s upload history you’ll also see other gumroad paid audios that were uploaded almost a year ago as well.

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No, it’s not okay to upload and yes, it’s stolen. I just don’t know what our current policy is for dealing with it.

@ecaiii Yes he only meant it for that particular one, as it is free to the public

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#11

I sent a message to Zen as I commented here. Zen reports it as stolen. :pray:t4:

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#12

You should only report to Zen if one of your NFTs was stolen. Ideally you should know the mint number.

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#13

That one is definitely stolen.
It was the prior version of the chakra audios. Prior to the existence of the Mandelbrot Symphony.

But just because it’s not available on gumroad anymore, doesn’t mean it’s not stolen.

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#14

As a copyright lawyer I can tell you what the policy should be.

Every mandala and audio is in fact a copyrighted work, rights in which are held by the original authors. YouTube has a copyright infringement takedown procedure (or had, didnt check in a while) under Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCC). So ideally Dream or any of his co-authors must directly use the infringement notification form there. None of us are their official representatives, there is a requirement to upload a power of attorney if you are notifying on someone’s behalf.

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#15

Okay, so an option is to hire a lawyer / law firm who will collect / review reports on counterfeits and then send out takedown notices. There is the issue of the power of attorney tho. I do understand perfectly that none of the authors here, especially Dream, would want their original identity disclosed. But that is how it works in this world. The only other way is for actual authors to directly engage with YouTube.

I just pictured attorneys’ fees paid in custom NFTs and ROFLd hard haha

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I have to report a scammer

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Mamadoukonate0222@gmail.com

The user with this contacts scammed me. He sold me a NFT for 380€ and never sent me the NFT. Be careful out there…

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#17

Well considering the possibility it’s a scammer, I’d say this that new users and hidden profiles (Unless it’s an old and well known member) should not be given right to make trades or should send first. It seems that person’s profile info is hidden. Also joined just today. In my opinion you should have checked his status or identity first. Also if you paid with PayPal try contacting with PayPal customer service to report scam related payment.

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#18

@Quantum

The trading rules state that new users have to have an intermediary, and have to send first.

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Also if possible I’d like to suggest a rule that will let people offer trades in public threads. This way people can identify who is offering the trade and what is being traded. This way people can keep themselves in check. Also sometimes it’s seems people end up making mistakes and ends up getting scammed. Just like there’s trade registry thread there also could be one for offering trades.

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#20

It’s not a blame the victim situation, but the guy’s profile screams shady and scammy.

Following the basic rules would have prevented this from happening.

I encourage everyone to read the rules again, we will post them here and put a reminder elsewhere like in the the reading thread.

He couldn’t post on the buy/sell thread, he signed up the same day, he never interacted with anyone, he wanted you to send money first and there are more subtle warnings.

The rules didn’t fail on this one, we can’t just block users from sending messages to each others. It was a human error :grimacing:

I mean, look at this from a constrained, not omnipotent, not part of law enforcement, forum regulator’s point of view.

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